Review of Dagon (2001) by Simo H — 10 Jul 2009

The most appealing and stunningly well done achievement of the film is creating a consistent and terrifying depiction of a village dedicated to the extreme and orthodox religious worship of the dark Elder Gods; this is a place you could only want to visit in nightmares. Because the village and in its inhabitants are so effective, I am ratcheting my score to four stars. The language sounds great, which is pretty key to portraying occultists and creatures of Lovecraftian realms; this is for horror what Tolkien is for fantasy in terms of film adaptation.

And weird I should think of LotR, because Stuart Gordon has in effect done a Lovecraft library of adaptations to screen; it's not just three movies, but it is well more than LotR extended cuts. Gordon varies in how people rate his adherence to Lovecraft ideals, I too fluctuate on my like for his renderings of these stories. I love this one. But that isn't to say there aren't some problems.