Now, much happens with that little set up, and clearly the town of Imbocca is a STRANGE place, as is eventually discovered, the folks here worship an entity known as Dagon, which has brought incredible wealth in the form of fish and gold to the town.... and also terror as Dagon does not give up all this without a price... living sacrifices and women to breed with. Can I just say, Dagon is my kind of deity?

So, after getting some help, and returning to the boat, Paul and Barbara return, but Howard and Vicki are no where to be found. Later in the movie Paul discovers the fate of Paul, and then he and Barbara end up imprisoned by the crazy, fishy town folk with the missing Vicki. This is an important scene as Vicki's leg has been 'healed' fully. Actually, its been amputated, and the stump is now healed. She's also been raped by Dagon (off screen unfortunately) and is pregnant. Barbara takes Paul aside and makes him swear to kill her before the same can happen to her... Vicki comes to a sad end by her own hand, not wanting to experience death by freak birth, and who can blame her?

Now, much ensues... and Barbara, played by the gorgeous Raquel Merono ends up in the clutches of the high priestess Uxia. What ensues is probably, by far, one of the BEST GIMP scenes ever committed to celluloid. Bound naked and spreadeagle to a stone table, Barbara's naked body is cut again and again with a horrid looking dagger by Uxia. She screams in agony, Uxia taunts her, and Barbara knows what fate is awaiting her. Her lovely body is marred by many red lines of blood from the dagger's cuts.

Finally, the fish freaks who are the townsfolk, take poor Barbara from the table at Uxia's bidding, and manacle her with chains in an upper spread eagle to some type of hanging device with a winch. Heavy weights are also manacled to her ankles. She's hoisted into the air and ever so slowly lowered into a pit, the bottom of which feeds into the ocean, where Dagon awaits its lovely prize.

Barbara screams and pleads quite convincingly as she's about to be lowered to her fate, and the many cuts ooze blood, that slowly trails down her legs, dripping into the pool of water far below... the water begins to churn and bubble as Dagon is awakened, and our naked and helpless damsel is slowly lowered downwards. Paul arrives, a battle ensues, and those manning the winch let it go, and our hapless damsel plunges into the watery depths. Finally, Paul manages to get the upper hand after several tense minutes, and begins to winch Barbara up... as she reaches the top of the pit once more, her naked flesh is covered in hideous black slime... clearly, Dagon had been sampling his lovely morsel. She looks to Paul pleadingly, “Kill me.” she begs... he refuses of course and starts to try to pull her back in... but there is no respite for Barbara as huge black tentacles erupt from the water below, wrap themselves around her, and pull her screaming back into the pit.

Paul watches in horror, and as he looks up he screams as Barbara's dismembered arms remain manacled to the crossbars that she was affixed to. If you remember how Vicki's leg was healed, you know that Barbara is not dead, and that in time she will be giving birth to more mutated citizens of Imbocca.

The movie then goes into its own 'big reveal' and if you've read 'Shadow over Innsmouth' and paid attention to the movie's foreshadowing, this really isn't that big of a shock.