Dagon (2001)

Review:

The movie starts like a fantasy adventure: the opening credits are blue and golden, we see a scuba diver who discovers a golden underwater city and a mermaid, but she has bad teeth and he wakes up. Now we are on a small yacht with a crew of four which soon hits a reef, and before too long our hero (who wears glasses like Herbert West and a sweater from the Miskatonic U) is alone in a small village where the Spanish branch of The Esoteric Order Of Dagon is located. He spends most of the movie running from creepy folks who are definitely only semi human. An old bum provides the info dump, which is not a smart move, because how good can the English of a Spanish bum be? However he sticks very much to the stories from the Lovecraft books, so it’s okay. Running from the fishy Dagon cultists turns out to be difficult, especially since our hero has the habit to flee into houses instead of away from them, so as soon as he reunites with two of his crewmates, they get caught.

My hopes weren’t too high, because this movie is not located in New England as a Lovecraft movie should, it was shot in Spain, obviously for financial reasons. But guess what, the movie sure looks good and they were not cheap on the special effect make-up and CGI. Also, Stuart Gordon is a pro who knows what he’s doing. The whole movie is an exciting roller-coaster ride and I don’t think that the Lovecraft fan boys have a reason to be upset.

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