Product Description

Based on a short story by hp lovecraft the undisputed master of macabre dagon tells the story of a fishing village tempted by greed who evolve into freakish half-human creatures and must sacrifice outsiders to an ancient monstrous god of the sea. Studio: Lions Gate Home Ent. Release Date: 08/16/2005 Starring: Ezra Godden Run time: 98 minutes Rating: R Director: Stuart Gordon

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #38378 in DVD
• Brand: Lions Gate
• Released on: 2002-07-23
• Rating: R (Restricted)
• Aspect ratio: 1.78:1
• Formats: Closed-captioned, Color, DVD-Video, Widescreen, NTSC
• Original language: English, Galician, Spanish
• Number of discs: 1
• Dimensions: .25 pounds
• Running time: 98 minutes

Customer Reviews

Dagon Good
Yes!!!

This is everything a horror movie should be.

It has abominations that should not exist
and evil goings-on galore (and la gore).

Great creepy atmosphere,
lots of creepy creepies and one creepy plot
that crescendos to a mind-numbing conclusion
(watch it all if you can).

The ending is horrific and perversely happy
at the same time.

Lovecraft and Gordon, oh my!
If your looking for sick, twisted humor,
a la "Re-animator", forget about it.
This serious sick, twisted stuff.

Highly recommended for the horror fan.

Gripping fish tale
There are many other good reviews of Dagon on this page. I'll just add that there are things in this film that you will see in no other that I'm aware of: A man getting his face removed while alive (and NOT by plastic surgeons); a hub cap used as a weapon; a scene of a naked woman suspended over a monster's pit that beats the heck out of Catherine Oxenberg's similar scene in "Lair of the White Worm"; and a man striving to rescue his wife armed with nothing more than a cig lighter and a seemingly bottomless container of flammable liquid. Although Dagon starts slowly, it becomes a heart-pounding and fun tale of terror. And I have never seen a more hauntingly beautiful actress (at least from the waist up) than Macarena Gomez--yes, Macarena, like the goofy dance craze. Rent or buy, and enjoy.

Wonderful horror thriller!

In a seashore by a town in Spain, a successful company owner named Paul with his lover are celebrating their success on a yacht. Until a storm wrecks their boat, leaving them to swim for shore as they seek help and his girlfriend disappears without a trace mysteriously. Weird things begin happening in the town at night as the townfolk are actually half-human aquatic monsters that worship a powerful demon god named Dagon as it needs a human sacrifice to satisfy it's hunger.

From the makers of "Re-Animator", "Dolls" and "From Beyond" Brian Yuzna and Stuart Gordon have done it again! they have put another fine H.P. Lovecraft adaptation to the screen. They bring their style of wit and atmosphere with some gruesomness as usual, this US/Spainish made horror thriller delivers the goods for fans of both directors and H.P. Lovecraft. The acting is quite good considering it's a low budget movie production and the direction by Stuart Gordon is fantastic, the monsters themselves look nifty despite looking like the ones from "Nightmare City" and Dagon itself is a neat creature.

This DVD has good extras like two audio commentaries, trailer, production artwork, and storyboards.

Also recommended: "Hellboy", "Re-Animator", "From Beyond", "In The Mouth of Madness", "The Mist", "Phantasm", "Evil Dead 2", "From Dusk Till Dawn", "Hellraiser", "Candyman", "The Host", "Castle Freak", "The Curse (1987)" and "Versus".