1994 Directed by John Carpenter
With the disappearance of hack horror writer Sutter Cane, all Hell is breaking loose...literally! Author Cane, it seems, has a knack for description that really brings his evil creepy-crawlies to life. Insurance investigator John Trent is sent to investigate Cane's mysterious vanishing act and ends up in the sleepy little East Coast town of Hobb's End.
À Beira da Loucura, 完全魔鬼手册, 疯人之口, 落入虎口, Ve spárech šílenství, John Carpenter's Die Mächte des Wahnsinns, Sto stoma tis trelas, В пасти безумия, John Carpenter's In the Mouth of Madness
"I'm losing me!"
I can't even begin to tally up the amount of times I have seen In the Mouth of Madness over the past 20 years, but I can tell you that it's so much that I am actually a slimy, deformed, hideous monster transformed from the lurking evil within the mind of Sutter Cane, he's my god now.
The first few times I watched this movie was probably back in 1995-1996, making me no more than 12 or 13 years old at the time and it scared the living hell out of me (but not enough to keep me from coming back to it over and over again). From the early scenes of Sam Neill covered in drawn-on…
John Carpenter fuses lurking Lovecraftian madness with Stephen King psychological terror, resulting in this New England nightmare tentacle jam that’s, at least for me, totally perfect.
Equal parts cerebral and visceral with apocalyptic anxieties riding high, In the Mouth of Madness was a video store staple for me in my teens and very well may be my favorite horror picture of the 90’s, a dreamy ride into hellish paperback nightmare rhetoric—filled with goopy KNB effects, one of my favorite Carpenter scores, Sam Neill absolutely killing it as usual, and an ending for the ages as far as I’m concerned.
“Do you read Sutter Cane?”
Part fiction, part reality, all nightmare.
The new 4K scan on Scream Factory’s new blu looks damn fine, destroying the previous bare bones release by a country mile and reminding me how much I love the color blue. I couldn’t be happier this finally got the collectors edition treatment it deserves. Essential.
Sometimes it just seems a director is given one film in which all his unique talents come together. For Carpenter In the Mouth of Madness seems to be that film.
I feel that Carpenter is masterful at two things. Creating suspense and giving his viewer great physical gorey effects. He perfected the first in Halloween and the second in the Thing. In the Mouth of Madness is an almost perfect amalgamation of the two.
The story feels like the bizarre love child of Stephen King and Lovecraft. It deals with Lovecraftian madness and monsters, told in a narrative that seems to come straight out of a King novel. And weaving through this all is the deft hand of one of…
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It's exhilarating to watch Carpenter utilize his skills as a peerless craftsman against a changing world of scare tactics and an evolving horror landscape. Like an old dog teaching itself new tricks. Terrifying and utterly engrossing.
Sam Neill solid as a rock. Sutter Cane, the anti-Stephen King. Warped. Twisted. Demented. Trippy. A mind-fuck from the Horror Master John Carpenter.
Hooptober 4.0 - 2017 - Film #21
I still remember the first time I ever picked up a Stephen King novel. I was twelve years old and I was at my local library. I was scanning the shelves when I came across this title that glared out at me with a strange allure, Pet Semetery. My curiosity was piqued. I pulled it down and flipped it open. Right there in the middle of the page was the word, "Fuck". I was dumb struck, I quickly obscured the word by half closing the book. I then looked around surreptitiously to make sure no one was looking, as though it would be patently clear to everyone within a hundred metre radius that…
it gets pretty meta at the end there but somehow i still really liked it. this movie feels like carpenter got to do all the shit he’s good at all in one movie. it’s not quite on par with halloween or the thing, but it’s really weird in a really good way, and definitely worth a watch.
"Reality is not what it used to be."
John Carpenter makes really good movies, if you didn't know.
An exploration into the boundaries between fiction and reality, and how quickly the insane become the sane when they are the majority. Great practical effects, and some primo screams from Sam Neill.
"This shit really sells, doesn't it?"
"More than you'd think."
Ambiance Carpenter assurée, bémol sur la bande son.
Tout tourne autour de rationalité et du mélange entre fiction et réalité.
Perso principal peut-être un peu abusément rationnel, presque ridicule.
Fin mythique mais bizarrement aboutie.
Gros coup de coeur pour le moment où ils sont dans l’hotel et dans la ville inventée. Le fait que le personnage ne possède en réalité de libre arbitre, tout est décidé par l’auteur, qui n’est autre qu’une personnification de ce que serait Dieu. Carpenter verrait là une critique, si tout le monde était convaincu d'être dirigé par un Dieu, on en deviendrait fou...
John Carpenter movies are kinda funny. His films often take a couple decades before people acknowledge how good they are. This is one that’s finally getting the credit it deserves. This is a creepy, well-acted, Lovecraft-inspired movie that’s smart and paced well. Check check it out!
Una peli dentro de una peli dentro de un libro,de esas historias que te dejan un poco con el culo torcido,no soy fan de Carpenter,pero tiene sus cosillas
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