#Dagon 2001

[fanofspooky]

Horror movies from around the world:

SPAIN

[striderstable]

DAGON (2001)

[id: a set of screenshots from the 2001 horror film "dagon". in the first image the symbol of dagon on the wall inside a church is depicted and the closed captioning says: "all imboca pray to dagon." in the second a priest of dagon stands at the front of the church leading the prayer and the captions say: "but one day, no more gold." in the third a group of worshipers are standing in the pews praying and the captions say: "dagon want sacrifice". in the fourth a little boy is crying with closed eyes and blood spattered on his face, and the closed captions say: "choir continues chanting in foreign language". in the final image the priest is shown again holding a ritual dagger up and the captions say: "all worship dagon or die." /end id]

[clapperboardtalk]

DAGON

Ahoy There! Be Warned, Fishy Things Are Afoot in Dagon (2001)

Movie Specs:

Title: Dagon

Genre: Horror

Year: 2001

Country: Spain (with a mostly Spanish cast)

The plot follows Paul (Ezra Godden), a regular Joe who, along with his pals, gets shipwrecked off the coast of Spain. Seeking help, he stumbles upon a creepy fishing village where the locals seem...off. Like, fish-worshipping, cultist kind of off. Think "The Wicker Man" meets "The Little Mermaid," with a healthy dose of slimy tentacles thrown in for good measure.

The acting by the main cast is decent, with Godden doing a solid job as our bewildered protagonist. Unfortunately, some of the supporting villagers deliver performances that are about as convincing as a used car salesman. But hey, that's part of the B-movie charm, right?

The camerawork captures the atmosphere nicely, with a gritty, almost dreamlike quality that evokes those late 90s thrillers. The sound design is appropriately creepy, with unsettling whispers and the ever-present lapping of waves against the shore.

Now, for the good, the bad, and the Cthulhu-esque. Here's my take:

The Good: The story is a fun, pulpy blend of Lovecraftian horror and action-adventure. If you're new to H.P. Lovecraft's work, Dagon offers a thrilling introduction to his signature themes of cosmic dread and unknowable entities. The B-movie vibes add a layer of campy fun that keeps things from getting too bogged down.

The Bad: The acting by some of the supporting cast is a bit rough around the edges, and the CGI hasn't exactly aged like a fine wine. Especially in the beginning, the effects used to show the boat crashing are a bit on the "bargain bin" side.

The Verdict: Overall, Dagon is a 3 out of 5 star experience. The story and main cast are solid, but the acting and CGI leave a bit to be desired.

Netizen Noise: Reviews for Dagon are a mixed bag. Some appreciate its Lovecraftian leanings and B-movie aesthetic, while others find it cheesy and uneven. The film had a small budget of $4.8 million and only managed a box office collection of €212,699.

Bonus Trivia: Did you know that Dagon is actually a loose adaptation of two Lovecraft stories: "The Shadow Over Innsmouth" and "Dagon"? Also, the film's dedication is to the late Spanish acting legend Francisco Rabal, who passed away shortly after filming.

[weirdlookindog]

Dagon (2001)

[fandomsideworks]

favorite horror movies – dagon (2001)

a boating accident runs a young man and woman ashore in a decrepit spanish fishing town which they discover is in the grips of an ancient sea god and its monstrous half human offspring.

[sidneyprescottz]

We will live for eternity! And so will your child...

Dagon (2001)

[deepdwellingsteamboat]

DAGON 2001・dir. Stuart Gordon

[eluviannaa]

For October, 31 days of Lovecraft movies:

- The Call of Cthulhu (2005)

- The Lighthouse (2019)

- Dagon (2001)

- Color Out of Space (2019)

- In the Mouth of Madness (1994)

- The Dunwich Horror (1970)

- The Void (2016)

- Underwater (2020)

- The Whisperer in Darkness (2011)

- The Mist (2007)

- The Endless (2017)

- The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari (1920)

- Annihilation (2018)

- The Last Winter (2006)

- Prince of Darkness (1987)

- Resolution (2012)

- Spring (2014)

- The Borderlands (2013)

- Absentia (2011)

- A Dark Song (2016)

- Possession (1981)

- They Remain (2018)

- The Autopsy of Jane Doe (2016)

- Possum (2018)

- The Ritual (2017)

- The House by the Cemetery (1981)

- The Resurrected (1991)

- Beyond the Black Rainbow (2010)

- The Innkeepers (2011)

- The Blackcoat's Daughter (2015)

- The Endless (2017)

[thefloatingstone]

I sometimes get asked this question on stream and I am always left a little stumped because when someone asks you "what is your favourite movie?" my response is always "I have never seen a movie in my life".

