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Dagon - jimbow8 - 12-09-2004
I just watched the movie Dagon based on HP Lovecraft' Dagon and Shadow Over Innsmouth (I just read Dagon and have not read Shadow nor any other HPL...YET). What a ride this movie is!! It starts out by fooling you into thinking it will be just another schlock 'B' horror movie, but it soon changes into something really original. I would really love to hear someone else's opinion of this movie.
Contains some gore, nudity and VERY disturbing images.
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Dagon - Scott Miller - 12-10-2004
jimbow8 Wrote:I just watched the movie Dagon based on HP Lovecraft' Dagon and Shadow Over Innsmouth (I just read Dagon and have not read Shadow nor any other HPL...YET). What a ride this movie is!! It starts out by fooling you into thinking it will be just another schlock 'B' horror movie, but it soon changes into something really original. I would really love to hear someone else's opinion of this movie.
Contains some gore, nudity and VERY disturbing images.
****Beware of Spoilers in this Thread****
Actually, I thought it was just another schlock 'B' horror movie, but I liked it.
Dagon - fpw - 12-10-2004
I thought it was true to the spirit of HPL's Innsmouth stories, and that'll always score points with me. Some of the scenes were over the top -- but good over the top. This is a riveting B-movie.
Side note: The same gang is filming Matt Costello's Beneath Still Waters in Spain as we speak...or write
Dagon - jimbow8 - 12-10-2004
fpw Wrote:I thought it was true to the spirit of HPL's Innsmouth stories, and that'll always score points with me. Some of the scenes were over the top -- but good over the top. This is a riveting B-movie.Cool, I'll keep an eye out for that one. Any idea when it's scheduled for release?
Side note: The same gang is filming Matt Costello's Beneath Still Waters in Spain as we speak...or write
Dagon - jamedog - 12-10-2004
I was surprised because it did do the book justice but I don't think any HPL movie has done his stories justice, even "the Necronomicon" which I enjoyed, could have been better.
Dagon - DaveStrorm - 12-10-2004
jimbow8 Wrote:I just watched the movie Dagon based on HP Lovecraft' Dagon and Shadow Over Innsmouth (I just read Dagon and have not read Shadow nor any other HPL...YET). What a ride this movie is!! It starts out by fooling you into thinking it will be just another schlock 'B' horror movie, but it soon changes into something really original. I would really love to hear someone else's opinion of this movie.
Contains some gore, nudity and VERY disturbing images.
****Beware of Spoilers in this Thread****
I taped this off cable about 6 - 8 months ago but haven't watched it yet. :eek:
I'm interested in any HPL based material but I've put off watching it thinking it wouldn't be very good. Guess I'll have to give it a go now.
Dagon - jimbow8 - 12-10-2004
The main character transforms (literally, figuratively???) throughout the course of the movie. I can only compare it to the transformation Ash underwent.
Dagon - Scott Miller - 12-10-2004
fpw Wrote:Side note: The same gang is filming Matt Costello's Beneath Still Waters in Spain as we speak...or write
Which is a very good book.
Dagon - Scott Miller - 12-10-2004
jamedog Wrote:I was surprised because it did do the book justice but I don't think any HPL movie has done his stories justice, even "the Necronomicon" which I enjoyed, could have been better.
I thought The Dunwich Horror with Dean Stockwell and Dee Wallace was decent.
I did a little searching on Stuart Gordon and discovered a book, That Darn Squid God by Nick Pollotta and James Clay that sounds like more fun than a barrel full of monkeys.
http://www.aphelion-webzine.com/features/review38.htm
Dagon - APhew - 12-10-2004
Scott Miller Wrote:Which is a very good book.
I agree, I read it a few months ago. You have to go hunting used book stores, but it's well worth reading.