Dagon

R

2001

1h 34m

Horror

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69%

13 Reviews

Tomatometer

56%

5,000+ Ratings

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Paul Marsh (Ezra Godden) is yachting on the Spanish coast with three companions when a freak storm causes their boat to founder on the rocks. Paul goes to a nearby village to get assistance, as two of his friends have been trapped in the boat's wreckage. He notices that the locals seem odd, and their behavior grows increasingly strange. When Paul begins seeing a mermaid (Macarena Gómez) who has appeared in his nightmares, he realizes that the fearful world of his dreams is now a reality.

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Marjorie Baumgarten

Austin Chronicle

Rated: 3/5

Jul 12, 2002

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Matthew Rozsa

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The only reason this review describes "Dagon" as "one of the scariest movies ever made," instead of as "the scariest movie ever made," is because I haven't seen every film.

Rated: 3.5/4

Jun 28, 2020

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Grant Watson

Fiction Machine

Gordon knows what his audience wants, and time and again he proves a deft hand at giving it to them.

Rated: 7/10

Oct 21, 2019

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Ian White

Starburst

For our money, Dagon is very possibly the best Lovecraft movie produced so far (we're overlooking Carpenter's underrated In The Mouth of Madness because that was only tentatively inspired by Lovecraft's mythos).

Rated: 9/10

Aug 15, 2018

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Jeffrey M. Anderson

Combustible Celluloid

Dagon isn't as outright funny as Gordon's Re-Animator or From Beyond, but it has moments of spunkiness to puncture the incredible strangeness of it all.

Rated: 3/4

Jul 27, 2018

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Pablo Villaça

Cinema em Cena

Uma histria absurda que consegue gerar alguns bons momentos de tenso (especialmente em sua primeira metade, quando ainda no sabemos para onde o filme est caminhando).

Rated: 3/5

Mar 24, 2006

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Pepe Silvia P

A fun horror movie based on the story, "The Shadow Over Innsmouth". Goofy acting, but thats the charm of the movie and why I love it. I liked the premise of a small town thats hiding something. It seems Resident Evil 4 borrowed from this movie during the village section at the start of the game. Only downside are the CGI effects.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

03/30/24

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Logan T

Yes there's some pretty crumby CGI and at times campy acting and clunky script but Dagons atmosphere and Gordon's direction sets you up for a crazy ride and is one of my favourite B horror movies ever

Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars

02/08/24

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DUB B

Part enjoyable and part stupid. Acting is terrible but the premise and the plot is quite good.

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

09/17/23

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Jonas M

Very entertaining film, slightly based on H.P. Lovecraft's Cthulhu and Dagon, which I'm already a huge fan of anyway. Movie was extremely atmospheric and that Goméz who played Uxia Cambarro was tasty even with tentacles.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

03/13/23

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Craig B

This movie's only redeeming features are some fairly decent creature and makeup effects, well-realised gory scenes plus an attractive damsel in distress and hot mermaid…a movie best watched by fast forwarding through all the rubbish scenes and just watch the juicier ‘action' scenes….which means probably a 30 minute watch, which is more than it deserves. Surprisingly (bafflingly) well reviewed by the critics…obviously they weren't too fussy when they watched this…

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

03/09/23

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Sir M

Not the easiest movie to follow if you are not very fluent with the Spanish language. Looking for something different, give this film a try.

Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars

02/19/23

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Stuart Gordon

Director

Ezra Godden

Paul

Francisco Rabal

Ezequiel

Raquel Meroño

Bárbara

Macarena Gómez

Uxia

Brendan Price

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Synopsis

Paul Marsh (Ezra Godden) is yachting on the Spanish coast with three companions when a freak storm causes their boat to founder on the rocks. Paul goes to a nearby village to get assistance, as two of his friends have been trapped in the boat's wreckage. He notices that the locals seem odd, and their behavior grows increasingly strange. When Paul begins seeing a mermaid (Macarena Gómez) who has appeared in his nightmares, he realizes that the fearful world of his dreams is now a reality.

Director: Stuart Gordon
Screenwriter: H.P. Lovecraft, Dennis Paoli
Rating: R (Sexuality|Nudity|Language|Strong Gore|Strong Violence)
Genre: Horror
Original Language: English
Release Date (Streaming): Oct 7, 2014
Runtime: 1h 34m
Sound Mix: Surround

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