Dagon
One of the movies I watched this weekend on DVD. It's based on the short story of H.P. Lovecraft, of the same name -- and anyone who's read Lovecraft knows the guy can some times be freaky and downright scary. Dagon is no exception. The movie features quite an over the top level of gore, blood and violence -- then it adds totally freaky and scary scenes in the mix. Makes me want to avoid going to any sleepy little fishing village for the rest of my life. So what is Dagon? Well, Dagon is supposedly some monster-fish-god creature, who is turned to by a local fishing village, when things go bad -- things go bad to worse for them though, as they have to spurn their Christian god for Dagon -- who eventually starts turning the people in the village to fishy monsters, and expects, when the transformation is fully made, that the villagers will join him to a life underwater. Of course, for some reason, Dagon needs a human female to mate with (don't all monsters do for some reason?). If you want a good fright, try this movie. If not, stay away from it. If you would like to read a short Dagon tale, and have a taste of Lovedraft's fiction <-- follow that link. If you really want to go bizzare, read the Lithany of Dagon (PDF), written by a bunch of people who really think this shit is real -- but be warned though -- it's hosted by the Church of Satan -- a bunch of very nasty and possibly evil people (but in America, land of the free ...). Anyway, guess what I had for dinner Sunday night? Yep, fish.
One of the movies I watched this weekend on DVD. It's based on the short story of H.P. Lovecraft, of the same name -- and anyone who's read Lovecraft knows the guy can some times be freaky and downright scary. Dagon is no exception. The movie features quite an over the top level of gore, blood and violence -- then it adds totally freaky and scary scenes in the mix. Makes me want to avoid going to any sleepy little fishing village for the rest of my life. So what is Dagon? Well, Dagon is supposedly some monster-fish-god creature, who is turned to by a local fishing village, when things go bad -- things go bad to worse for them though, as they have to spurn their Christian god for Dagon -- who eventually starts turning the people in the village to fishy monsters, and expects, when the transformation is fully made, that the villagers will join him to a life underwater. Of course, for some reason, Dagon needs a human female to mate with (don't all monsters do for some reason?). If you want a good fright, try this movie. If not, stay away from it. If you would like to read a short Dagon tale, and have a taste of Lovedraft's fiction <-- follow that link. If you really want to go bizzare, read the Lithany of Dagon (PDF), written by a bunch of people who really think this shit is real -- but be warned though -- it's hosted by the Church of Satan -- a bunch of very nasty and possibly evil people (but in America, land of the free ...). Anyway, guess what I had for dinner Sunday night? Yep, fish.
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