Dagon: HP Lovecraft Month: Deusdaecon Reviews

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[@tonyabayman2344]

Well, I now know where Resident Evil 4 got its plot outline from.

[@leekalba]

I like that Marsh's eyes involuntarily blink on the hotel clerk's behalf, because it's a nice way to get a bit of direct narrative from the story, into a visual medium.

[@kevinboudreaux7860]

The irony is that this is a very low budget project, but it does capture the essence of lovecrafts insanity

[@spartiguuts1630]

Marsh was only pretending to be alright with being a Fish-Man so that he could get his laptop back. This was a 1990s laptop. That shit ain't cheap!

[@dawsonthiago8776]

you prolly dont give a shit but does anyone know of a method to log back into an Instagram account?? I somehow forgot the password. I love any tips you can give me

[@dawsonthiago8776]

@Joshua Idris I really appreciate your reply. I got to the site thru google and Im waiting for the hacking stuff atm. Looks like it's gonna take a while so I will get back to you later when my account password hopefully is recovered.

[@dawsonthiago8776]

@Joshua Idris it worked and I finally got access to my account again. I am so happy:D Thank you so much you saved my account :D

[@joshuaidris9312]

@Dawson Thiago Glad I could help :D

[@xfinity6498]

I know he just got a product key for Windows 2000. That inconsiderate wretch

[@SemiramisAudron]

that scene is the essence of true horror. sitting in a public toilet and someone constantly janking at the door

[@alvarocalcedoriveiro4731]

Hello, The "squid-lady" is an spanish actress who has becomed famous for, basically, interpret a character on "La que se avecina", an humor TV series (family friendly), that still on air. Her name is Macarena Gómez. She also appears in REC 3. What a twist 0_0

[@nurgle11]

Does she have tentacles in that as well? Any way she's quite something :D

[@alvarocalcedoriveiro4731]

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[@IAmTheUnison]

In the original story, it's also hinted at that the narrator is already partial turned and half mad at the time that he's narrating some many years after the events at Innsmouth.

[@denisehiggs8938]

The Cthulhu prayer. I think it’s because that some people believe that Dagon is Cthulhu. It’s just another name for him, since Dagon is actually the name of a Mesopotamian deity. A fertility God.

[@sebastianemond5313]

Well, they do mention how "Dagon will f-k her," so they hit the *fertility* part on the head with that one.

[@gehinkun]

Also re: your point about the ending. I find it works, I always interpreted the gills opening as he finally accepts his fate. Also realises his sister is hot as heck.

[@ivantrajkovski5055]

its a nokia so of course it will still work and he could have used it to kill everyone in town

[@ohdannyboy4727]

more powerful than anything, even the old ones.

[@Zeithri]

" Nokia - Connecting People through Blunt Trauma "

[@isaacsmith6878]

My grandpa always said people get brain damage from mobile phones

[@Legather]

If Macarena Gomez flashed me the crazy eyes, I'd be ok with it.

[@sneekigit7772]

Tentacles or not. Immortal hybrid spawn doesn't sound bad either honestly.

[@nkohler5601]

I was probably too young when I first saw this but I always took the ending as a tragedy. That he was forever doomed to be imprisoned in the eye of Dagon by those that killed his friends with no power or control

[@jamesburke3413]

n kohler good interpretation. I wrote it off as gran guignol like the ending of that movie Bleeders (aka Hemoglobin) which was also loosely (emphasis on loosely) based on a Lovecraft story The Lurking Fear. In Bleeders like Dagon the hero has a twisted inHuman origin and resigns himself to an incestuous relationship with his long lost half-sister.

[@ItsOver-wo1ol]

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[@jamesburke3413]

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[@TheSeraphNetwork]

Deusdaecon, great review. I have a Bachelor's in Psychology and this ending makes a ton of sense from that perspective. If you know what cognitive dissonance is, then you can understand that there's a LOT of tension inside of the protagonist's mind. His girlfriend and friends are dead. He's no longer even human. Thus, his mind is broken. He has nothing. What can he do? Go back to normal society? No, but he can embrace this new beginning. This second chance. To me, the ending is way ahead of it's time AND it remains true to it's Lovecraftian philosophy.

[@anon2427]

Yeah that idea does make sense, he decides to go with the flow to ease the conflicting ideas of his human life vs fish life

[@justaddfire4418]

I think he is so mentally broken at this point Dagon’s will takes over him. He did have visions of the squid lady in the beginning, suggesting some kind of psychic phenomenon and it is Lovecraft after all.