So here's a short and incomplete list of my favourite horror movies in no particular order

M (1931)

The innocents (1961)

Santa Sangre (1989)

The others (2001)

Haxan (1922)

Candyman (1992)

Misery (1990)

Evil Dead II (1987)

The Thing (1982)

Nosferatu (1979)

Susperia (1977)

Perfect Blue (1995)

Movies I like that get put under "horror" but I don't think of them as such:

Alien Jaws Gremlins 2 Vampire Hunter D Hausu

Horror movies I like but need to see again to decide if I like them enough to consider them a personal favourite;

The Void Dagon Session 9 Kairo eXistenz

[fanofspooky]

DAGON

2001 • R • 1h38m

A boating accident runs a young man and woman ashore in a decrepit Spanish fishing town which they discover is in the grips of an ancient sea god and its monstrous half human offspring.

[giftheplanet]

Macarena Gómez

Dagon (2001)

Dir. Stuart Gordon

[moony-myles]

H.P. Lovecraft Film Adaptations

A small list of the H.P Lovecraft film adaptations that I've seen, including the Re-Animator trilogy! Thought I'd bring more attention to these movies as well as some of the other films that I've seen in the hopes that someone else who hasn't seen them might enjoy them too!

A lot of these movies, if not all, I found for free on Tubi if you are looking for/interested in them.

✶ ✶ ✶

Re-Animator - 1985

Bride of Re-Animator - 1990

Beyond Re-Animator - 2003

From Beyond - 1986

Dagon - 2001

Castle Freak - 1995

[velvetcider]

I need to talk about the Dagon movie

This horror movie is so campy, so insane, and so amazing that my friend and I haven't been able to stop thinking about it or quoting it.

There's no point in the movie where it stops getting insane, and I love it.

The film was released in 2001 by Flimax, a Spanish production company. First shown in Spain. This information becomes important later.

It's loosely based on H.P. Lovecraft's Dagon and Shadow Over Innsmouth.

The Great/Weird Parts

This is a real interaction in the movie: "Fuck Dagon!" "Yes, and their child will be immortal!" "Yeah, but there's a catch. It has to live the rest of its life as some kind of half-ass fish of the sea." "In joy, with Dagon!"

You can't make this shit up. This was a real interaction written and acted by professionals.

The fact that the film keeps making you think "What the fuck?" as it progresses.

This film was made when we were still figuring out special effects and it shows.

There was a scene where the crazy old man (his words not mine) says "I am boy" and then his face morphs into his childself as the scene transitions to the past. My friend and I quote "I am boy" almost every day.

There's a scene where the main character (mentioned to have never learned Spanish) was speaking to the innkeeper in pseudo-Spanish (aka, putting an -o at the end of regular English words) and the innkeeper kept glaring at him without speaking.

The gore in this movie is grotesque.

I liked how the Innsmouth people all looked different (i.e. different stages of transformation).

The music was amazing and got me wanting to chant along.

What I Was Confused By

The movie puts Innsmouth (Imboca) in Spain, alright? The main characters are English-speaking so I'll assume they came from an English-speaking country. The main character wears a Miskatonic University shirt, an American university in Lovecraft's stories. I am mildly confused about why they made it a Spanish town. Was this a way to make the fishmen more "mysterious?" Maybe the version I watched made those changes and the original was all Spanish? I have no idea. It's just a weird detail I can't stop thinking about. I should mention that the Imbocans (or at least the "higher" class ones) spoke both Spanish AND ENGLISH. There were no subtitles (not including the ones in the stream) in the one that I watched unless the subtitles I used didn't translate the Spanish. I mildly know Spanish so I was able to understand a bit of it. Unless I didn't watch the original version, the main characters spoke English while the Imbocans spoke mostly Spanish in a film made by a Spanish company, so you'd think they'd make the main characters also speak Spanish.

I don't know, it's just a weird detail that my brain can't ignore. Am I offended? Am I mad at this? Am I not bothered by it? I honestly don't know.

Conclusion

Nevertheless, this is a great movie to watch with friends, even if you don't know the stories they're based on. It has gore, it has nudity (no fullout sex scenes), and it has heavy topics, so keep that in mind when watching.

