Paul (Ezra Godden) is sailing around the Spanish coast when a storm causes the boat to crash onto offshore rocks. With two of his friends trapped in the boat wreckage, Paul and his girlfriend Barbara (Raquel Meroño) must go to a nearby village to find help.

Paul soon realises that the village locals are rather odd and then he starts seeing a mermaid (Macarena Gomez), who had appeared previously in his dreams…

As the story continues, it is revealed that the villagers pray to an unholy sea god and there are shambling, hybrid offspring roaming about the place.

Released in Spain as DAGON: LA SECTA DEL MAR, this horror film was directed by Stuart (RE-ANIMATOR) Gordon, written by Dennis (FROM BEYOND) Paoli and was produced by Brian (NECRONOMICON) Yuzna . This creative threesome definitely have a lot of experience producing Lovecraft-tastic horror flicks!

DAGON actually has more in common with H. P. Lovecraft’s novella ‘The Shadow Over Innsmouth’, rather than the titular short story. But, hey, so long as we get fishpeople, rainy village alleys, a monstrous sea deity and abundant tentacles, who’s complaining, right?

For me, the main selling point of Stuart Gordon’s low budget slice of Lovecraftian horror is the chance to see some cool prosthetic octopus/human hybrids. These practical makeups are effectively done.

Gordon also makes a real effort with the atmospherics, setting most of the movie during a heavy rainstorm. On the downside, though, I thought the lead actor was pretty poor (where is Jeffery Combs when you need him?) and the little snippets of CGI used in the film were of inferior quality, especially compared to the fine-looking prosthetics.

Fortunately, DAGON has more positives than negatives, featuring such horror highlights as an impressively gory skin-flaying scene and the human sacrifice finale.

And let’s not forget what is definitely my favourite moment in this Spanish production: an attractive woman called Uxía Cambarro, played by Macarena (SEXY KILLER) Gómez, lying on a bed… with tentacles for legs!

Let’s have a look at some DVD artwork…

Here’s a very lovely Blu-ray cover…

Okay, okay, let’s have one more look at the lady with the tentacle-legs…