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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.
 
 
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* [[Body Horror]]: Those fish people {{spoiler|not all of them were born that way}}.
* [[Campbell Country]]
* [[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}}.
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* [[Humanoid Abomination]]: {{spoiler|Paul}}.
* [[Human Sacrifice]]: {{spoiler|Viki and Barbara. Barbara gets more ceremony, though}}.
* [[Kill It Withwith 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.
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* [[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 Thethe Mirror]]: {{spoiler|Paul is half Deep One.}}
* [[Town Withwith a Dark Secret]]
* [[Unscaled Merfolk]]: They're more cephalopod than traditional merfolk or [[Fish People]].
 
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