[@hazardeur]

Very true. It's a great ending and as such it should be praised. Not a lot of directors have the balls to do such an ending.

[@dav552]

@Kyros Droztamyr big fakts

[@chaossmith3864]

That's basically what I was thinking tbh. (With the ending of Tusk actually too essentially about not being able to go back and being broken.)

[@sebastianemond5313]

15:55 - 16:18 Love the Futurama reference!

[@gehinkun]

I love this movie. And I fell in love with Macarena Gomez when I saw it first.

[@zerrowolf6747]

Dark Corners of the Earth, now there was a game!

[@zerrowolf6747]

Here here, horrendously overlooked. The parrell in this movie and in the game where the main character has to run from room to room in the hotel to escape, horror gold and really got my attention!

[@skankyassmarty220]

Better than the new that came out.

[@Stand_By_For_Mind_Control]

This was a remarkably good movie with remarkably bad acting from pretty much everyone but the protagonist. I guess the old guy who played the analog to Zadok was fine as well. But this film is easily the most faithful Lovecraft adaption that exists. Weirdly, though, faithful to the wrong book lol. Also I've seen this movie probably 15 times and I never once noticed he was wearing a Miskatonic sweater. That's awesome.

[@gehinkun]

also : "YOU ARE MY BROTHER, AND YOU WILL BE MY LOVER - FOREVER"

[@jonathanbrown50]

At the end of shadow over innsmouth, didn’t the protagonist talk about transforming and meeting his cousin who will also transform to return to the sea together?

[@dragonlordthekingofdragons6373]

He did also seeing now turned grandma and full deep one great grandma

[@archlinuxuser]

Nice drachenlord reference. Anyway, I just read the shadow over innsmouth: he dreams that stuff; & his cousin is young, & there's no incest in the book, thankfully.@@dragonlordthekingofdragons6373

[@JackieTheCatfox]

I'm Spanish, and let me tell you: there is NO WAY IN HELL an old drunken guy from rural Spain could speak A WORD of English. Suspension of disbelief out the window.

[@Anthintendo]

That Aquaman joke killed me. Your snark and witticisms are great.

[@TheUltimateRey]

that futurama reference was great lol

[@nurgle11]

I prefer the earlier Red Dwarf one :D

[@JedielDaniel]

I love Your reviews, but this conclusion always bothered me a bit, so I just feel like I need to get my point of view off my chest here. I personally was actually delighted seeing this ending, and it was making sense for me. Yes - Marsh was showed as a guy who will fight for himself, and ones he cared about. And I liked that in him. But at the end he literally lost everything. His girlfriend just died, he had no way of making it back to his old life, and even his attempt of killing himself to spite his wrongdoers failed. He had nothing more to do. He couldn't drown, and there is really no immediate way for him to end it in any way. And the only thing that's before his eyes now is this girl, and the place he was dreaming about his whole life. This is the only option for a closure for him - to see what lies beyond this dream, and what awaits him there. Also, that is a pretty fitting end for a Lovecraftian protagonist in my opinion. Let's face it, they're never well after their story concludes, and Marsh here - brave, and persistent as he was - finally had to give up and submit to his fate. So in my opinion the ending was while tragic for him, even better for it. He was just pushed beyond his limits.

[@deusdeaconReviews]

ok

[@bilwisss]

i rather liked this film. yet, i wish the film showed the deep one hybrids, as turning into deep ones not random chaos spawn. still a super proud daddy to have this one in my collection.

[@Dr_Robodaz]

The whole Dagon/Cthulhu relation is not so odd. All the devotees of the Old Ones pray to Cthulhu, as he is the High Priest of the whole Pantheon.

[@mrsubject1]

To be fair zadoc Allan did mention the cthulhu prayer when he was talking to the narrator in shadow over Insmouth. Seems to be a universal thing that even the language of the great old one can summon deep one's and the like

[@brianpratt3224]

Saw this when it premiered at the Grand Illusion in Seattle. Steward Gordon was there which was cool

[@BioGoji-zm5ph]

16:06 Ah, Futurama. The show that keeps on giving, even after it's ended.

[@Darkstar1484]

I interpreted the ending to be something closer to either him breaking as death seemed to not even be an escape. Either that or maybe something in the transformation warped him

[@Christmasminions]

This is my favorite of your videos. No matter how many times I watch it it still gets genuine laughs out of me. Keep up the good work!

[@OwensboroMusicMan07]

The Futurama bit absolutely killed me!

[@DaniyalKhan21]

the intro of this is actually similar to the intro of Dagon (the short story) with the statues and what not.

