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like there's this scene when the guy jumps from a building, crashing through a glass sheet on the other building and landing on his butt (ouch!) and getting up with only a limp(??).
The cgi effects. They were disappointing, especially of the creature itself, which I thought was lame. But maybe cuz its a low-budget flick, the makers didnt have much to develop it better.
The acting was a big letdown. There just wasnt much atmosphere created by the leads to keep the movie pacy.
The climax was ok. Clever and original.
Altogether, it started off very interestingly. A small island in the middle of nowhere, a guy all alone looking around claustrophobically wondering where his friends disappeared to, the people of the rainy coastal town giving him glares...definitely creepy and eerie stuff. But the second half of the movie took it down.
The problem with Dagon is depiction of too much gore. I admit I loved some really nice scenes, like the skinning scene (thats awesome!) But according to the pace of the movie, too much gore wasnt needed. More solid performances, and a better script could have made it a better movie than it is.
Stuart Gordon may be the best director when it comes to handle Lovecraftian tales, but the genius of Lovecraft needs a lot more than Gordon can give it. The human psyche, the horrific and glaring depictions which come from reading his books, need atmospheric touches to make em more horrifying.
Thats where movies like Se7en score over movies like Dagon. It isnt the act of murder depicted in minute detail which horrifies people, its the knowledge that such a gruesome act has been done, is what makes it horrifying. Hope that made sense.
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*Major Spoilers for Dagon*
I'll agree that the CGI was awful, and that some of the acting wasnt great. I thought Ezra Godden [Paul] was great though, he really gave a realistic performance IMO.
The "plot hole" isnt really a plot hole when you look at the whole plot. Look at how resiliant/hard to kill all the Imbocans are. I think the fact that Paul was relatively unharmed shows the first hints of his transformation.
What do you mean by too much gore? Aside from the face skinning and Paul's burnt body, there really wasnt much gore at all.
I agree with Urge 100% about the atmosphere:
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i think it did capture ther lovecraftian sense of doom and helplessness better than any of the others ..
i found it to be creepy and foreboding...the rain .. the setting .. the type of threat presented ..
i thought it was probably the best reperesentation of the atmosphere of lovecraft - if not the exact literary representation..
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I couldnt say it any better.
Personally, I love Dagon. It's one of my all-time favourite horror films. Too bad you didnt like it:(