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Line 6: Everything goes fine at first. However, a sudden storm near a small fishing village named Imboca dashes the yacht against the rocks. A large rock has pierced the cabin below deck and Viki's leg is trapped between the rocks and the yacht. Luckily, the yacht is otherwise stable and in no risk of sinking. Howard stays behind to care for his injured wife while Paul and Barbara go ashore to look for help.... ''[[Dagon]]'' is a 2001 horror movie loosely based on the [[Cthulhu Mythos]] short story ''[[~~The Shadow Over Innsmouth (Literature)\|~~The Shadow Over Innsmouth]]'' by [[HPH.P. Lovecraft]]. The film moves the action from New England to the coast of Spain, in the town of "Imboca" (which means the same as "Innsmouth"). Dagon is a highly atmospheric horror film steeped in mist and eerie themes. Despite being a modern update, many of the themes remain the same. Even if much overlooked, Dagon is worth a watch for many horror and Lovecraft fans. ~~----~~ ~~=== ''[[Dagon]]'' contains examples of the following tropes: ===~~ {{tropelist}} * [[Apocalyptic Log]]: The rise of Dagon. * [[Barrier -Busting Blow]] * [[Bloodier and Gorier]]: Than Lovecraft, who was a advocate of [[Nothing Is Scarier]]. * [[B -Movie]] * [[Bilingual Bonus]]: English and Spanish are present here.▼ ** [[Bittersweet Ending]]: {{spoiler\|Paul may ultimately find happiness in capitulating to his inhuman nature and committing lots of incest with his dream girl, but [[The Bad Guy Wins\|the evil heathen fish monsters win]], they've killed all his human friends, and he failed to save Barbara from being raped, impregnated, and murdered by Dagon.}}▼ * [[Body Horror]]: Those fish people {{spoiler\|not all of them were born that way}}. * [[Campbell Country]]: The Spanish version. * [[Child Byby Rape]]: You're going to submit to Dagon whether you want to or not. * [[Cosmic Horror Story]]: By association with the [[Cthulhu Mythos]]. * [[Cruel and Unusual Death]]: Surprisingly frequent. A few couple include {{spoiler\|being skinned alive to make ceremonial masks and suicide by pocket knife Hara-kiri style}}. * [[Cthulhu Mythos]]: {{Spoiler\|Although the deity is named Dagon after the character from the Lovecraft short story of the same named, it's implied in this movie that the deity is really Cthulhu -- as is strongly indicated by the cult constantly chanting "Iä! Iä! Cthulhu fhtagn!"}} * [[Cthulhu Mythos]] * [[Defiant to the End]] {{Spoiler\| Paul tries this three times. The first time, when the cult is flaying Ezequiel's face, they chant the usual "Ia Ia Cthulhu Fhatgin" mantra. Paul tries to put on a brave face for both of them by counter chanting with Psalm 23. Then when it's his turn, after begging the cult to simply let him, Ezequiel and Barbara go; he defiantly tells the priest "DO IT!". Later on, when Paul finds out that he's Uxia's sister and that they are both children of Dagon, he tries to burn himself alive so that he won't be Uxia's consort. Uxia stops him by pushing him in the water. Forcing Paul to accept his fate.}} ▲* [[Bilingual Bonus]]: English and Spanish are present here. ▲** [[Bittersweet Ending]]: {{spoiler\|Paul may ultimately find happiness in capitulating to his inhuman nature and committing lots of incest with his dream girl, but [[The Bad Guy Wins\|the evil heathen fish monsters win]], they've killed all his human friends, and he failed to save Barbara from being raped, impregnated, and murdered by Dagon.}} * [[Eldritch Abomination]]: Dagon itself. * [[Extremely Dusty Home]]: As a citywide phenomenon. Line 37 ⟶ 34: * [[Humanoid Abomination]]: {{spoiler\|Paul}}. * [[Human Sacrifice]]: {{spoiler\|Viki and Barbara. Barbara gets more ceremony, though}}. * [[Kill It ~~With~~with Fire]]: {{spoiler\|the way roughly half the town meets its end}}. * [[Lovecraft Onon Film]]: An adaptation of both the short story ''Dagon'' and ''[[~~The Shadow Over Innsmouth (Literature)\|~~The Shadow Over Innsmouth]]''. * {{spoiler\|[[Luke, I Am Your Father]]: said by one of the fish people to [[Humanoid Abomination\|Paul]]}} * [[Malevolent Masked Men]]: wearing human faces no less. * [[The Mermaid Problem]]: Averted via tentacles with certain ahem functions. Line 51 ⟶ 48: * [[Scenery Gorn]]: Also the city of Imboca with it's flooded houses, caving in roofs, and broken windows everywhere. * [[Shallow Love Interest]]: From a certain perspective, {{spoiler\|both of Paul's girlfriends. He's not fated to be with the one, and the other with whom he is fated to be is a girl he hardly even knows.}} * [[Shout -Out]]: That's a [[Re -Animator\|Miskatonic University]] sweatshirt Paul is wearing. Maybe he'd have fared better if he'd brought some of his old colleagues from there with him. * [[Shown Their Work]]: The movie is actually almost completely faithful to Lovecraft's themes and stories. The director and producer also did extensive research on comparative religion, which shows in the design work regarding the various implements and decorative items the cult uses. * [[Sinister Minister]]: The town's priest. * [[Sinister Scraping Sound]]: More like thump, shuffle and scrape. * [[Tomato in ~~The~~the Mirror]]: {{spoiler\|Paul is half Deep One.}} * [[Town ~~With~~with a Dark Secret]] * [[Unscaled Merfolk]]: They're more cephalopod than traditional merfolk or [[Fish People]]. * [[Yandere]]: {{spoiler\| Uxia. When the cult has Barbara, Paul and Ezequiel recaptured, she saves Paul from them moments before he was about to end up like Ezequiel. She claims that Barbara is destined to be Dagon's newest consort, despite Paul's pleas to let Barbara go. Even offering to accept being her lover. Yet, she not only says no, but later on during the actual sacrifice scene, Uxia takes a sadistic glee in carving the symbols on Barbara's naked body, before lowering her into Dagon's pit. One could just guess from the look on her face while doing so, that she was bullshitting Paul and doing everything she can to separate the doomed couple so she could have Paul all to herself.}} {{reflist}} [[Category:~~Horror Films~~{{PAGENAME}}]] [[Category:Films of the 2000s]]▼ [[Category:Dagon]]▼ [[Category:Film]] ▲[[Category:Films of the 2000s]] ▲[[Category:~~Dagon~~Horror Films]]