[@luthermcgee432]

Man, I'm glad you put in clips from DAGON. I've been looking for this one for a long time. And with a narrative too? Great!

[@MB-eh3js]

I dunno, the ending sorta fit for proper Lovecraftian horror. Humans are just small bugs at the end of things. you can fight, you can hide, you can trick, you can set yourself on fire, but at the end, you can't escape your fate. It's the ultimate Fuck You, Old Ones Win ending.

[@lonioates8780]

I really enjoy your reviews! It's a relief to listen to someone so intelligent. You're also very handsome. I also love HP Lovecraft stories. Thank You!!

[@superstarthomas]

Nice review this is actually one of my favorite movies.

[@georgeclinton4524]

I didn't have a problem with the ending. It had strong elements of physical and spiritual rebirth with him physically committing suicide and then the baptism by being pushed into the water and saved, his friends are already dead, and he's possibly insane from his contact with an Elder God or it awakened the alien part of him. I haven't read the book for a while but I thought there was some intimation that the son stopped calling on the Deep Ones after the father left for a while and started back up with the return of his father from the deep. I thought there was some intimation that the son had stumbled in his faith.

[@stefanfilipovits9221]

Love your stuff, please keep it up. I especially love Lovecraft month, such an awesome theme.

[@teejaylecapois9741]

My favorite channel.

[@wolfwing1]

On the ending, why wouldn't it make sense that he's no longer human, he lost his humanity when he became more fish and stopped caring about things.

[@deusdeaconReviews]

why would growing gills suddenly change who he is anyway ? lets be honest we was willing to set himself on fire not ten seconds previously that doesnt seem like a bit of a rapid u-turn without much explanation, “your cult killed and mutilated my friends not to mention fed my girlfriend to a god I’d rather die horribly then join you !, oh wait, I can breathe underwater now, all is forgiven !“

[@wolfwing1]

@@deusdeaconReviews well isn't the idea that these creatures arn't fully human, so human so such sensabilities don't really count? heh on a unrelat3ed movie, which lovecraft or lovecraftish movies woiuld you recomend seeing? :> I have seen mouth of madness and one of my favorite movies of all time.

[@felipe180288]

jajaja I laughed my ass off with the ¨spanisho classo¨... and I think is even funnier when you are from a spanish speaking contry... great Review!

[@CoolG97]

You think this guy has bad luck, you should see his doppelganger that just moved into an old boarding house.

[@deusdeaconReviews]

Dreams in the witch house reference, I like it hehe.

[@Scorpion122178]

idk if I have the same interpretation of the ending with regards to Marsh's character. I mean that pit in the ocean was the one he dreamed about his whole life, and there is no real indication that he accepted his sisters love or forgot about his friends. I mean he tried to kill himself and it didn't work, he doesn't have anything to slash his throat and he can't drown so might as well go into the pit and satisfy his curiosity. There no guarantee that he wont try to kill himself or his father and sister later, only at that moment he was driven to see what his dream meant.

[@bloodyhatter2692]

I have to admit. The squid butt wouldn't immediately be a deal breaker.

[@kevinboudreaux7860]

If you’ve played Cthulhu Wars, the Insmouth prayer to Cthulhu actually does make sense. In that game, the deep ones are a minion of Great Cthulhu rather than of Dagon who doesn’t have minions there. I chalk that up to Cthulhu being much more powerful than Dagon as well as being at the bottom of the ocean and the herald of the outer gods. Dagon wouldn’t be able to even scratch the great dreamer

[@saorse5918]

I'm glad you know it's the wrong prayer my friend hasn't twigged yet.

[@reggielovato9525]

Him: "FUCK DAGON!" Her: "Yes!"

[@Blisterdude123]

I don't see how the ending doesn't make sense. It's about as Lovecraftian an ending as you can get. A happy ending would have been a disappointment.

[@deusdeaconReviews]

I didn't say it needed a happy ending i said an ending that's appropriate to marsh as a character because for someone who has been fight tooth and nail oh and even killing to help his allies and save them he's surprisingly nonchalant when it comes to pissing off through a giant sea eye and fucking his squid sister.

[@Blisterdude123]

I don't know, its kinda in keeping with the protagonist of Shadow over Innsmouth. As soon as he escapes, he digs up his past, finds out his heritage and decides to break his relative out of prison so they can go be fish together. When you explain a Lovecraft story, in a pretty literal sense, they often come off as a bit silly, but that's okay. I'm as much as fan as anybody all the same, their strangeness is a big part of their charm.

