History Film / Dagon

* LukeIAmYourFather: [[spoiler: Said by one of the fish people to [[HumanoidAbomination Paul]]]]

* BloodierAndGorier: Than Lovecraft, who was a advocate of NothingIsScarier.

* CruelAndUnusualDeath: Surprisingly frequent. A few couple include [[spoiler: being skinned alive to make ceremonial masks and suicide by pocket knife Hara-kiri style]].

%%* SinisterMinister: The town's priest.

* AnArmAndALeg: When Paul and Barbara find Viki again, they find her in state of complete shock because the cultists cut off one of her legs.

* SceneryGorn: Also the city of Imboca with it's flooded houses, caving in roofs, and broken windows everywhere.

* BarrierBustingBlow

* BMovie

* CampbellCountry

* CthulhuMythos

* EldritchAbomination: Dagon itself.

* {{Fanservice}}

* FlayingAlive.

* {{Gorn}}
* HellHotel: Barbara picked a great place to look for help.
** As Paul discovers, it comes complete with a DisgustingPublicToilet, smashed windows, and a bed in which someone--or some''thing''--has apparently died recently.
* HorrorFilms

* ManOnFire: Merman, too.

* MonsterProgenitor: Dagon

* NightmareFace
* OminousFog

* SinisterMinister: The town's priest.

* TownWithADarkSecret

* [[spoiler: BrotherSisterIncest: between Paul and Xuia]]

* [[spoiler: LukeIAmYourFather: said by one of the fish people to [[HumanoidAbomination Paul]]]]

* [[spoiler: AndThenJohnWasAZombie. Well, really he was all along, but you get us.]]

''{{Dagon}}'' is a 2001 horror movie loosely based on the CthulhuMythos short story ''Literature/TheShadowOverInnsmouth'' by Creator/HPLovecraft. 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.

!!''{{Dagon}}'' contains examples of the following tropes:

* LovecraftOnFilm: An adaptation of both the short story ''Dagon'' and ''Literature/TheShadowOverInnsmouth''.

* HumanoidAbomination: [[spoiler: Paul]].

* ShallowLoveInterest: From a certain perspective, both of Paul's girlfriends, as he spends little screen time with either and the result of his romantic conflict seems to be predetermined by fate.

* ShoutOut: That's a [[ReAnimator 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.

A young stock market tycoon, Paul, has been plagued by strange dreams of a green-eyed mermaid. His girlfriend, Barbara, feels it is most likely an indication of excessive stress and tries to convince Paul to go on vacation with her and their older friends, Howard and Viki, to the sunny shores of Italy. Paul, however, is reluctant to go citing work, though his girlfriend won't take no for an answer and the four of them set sail in a yacht for Italy.

A young stock market tycoon, Paul, has been plagued by strange dreams of a green-eyed mermaid. His girlfriend, Barbara, feels it is most likely an indication of excessive stress and tries to convince Paul to go on vacation with her and their older friends, Howard and Viki, to the sunny shores of Italy. Paul, however, is reluctant to go citing work, though his girlfriend won't take no for an answer and the four of them set sail in a yacht for Italy.

''{{Dagon}}'' is a 2001 horror movie loosely based on the CthulhuMythos short story ''Literature/TheShadowOverInnsmouth'' by HPLovecraft. 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.

* BloodierAndGorier: Than Lovecraft, who was a advocate of NothingIsScarier.

* CampbellCountry

* ExtremelyDustyHome: As a citywide phenomenon.

* TownWithADarkSecret

* KillItWithFire: [[spoiler: the way roughly half the town meets its end]].

* BodyHorror: Those fish people [[spoiler: not all of them were born that way]].

* BilingualBonus: English and Spanish are present here.
* BittersweetEnding: [[spoiler: Paul may ultimately find happiness in capitulating to his inhuman nature and committing lots of incest with his dream girl, but [[TheBadGuyWins the evil heathen fish monsters win]], they've killed all his human friends, and he failed to save Barbara from being raped, impregnated, and murdered by Dagon.]]

* OurMermaidsAreDifferent: Yes, very different. [[spoiler: They are all the spawn or followers of an Eldritch Horror, they have no qualms about killing humans, and tend to have tentacles for just a start.]]

* ShallowLoveInterest: 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.]]

** BittersweetEnding: [[spoiler: Paul may ultimately find happiness in capitulating to his inhuman nature and committing lots of incest with his dream girl, but [[TheBadGuyWins the evil heathen fish monsters win]], they've killed all his human friends, and he failed to save Barbara from being raped, impregnated, and murdered by Dagon.]]

* FridgeBrilliance: The afforementioned name of the city, Imboca. When [[spoiler: roughly translated, means "In Mouth", the same as Innsmouth]]. For some it doesn't dawn on them till they learn what it means in Spanish.

* TheMermaidProblem: Averted via NaughtyTentacles

* NaughtyTentacles: Much more than in the original Lovecraft.

* DownerEnding: From the audience's point of view, [[YourMileageMayVary mostly]]. [[spoiler: Paul Marsh is so horrified to discover he's part Deep One he decides to kill ''himself'' with fire. However, his native half-human half-sister saves his life by hauling him into the water. His inhuman half awakened, he then swims down with her into the depths, where he'll presumably spend the rest of his days [[BrotherSisterIncest having lots and lots of little horribly half-bred babies with her]].]]

** BittersweetEnding: From [[spoiler: Paul's]] perspective. [[spoiler: Paul may ultimately find happiness in capitulating to his inhuman nature and committing lots of incest with his dream girl, but [[TheBadGuyWins the evil heathen fish monsters win]], they've killed all his human friends, and he failed to save Barbara from being raped, impregnated, and murdered by Dagon.]]

* {{Expy}}: Paul Marsh seems to be a deliberate homage to Jeffrey Combs.

* YogSothothSays: How Imboca got the way it is. [[spoiler: First Dagon just wanted worship. Then he wanted females to breed with. Now he wants total devotion, even to follow him into the sea!]]

* [[spoiler: LukeIAmYourFather:]]

* ShownTheirWork: The movie is actually almost completely faithful to Lovecraft's themes and stories. It just feels like AdaptationDecay due to the romance and moved timeline.
** 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.