[DVD] Dagon

[Frostmarrow]

Have anyone of you caught this movie. It's really good! It's an adaption of Dagon and Shadows over Innsmouth by H P Lovecraft. It's not completely true to the source material but it's good enough. And the hero is wearing a Miscatonic t-shirt!

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[Celtavian]

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I've seen it. I thought it was pretty cool. After seeing it, I managed to find a site with all H.P. Lovecraft's stories. I am about half-way through them. They are very good. I can see why he is a favorite amongst horror fans. He spins a scary, intriguing yarn.

 

[Alzrius]

I've seen that film, but I didn't think too much of it.

I felt that just didn't convey the proper Lovecraftian feel; it had all the right elements: isolation, building up to something being wrong, a lack of a heroic ending, people dying awfully, etc, but it just didn't have the same feel that reading the stories does. In essence, it had all the right ingrediants, but they weren't baked right.

The most probably reason for that, IMHO, is how the plot developed...it quickly turned into a survival-horror type thing, like a Resident Evil game. The hero, Paul, ran around avoiding the zombie-like townsfolk, fighting some of them now and then, is captured, escapes, and goes to fight back again, and then the movie pretty much ends when the last few characters are dealt with.

This classic movie about a cult is destined to be nothing more than a cult classic.

 

[Cthulhu's Librarian]

I didn't think it was too bad, and it was better than most of the Lovecraft adaptations I've seen have been. It looked very good, and the depiction of the town and villagers were very well done. But I agree with Alzrius, it had all the right elements, they just never came together correctly. I also found the main character Paul to be very annoying, and I find it difficult to watch a movie (horror or otherwise) when I want the main character to just go away and never come back.

 

[blackshirt5]

Own it, love it. Much better than the other Lovecraft adaptation I own, The Dunwich Horror. *shudders*

 

[Barendd Nobeard]

Own it, love it. Much better than the other Lovecraft adaptation I own, The Dunwich Horror. *shudders*

The one from the 60s with Sandra Dee and Dean Stockwell? I'm sorry.

 

[blackshirt5]

The one from the 60s with Sandra Dee and Dean Stockwell? I'm sorry.

yup, that's the one. The horror; the HORROR!!!

 

[Dimwhit]

So for those who don't know H P Lovecraft (please don't hate me), would you recommend the movie? I saw it at the video store and it looked intriguing. Is it scary? What can you tell me about it without ruining anything?

 

[Frostmarrow]

Just rent it. It's well worth the rental fee. It has some gore but it's well placed and looks pretty good (and you can always shut your eyes). The character's act in a way you or me would act and not in a stupid horror movie way. I'm semi familiar with HP's work and I have to say that I like the update of his mythos.

Let's put it this way: I rarely see the same film multiple times but this is one flick I wouldn't mind watching again.

 

[Cthulhu's Librarian]

So for those who don't know H P Lovecraft (please don't hate me), would you recommend the movie? I saw it at the video store and it looked intriguing. Is it scary? What can you tell me about it without ruining anything?

Yes, its worth watching, if you like horror films that aren't your run of the mill slasher flick. But don't take the film to be a competely accurate translation of Lovecraft's stories to the screen. That has yet to be done, but this is a lot closer than most of the attempts have been.