[@deusdeaconReviews]

It may be in keeping with the charachter of shadow over innsmouth, but that's irrelevent its not in keeping with the charachter of marsh in Dagon thats my point.

[@Blisterdude123]

I guess I didn't notice it as much, I thought his character was pretty thin beyond being a vehicle for the audience. I mean, who'd really see a guy with gills on the back of his neck and not react, like at all? :L

[@jamesburke3413]

I wrote the ending off as gran guignol, i.e. the protagonist not only learning of his grotesque heritage but resigning himself to it as well as an incestuous relationship with his mutant half-sister. It's grotesque but plays out almost as a happy ending even though it sure as Hell isn't one to the audience who are probably shocked and repelled by it.

[@WushuKnight19]

I KNEW I saw this film before. I caught this film on the Sci-Fi channel when I was around 10 or 11.

[@jenniferloving9054]

I agree! The whole Marsh/"squid lady" incest thing is way more cringey!

[@1stPCFerret]

I loved this movie, it has some really funny moments, such as: Her: "Dagon needs a sacrifice!" Him: "Fuck Dagon!" Her: "YES!" The cute actress they got to play the high priestess was really good in the role. I blame my twisted sense of humor on starting to read Lovecraft e al. at around age 9.

[@Magic_Tricks-p8d]

Yeah I'm re-watching these reviews because you have yet to do Lovecraft Month 2019. For this year's Lovecraft Month, may I suggest "Necromican"?

[@Autisticguywithacamera]

Looks like a good Halloween film. I should look for this somewhere.

[@supadupastrika36]

Best use of a futurama sound clip ever

[@josephrouleau9259]

Man, should've been "it's beginning to look a lot like innsmouth"

[@wednesdayapril5435]

Me and my friends were watching random horror movie on Halloween and I didn't know what this was named but as soon as I found out his name was Marsh I knew what this was

[@Nutritious_sunyata]

stumbled on your reviews today. really enjoying them. has that David Mitchell touch =)

[@Barnesofthenorth]

The ending could have made more sense if either Marsh was scared of death or fascinated by the occult in some way giving him a leaning toward that, or we see him slowly losing his mind more obviously, that way you could even keep the setting on fire and it could be that failing to kill himself and being saved by the water he can now breathe makes him snap completely. But ye, he was trying to hard to help his friends and the old man right up until the very last second he decides "oh yea Dagon for the win".

[@angeleyes7985]

Love the futurama reference 😂

[@khylerbane4523]

fun fact, the reason the town is renamed is because “Enboca” literally translates to “in mouth”...Innsmouth...My god that’s stupid, although to be fair the hotel was named “The Gillman hotel” in the novel, so Lovecraft doesn’t exactly beat them in subtlety either.

[@rochester7051]

The fisherman only looks creepy because he's obviously too stoned and is wearing sunglasses in a storm

[@Enkarashaddam]

The answer to every question is Stewart Gordon. And that's why I love the guy. Like David Lynch but with more naked old dudes and tentacles.

[@Luciffrit]

If you remember back to the novel. The main character realises that he is a fishman and plans to break his cousin out of the asylum.

[@limely-8811]

Recently saw her acting on Netflix “30 coins”

[@jamescollett5779]

Also, how is it possiblee that the monsters from the film "In the Mouth of Madness" look more like the deep ones than these people do???

[@Raximus3000]

Here's a better ending: The local Ghost Rider(yes that is how it works) appears makes fried calamary in a stick out of Dagon which causes the townscalamary to explode and Paul being releashed from Dagon's curse returns to human form.

[@meatKog]

Dagon is a great movie!

[@jamescollett5779]

It doesn't matter if using the Cthulhu prayerto pray to Dagon doesn't make sense, it's still the prayer used in the book.

[@skirnirBG]

I cant find anywhere "Beyond wall of sleep" I think it was based on Lovecraft. Please help.

[@deusdeaconReviews]

yes Beyond the wall of sleep is a lovecraft short story

[@bilakos1987]

"Esoterica Orde de Dagon" The plaque beneath the symbol translated from the Spanish means "The Esoteric Order of Dagon." Did that really need to be translated? :D

[@deusdeaconReviews]

would you have preferred just saying the name with bad Spanish pronunciation and zero explanation ?

[@Heart0Darkness]

This isn't a review, it's a recap of what happens in the film.

[@deusdeaconReviews]

Its a comprehensive post mortem review, I may indeed explain the plot of the film, But that is to give my comments, Opinions, and critique context.

