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.
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Title: Dagon (2001)
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| Ezra Godden | ... | Paul Marsh | |
| Francisco Rabal | ... | Ezequiel | |
| Raquel Meroño | ... | Bárbara | |
| Macarena Gómez | ... | Uxía Cambarro | |
| Brendan Price | ... | Howard | |
| Birgit Bofarull | ... | Vicki | |
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Uxía Blanco | ... | Madre Ezequiel |
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Ferran Lahoz | ... | Sacerdote |
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Joan Minguell | ... | Xavier Cambarro |
| Alfredo Villa | ... | Capitán Orfeo Cambarro | |
| José Lifante | ... | Recepcionista Hotel | |
| Javier Sandoval | ... | Padre Ezequiel | |
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Victor Barreira | ... | Ezequiel Joven |
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Fernando Gil | ... | Sacerdote Católico |
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Jorge Luis Pérez | ... | Chico |
Based on a short story by H.P. Lovecraft, the undisputed master of the macabre, Dagon tells the story of Paul Marsh, a young man who discovers that the truth will not set him free instead it condemns him to a waking nightmare of unrelenting horror. A boating accident off the coast of Spain sends Paul and his girlfriend Barbara to the decrepit fishing village of Imboca looking for help. As night falls, people start to disappear and things not quite human start to appear. Paul finds himself pursued by the entire town. Running for his life, he uncovers Imboca's dark secret: that they pray to Dagon, a monstrous god of the sea. And Dagon's unholy offspring are freakish half-human creatures on the loose in Imboca... Written by Friday Jones <friday@fridayjones.com>
TINY SPOILER ...when heaps like THE CAVE, THE CORE, WHEN A STRANGER CALLS (remake)get spread over every other cinema (UK experience)? It has budget related flaws and couple of cheesy moments, but when you compare it in the imagination and shear stick-to-a-weird-story spirit department it piddles all over most movies, never mind recent offerings from a 'fringe' genre like fantasy/horror.
This captures HP Lovecraft ideals with a mix of tongue in check cheese, sincere homage, inspired interpretation and a measure of terror and gore that fits the mood perfectly.
The acting is... passionate, the prosthetics competent and the pace/plot/script often inspiring (seriously - apart from the Star Wars moment... you'll know when it happens).
Good looking - good effort - so why am I more likely to see a sequel to THE CAVE on the big screen than a film of this ilk? Makes me want to take up reading.