By request, Dagon a Spanish horror film released in 2001. Film's never really seem to do H.P. Lovecraft justice, with his work often being heavily altered to such a state it's barely recognizable. That's not the case with Dagon, based on the H.P. Lovecraft short story The Shadow Over Innsmouth, which really nails the actual terror behind his work. Not to say that this film is perfect, because it is most assuredly not that. It just manages to adapt Lovecraft in such a way that it doesn't deviate from makes Lovecraft's horror work so well. Lovecraft's horror comes from the underpinnings of reality and our place in it being torn away, showing that not only are we small. But there are beings powerful on scale that we can't even fathom and that…show more content… When the reach the town it's seemingly deserted, the pair seek aid in the old church. They think they found the answer in the form of the town priest (Ferran Lahoz). Meanwhile on the boat, something comes up from the deep. Having been roused by Vikki's blood in the water and takes them. The priest sends Paul to the boat with a pair of fishermen and sends Barbra to the hotel to call for help. When Paul arrives at the boat he finds it empty and returns to the town believing the pair dead at sea. At the hotel Barbra is seized by the hotel manager and the priest. When Paul arrives back in town he instructed to go the hotel and wait for Barbra, who the priest claims went to a near by town for aid. At the hotel Paul has another nightmare featuring the same woman. When he awakens the hotel is surrounded by the townsfolk, all whom seem deformed and monstrous. The town folk attack Paul, who is forced to flee the hotel. He takes refuge inside an old tannery, but is still pursed by townsfolk. He finds Howard's flayed skin hanging in the tannery along with the skins of many other people. Paul sets fire to the tannery and escapes in the confusion, when he comes across Ezequiel (Francisco Rabal), the town drunk. After a rocky get to know you…show more content… The whole town feels other worldly and wet with a sickening glow. The constant rainfall, combined with shambling but savage horde of fish men makes for a very unsettling and disturbing ambiance. The best part is the music and sound ambiance only add to this sense of heightened reality. A lot of work had to go into the design of this and the work really shows