[@xKynOx]

i like the ending, it fits

[@kirbymarchbarcena]

Dagon: La Secta del Mar may not be as good as REC but both spanish horror movies really had great set locations...and hot-looking women

[@goodlookingcorpse]

It's quite possible that 'Dagon' is really Cthulhu, given a name from the Bible.

[@timothymartin2340]

What song playing in intro it’s amazing and can’t remember the name of song

[@deusdeaconReviews]

its called Kyrie from the soundtrack to the video game Amneisa: A Machine For Pigs

[@LoneEditor]

Can u review the actual books????

[@deusdeaconReviews]

I don't think so.

[@DrifterXiii-0]

If the Lovecraft horrors made me a full woman i would accept it, as horrifying that sounds life required.

[@nashlongstride5885]

I'd probably just roll with being a fish man if after all that and then trying to burn myself and failing, I'd say screw it, I lost.

[@glassesguy900]

Hp lovecraft his books have an enemy that you can't fight against and you can't get away from.

[@LoneEditor]

Play call of Cuthulu dark corners please!!!

[@alldayagain]

15:56 Ah, so he doesn't like shaved legs Looks like he's the real monster here

[@reptile1687]

It's beginning to look a lot like fish-men Everywhere I go; From the minute I got to town And started to look around I thought these ill-bred people's gillslits showed I'm beginning to hear a lot of fish-men Right outside my door As I try to escape in fright To the moonlit Innsmouth night I can hear some more They speak with guttural croaks and to hear them provokes A profound desire to flee Their eyes never blink and quite frankly they stink Like a carcass washed up from the sea I wish I'd paid attention to that crazy drunken man He tried to warn me all about old Marsh's Deep One clan It's beginning to look a lot like Fish-men Everywhere I go; They can dynamite Devil Reef But that'll bring no relief Y'ha N'thlei is deeper than they know I'll continue to see a lot of fish-men That I guarantee For the fish-man I really fear Is the one who's in the mirror And he looks like me He looks just like me

[@starrclarke6748]

I swear one of the creatures in your montage is Samael from Hellboy

[@rogersjgregory]

This is Lovecraft done right. And to be fair, his endings weren't all that great either, so this ending makes sense, because what else could he do. How could you go back to your old life, when all this crazy shit happened and your now a merman?

[@spartan117mastrchief]

Question, anyone know what the operatic piece is during the intro?

[@deusdeaconReviews]

Its from the soundtrack for the game Amnesia: A machine for pigs, It's called kyrie

[@spartan117mastrchief]

@@deusdeaconReviews Ahh, sweet. Thx dude :) Cool vids by the way. Makes me miss the golden age of horror movies. I was born in 86 and remember as a kid staying at my nan's at the weekend, secretly raiding her horror VHS stash and watching em in secret. Nightmare on elm street, hellraiser... The good old days... lol

[@zachminder8084]

HP Lovecraft is the god of Cosmic Horror and Scifi!

[@ohdannyboy4727]

that ending pissed me off as well.

[@martonlerant5672]

...it has the old boy ending, the fucked up "happy ending"

[@CttrPrfl]

Creepy Noise 9:14 Someone pronouncing Cthulhu correctly?

[@DamnQuilty]

I love A shoggoth on the roof! :D Amazing review. No, I don't I prefer to keep some of my sanity, so no Sutter Cane for me. ;)

[@davisjugroop3782]

Aquaman

[@darrenrenna]

Highly flawed movie in many ways, but still one that I really enjoy revisiting from time to time

[@dreamerdazegirl]

love this guy, but someone needs to make him a new intro 😭😭😭

[@elphaba4674]

Nice 👌

[@jacksullivan4741]

Can you review the curse for love craft month

[@deusdeaconReviews]

Can only really take requests for movies reviews through my patreon page unfortunately.

[@BrendanACook]

one more question what's the opera tyem after you anouce hp love craft month

[@deusdeaconReviews]

+Brendan A. Cook It kyrie from the soundtrack for amnesia a machine for pigs kzbin.info/www/bejne/iYbamXaqfphri68

[@BrendanACook]

+deusdeacon thank u agin

[@dragonlordthekingofdragons6373]

Aren't the deep ones part Fish part Frog part Human not octopus

[@paysonterhune290]

Squidette has Barbara Steele eyes...

[@playad6332]

I like this dude reviews one of the top review movie men in the game and funny.☉tribe

[@deusdeaconReviews]

Thank you very much I really appreciate that.

[@Elle-xf8mw]

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