In the Mouth of Madness (1994)
Genre: Horror / Thriller
Duration: 95 minuten
Country:
United States
Directed by: John Carpenter
Stars: Sam Neill, Julie Carmen and Jürgen Prochnow
IMDb score:
7,1 (89.513)
Releasedate: 3 February 1995
In the Mouth of Madness plot
"Lived Any Good Books Lately?"
Nothing is what it seems in the world of insurance inspector John Trent. Especially not after he is brought in to investigate the disappearance of writer Sutter Cane, whose horror books have gradually turned into mass hysteria. Although he doesn't like to read, he goes into the work of Sutter Cane, after which the nightmare begins for him...
Actors and actresses
John Trent
Linda Styles
Sutter Cane
Dr. Wrenn
Mr. Paul
Jackson Harglow
Saperstein
Paperboy
Simon
Axe Maniac
Reviews & comments
FlorisV
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- 1861 messages
- 799 votes
It should certainly be seen by Carpenter fans, but for me it is not a classic, rather a snack. A mishmash of Stephen King (the writer and his obsessed readers are reminiscent of Misery) and Philip K Dick (losing grip on reality) with some Lovecraftian monsters, but without the convincing sketches of a close-knit community like King or the much more far-reaching paranoia as with Dick. It all remains superficial with some cheap effect without coherence. Then another monster here, then another scary head there.
It certainly looks good but you have a bit of the idea of driving through the haunted house of an amusement park in a cart. Because the plot is not very structured and not very deep or focused and it never gets really creepy.
It lacks atmosphere and with a story like this (HP Lovecraft-like madness takes over the world) there really could have been more in it.
Then the casting. Prochnow and Neill are doing well, but Julie Carmen didn't appeal to me.
Soundtrack is good, nice rocking with a fine Carpenter synth tune as a basis.
Time for them to film The Call of Cthulhu, a while back I played a pretty oppressive game that told that story well..
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