In The Mouth Of Madness
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Master of horror John Carpenter (Halloween, The Thing) is back with his "scariest movie to date!"
Sutter Cane (Jurgen Prochnow, The Seventh Sign) is the best-selling author whose newest novel is literally driving readers insane. When he inexplicably vanishes, his publisher (Academy Award - winner John Trent (Sam Neill, Jurassic Park, Dead Calm) to track him down. Drawn to a town that only exists in Cane's books, Trent crosses the barrier between fact and fiction and enters a terrifying world from which there is no escape.
Inspired by the tales of H.P. Lovecraft, this shocking story is, in the worlds of its acclaimed director, "horror beyond description!"
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A Bit Campy, But Very Interesting - Quindog
Meant to be an intellectual's horror movie, and to that end it worked, but the film did have a bit of a hokey feel to it at times. Not gory or overly "pop-up" scary; more of a psychological scare. The premise and story were good and the "what's real and what's not" was interesting to try and get a handle on. It's weird, but hey, it's Carpenter.
Sam Neill was quite good but the female lead, Julie Carmen was soap opera level at best. And Charleton Heston... well, I've never been a fan.
A good movie that good have been truly great with some better casting and a few cinematographic tweaks.
I did like the ending though... a classic!Not Carpenter's Best - JuicyFruit
In the Mouth of Madness really does show clearly that the director isn't necessarily the most significant affector of how good a film is- it wasn't really very good, despite many of other Carpenter films being truly excellent; the Thing and Prince of Darkness are classics of their genres and SO far superior that one might not even recognize this movie as one of his. The story wasn't really very original (a couple of Twilight Zones did it already), and there wasn't really any horror nor were there any good scares. They'd have been far better off foregoing the Lovecraftian and using an actual Lovecraft story instead. I'd recommend passing on this one...Up the #@$% of Madness - Wentai
I apologise for the title of my review.
I do love this movie. It is a truly intelligent film, light years ahead of the slash-fest dreck that is put out by Hollywood
There is no gore in this film -- it is about storyline.
Reality begins to blur as events take on an eerie likeness to a Sutter Cane novel. Sam Niel slowly finds himself drawn into a terrible world that appears more like a horror novel than anything he is used to in real life.
In many ways this reminds me of the old SF novels -- an exploration of the nature of reality. Into the Mouth of Madness showed us the true terror of reality bending to the will of an ancient darkness.
This movie is entertaining, brilliant, and wonderfully acted. Sam Neil is great and the storyline will keep you on the edge of your seat. Highly, highly recommended.
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A Bit Campy, But Very Interesting - Quindog
Meant to be an intellectual's horror movie, and to that end it worked, but the film did have a bit of a hokey feel to it at times. Not gory or overly "pop-up" scary; more of a psychological scare. The premise and story were good and the "what's real and what's ...Not Carpenter's Best - JuicyFruit
In the Mouth of Madness really does show clearly that the director isn't necessarily the most significant affector of how good a film is- it wasn't really very good, despite many of other Carpenter films being truly excellent; the Thing and Prince of Darkness ...Up the #@$% of Madness - Wentai
I apologise for the title of my review.
I do love this movie. It is a truly intelligent film, light years ahead of the slash-fest dreck that is put out by Hollywood
There is no gore in this film -- it is about storyline.
Reality begins to blur as ...