[haveyouseenthishorrormovie]

Stats from Movies 701-800

Top 10 Movies - Highest Number of Votes

Ringu (1998) had the most votes with 1,327 votes. Chillerama (2011) had the least votes with 360 votes.

The 10 Most Watched Films by Percentage

Beetlejuice (1988) was the most watched film with 80.9% of voters out of 780 saying they had seen it. Demonic Christmas Tree (2022) had the least "Yes" votes with 0.4% of voters out of 491.

The 10 Least Watched Films by Percentage

The Nun 2 (2023) was the least watched film with 70.6% of voters out of 633 saying they hadn’t seen it. Demonic Christmas Tree (2022) had the least "No" votes with 9.2% of voters out of 491.

The 10 Most Known Films by Percentage

Beetlejuice (1988) was the best known film, only 0.4% of voters out of 780 saying they’d never heard of it.

The 10 Least Known Films by Percentage

Demonic Christmas Tree (2022) was the least known film, 90,4% of voters out of 491 saying they’d never heard of it.

The movies part of the statistic count and their polls below the cut.

The Uninvited (1944) The Crazies (1973) Witchfinder General (1968) The Conspiracy (2012) When a Stranger Calls (1979) The Evictors (1979) The Birds (1963) Ice Spiders (2007) Rubber (2010) Eyes of Laura Mars (1978)

Daughters of Darkness (1971) Akira (1988) The End of Evangelion (1997) The Woman in Black (2012) Milfs vs. Zombies (2015) Knife + Heart (2018) It's a Wonderful Knife (2023) Attachment (2022) Gothic (1986) Jakob's Wife (2021)

Stranger by the Lake (2013) The Fog (2005) The Greasy Strangler (2016) Angel Heart (1987) Tumbbad (2018) The Snow Woman (1968) Sugar Hill (1974) Saloum (2021) WNUF Halloween Special (2013)

Sound of Violence (2021) Nosferatu the Vampyre (1979) The Haunting of Molly Hartley (2008) Death Laid an Egg (1968) Baskin (2015) The Last Will and Testament of Rosalind Leigh (2012) The Fearless Vampire Killers (1967) The Haunting of Julia (1977) The House That Dripped Blood (1971) Megan Is Missing (2011)

Ringu (1998) Three... Extremes (2004) Trench 11 (2017) Out There Halloween Mega Tape (2022) Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer (1986) The Driller Killer (1979) Berberian Sound Studio (2012) One Cut of the Dead (2017) Demonic Christmas Tree (2022) Butcher, Baker, Nightmare Maker (1981)

Urban Legends: Bloody Mary (2005) Motel Hell (1980) Shallow Ground (2004) Annabelle: Creation (2017) Annabelle Comes Home (2019) The Conjuring 2 (2016) The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It (2021) Morgan (2016) Sputnik (2020) Devil's Pass (2013)

Dracula's Daughter (1936) Dagon (2001) We Are Still Here (2015) We Are What We Are (2013) Somos lo que hay (2010) The Serpent and the Rainbow (1988) Midori (1992) The Believers (1987) Troll 2 (1990) Chillerama (2011)

The Town That Dreaded Sundown (1976) The Mortuary Collection (2019) The Little Girl Who Lives Down the Lane (1976) The Pit and the Pendulum (1991) House (1985) Flatliners (1990) The Town That Dreaded Sundown (2014) Crimson Peak (2015) Frailty (2001) Hell Night (1981)

Eyes of Fire (1983) Sister Death (2023) Tonight She Comes (2016) Bad Dreams (1988) Dead Snow (2009) Dead Snow 2: Red vs. Dead (2014) Veronica (2017) The Nun II (2023) Brotherhood of the Wolf (2001) Maniac (1980)

Man's Best Friend (1993) M.O.M. Mothers of Monsters (2020) The Reptile (1966) She Creature (2001) Beetlejuice (1988) The Incredible Melting Man (1977) Kandisha (2020) So Vam (2021) Bit (2019) Death Proof (2007)

[horrororman]

🎃 Notable films that were released on October 31st...

What Ever Happened To Baby Jane? (1962).

The Old Dark House (1963).

Dagon (2001)(Spain).

Elvira's Haunted Hills (2002)(US)

Splinter (2008)(limited).

Horns (2014)(US).

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