Dagon Details

Enjoyable horror fare that is vastly different from most.

Based on a short story by H.P. Lovecraft, the undisputed master of the macabre, Dagon tells the story of Paul Marsh, a young man who discovers that remote village on the Spanish coastline harbors a dark and shocking secret. A boating accident off the coast of Spain sends Paul and his girlfriend Barbara to the decrepit fishing village of Imboca looking for help. As night falls, the townspeople leave their houses and start stalking Paul until before long he finds himself pursued by the entire town. Running for his life, he uncovers Imboca's dark secret: that they pray to Dagon, a monstrous god of the sea. And Dagon's unholy offspring are freakish half-human creatures on the loose in Imboca...

The story itself is a classic and this film, based on the story is pretty good. A real sense of foreboding is created when you first see the village and its strange church and this is nicely followed up by the grotesque human-like creatures that start to pursue Paul through the village.

Acting throughout is generally great from this cast of virtual unknowns (with the exception of Ezra Godden who hams it up a bit TOO much as Paul) and they really make the most of the sotry they are given.

The effects for the most part are great, although there are a couple of moments where some lame looking CGI is thrown in and this detracts MAJORLY from the overall feel of the movie.

The end of the movie itself is good also, although the could have tried to handle it a little better as it becomes a little confusing.

Overall however, this is a solid and well done film, and a little different from your typical horror fare. Also be sure to check out Raquel Merono and MAcarena Gomez, who positively shine in this movie, and give you plenty to be happy about. Even if one of them is a LITTLE different...

[Highly rated reviewer]

An entertaining and strange movie

Dagon is a strange, but interesting and very entertaining film. It has a good story, some good weird looking villagers, good make-up and special effects, is pretty bloody at times, and seems to be a faithful HP Lovecraft adaptation. It does have mostly poor CGI though, and a somewhat silly & predictable ending. An enjoyable enough film on the whole, and worth renting.