This is the trailer to the 2001 movie, Dagon, starring Ezra Godden. Lovecraft is admitedly hard to interpret into film, but as far as adaptations go, this one is not bad. You'll have to like the genre though in order to enjoy the movie.

At the moment, the official site seems to be offline or no longer in existence, but here is a plot synopsis from Wikipedia.com:

Two young American tourists, Barbara and Paul, seek help in a small town called Imboca on the coast of Galicia in Spain after their boat becomes shipwrecked. However, the inhabitants turn out to be far from friendly, and, as they discover, not even human, apart from a drunken tramp named Ezequiel. This latter (played by veteran Spanish actor Francisco Rabal - in what would be his last role), tells Paul how the denizens of the town have overthrown Christianity in favour of the fish god Dagon, who has brought them wealth from the sea. Since that time they have mutated into fish-like forms and are in obedience to the beautiful mermaid-like Uxia. Eerily, she has appeared to Paul in his dreams even before they met, and she saves him from being murdered by the locals. However, her plans for him, and for Barbara, unleash horror beyond all imagination.

Eventually we learn Paul's mother escaped from the town years ago, and both he and Uxia share the same father, making them half-siblings; still they are destined to be together for eternity.

Comment by Paul Perry on May 11, 2010 at 2:55pm
I actually own this on DVD. I also really like the 2007 film Cthulu ( http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0478126/ ), thought it really got the atmosphere spot on, and avoided the problem of showing us the monsters quite well.

Although I still think the best Mythos film is In The Mouth of Madness - no specific Mythos mentions, but it just so IS a Cthulhu movie!
Comment by Dallas the Phallus on May 11, 2010 at 3:02pm
Paul, I'm not sure about The Mouth of Madness. When I first saw that I knew nothing of Lovecraft, or the genre, and I remember it just left me scratching my head. I was underwhelmed at the time, but perhaps it is worth seeing again.
Comment by darwinbaby on May 21, 2010 at 2:45am
NIce sets & locations. Shame about the movie.
Comment by Lucy on June 21, 2010 at 10:01pm
This looks good!

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