![]() ![]() Luckily, the makeup and prosthetics in the film more than make up for what the computer-generated effects lack, resulting in a highly enjoyable, if uneven, tale of cosmic horror.ĭagon centers around Paul Marsh (Ezra Godden), an uptight businessman who is vacationing with his girlfriend Barbara (Raquel Meroño) on their friends’ Howard and Vicki’s (Brendan Price and Birgit Bofarull, respectively) sailboat, off the coast of Spain. Its failure to drum up an audience isn’t surprising- Dagon, much more than Gordon’s other films, relies more heavily on a few CGI-laden set pieces which are, to say the least, not very convincing. ![]() ![]() Though it received fairly positive reviews on its release, Dagon’s limited theatrical release was an utter failure, owing what success it could muster to several short DVD releases. Ironically, it’s this film and not the other, vastly more popular titles, that is loosely based on Lovecraft’s arguably most popular story, The Shadow over Innsmouth. His arsenal of adaptations include cult favorites like Re-Animator (1985), From Beyond (1986), and Castle Freak (1995), but another, less frequently discussed film might be the most interesting of his Lovecraft tales-2001’s Dagon. ![]() Few have done more to bring the works of H.P. ![]()
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