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Actors: Ezra Godden, Francisco Rabal, Raquel Meroņo, Brendan Price
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| Review Summary and Plot Commentary about Dagon |
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Based on two H. P. Lovecraft's short stories, DAGON is s movie directed by Stuart Gordon in 2001 in Spain.
Paul and Barbara's boat runs aground near a small Spanish village. They soon discover that all the inhabitants of the town seem to change themselves into sea animals devoted to Dagon, lord of the Sea. And these mutants are after them now!
--Daniel Staebler, Resident Scholar
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| Analysis of Dagon |
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Ratings are on a 1-10 scale (Low to High)
Plot
Composition of Movie
Actual chase scenes or violence - 60%
Planning/preparing, gather info, debate puzzle - 10%
Feelings, relationships, character bio/development - 30%
**Fantasy or Science Fiction?**
- fantasy story on present day Earth
Character operated on/altered?
Yes
Kind of alteration:
- Bioformed into another form of life
Horror film?
Yes
Kind of Horror Story
- the monster chased me!
Main Character
Identity:
- Male
Profession/status:
- not employed but independently wealthy
Age:
- 20's-30's
Hair color?
- brunette (Brown)
Hair type
- (man) short/medium straight
Body type
- average (man)
Unclothed?
- Chest
Events of movie makes character more...
- aggressive
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
How sensitive is this character?
- sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor?
- Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence
- Smarter than most other characters
Physique
- average physique
Secondary Main Character
Identity:
- Female
Hair color
- brunette (Brown)
Hair style
- (woman) medium/shoulderlgn curly
Unclothed?
- buttocks and chest
How much in movie?
- 60%
Ethnicity/Nationality
- Hispanic/Latinic
Main Adversary
Identity:
- Female
Age:
- 20's-30's
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in:
- 20%
Hair color
- brunette (Brown)
Hair style
- (woman) medium/shoulderlgn, straight
unclothed?
- chest
Ethnicity
- White
Intelligence
- Average Intelligence
Physical condition
- missing body parts/abilities
How sensitive is this character?
- sensitive to others' feelings
Setting
Earth setting:
- 20th century (1970's to Present)
Takes place on Earth?
Yes
Water?
Yes
Small town?
Yes
Style
Accounts of torture and death?
- very explicit references to deaths and torture
Tone of movie
- fearful
Sex/nudity in movie?
Yes
What kind of sex:
- kissing
- weird alien sex
- seeing breasts
- seeing nude female butt
- major character impregnated against her will
Non-American film?
Yes
What language?
- English
Kinds of F/X
- nasty human transformations
Is this movie based on a
- book
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