Dagon (2001)
There is something incredibly difficult in bringing stories by HP Lovecraft to the big screen. One of the reasons for this is that cosmic horror is not the easiest subject matter to try and show, as most of it is by default vague or too vast to pull off reasonably. One person who has tried several times to bring us Lovecraftian tales, was director Stuart Gordon. Sure, he made those stories his own and gave us slightly different takes, but they all have that creepy atmosphere. 'Re-Animator', 'From Beyond', ... and here's 'Dagon', which bears the title of one tale, but is in fact a loose adaptation of 'The Shadow Over Innsmouth'. But is it any good? Yes. Yes, it is. Paul and his girlfriend Barbara are on holiday with Paul's boss Howard and his girlfriend Vicky. They are on a sailyacht near the coast of Spain and a small fishing village called Imboca when a storm violently hits and Vicky gets trapped below decks. Paul and Barbara head to the vi
