I don’t seem to have any time for Hallowe’en these days. By which I mean that I think it’s far too commercial and that if any little brats come knocking on my door then I’m more likely to want to eat their livers, on toast with a nice pint of Hobgoblin and a bowl of chips. I’ve been accused of not getting into the spirit of the things and that it’s only a bit of fun - to which I point out that I think it’s fun to punch people on the nose but I don’t think they would appreciate it if I went around to their house, knocked on their door, biffed-boffed their conk and told them it was only a bit of fun.

Or perhaps they would. Maybe I should try it.

Anyway, my evening will be spent watching yet another dodgy horror film. Tonight’s flick will be the 2001 film, Dagon which is based on an H.P.Lovecraft story - although not actually the story of the same name but rather the more popular and renowned “The Shadow Over Innsmouth”. The same story has recently been adapted again in a film called Cthulhu (another Lovecraftian entity that, again, has nothing whatsoever to do with the Innsmouth story).

Dagon is directed by Stuart Gordon who also directed Re-animator and From Beyond which are also taken from the Lovecraft canon. He also directed the dire sci-fi film “Space Truckers” (starrign Dennis Hopper) so he’s probably more Corman than Cronenburg but meh! Who cares? I’m going to watch it for what it is.