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 | Subject: In the Mouth of Madness - John Carpenter (1995)  Sat Apr 12, 2008 2:50 am | |
| something in between Horror, Psychological Thriller and Fantasy ========= In the Mouth of Madness (IMDB) =========  - Quote :
- Reality isn't what it used to be...
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- The efficient and skeptical freelance insurance investigator John Trent is hired by the publisher Jackson Harglow to find where the famous writer Sutter Cane might be. After writing a series of best-sellers in the horror genre, affecting the reason and causing disorientation, memory loss, and paranoia in readers, Sutter has simply vanished near the release of his new novel, "Horror in Hobb's End." There is mass hysteria of his anxious fans waiting for the new release, and John believes that his disappearance is a marketing strategy. John follows his instincts and travels with Cane's editor, Linda Styles, to New Hampshire, seeking for the apparently fictional town of Hobb's End. While driving along in the night, Linda reaches Hobb's End, and John discloses that Sutter Cane has unleashed a powerful evil force in the black church of the mysterious town, and his twisted imagination is changing the reality and perception of those who read his novels.
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- What a treat of a film this was. It is witty, intelligent, and scary. The basic plot premise is anything but basic as the line between reality and fantasy is almost indistinguishable through most of the film. What is going on? Who really knows...I'm not sure even director John Carpenter knows. But what we do get is a guessing game of what is real and un-real in a very stylish, sophisticated, almost bizarre fashion. The film opens in a mental asylum with protagonist Sam Neill being put in a padded cell whilst in a straight-jacket. The setting is larger than life. The characters around Neill are caricatures for the most part. John Glover plays a doctor(Doctor Saperstein...a possible homage to Rosemary's Baby) with complete camp. David Warner, another doctor, begins talking to Neill and asking him about what happened. The rest of the film then details what Neill did working with regards to a lost author named Sutter Cane. The plot is much more complicated than that and may take subsequent viewings to fully understand WHAT can be understood. The end result is at the very least a very gratifying one as Carpenter constructs a dream-like story that has obvious roots in both the fiction of H. P. Lovecraft and Stephen King. The acting is good all around...Neill is excellent as John Trent. He makes a very believable presence in a sea of un-reality. Julie Carmen is also very good in her role. Look for Charlton Heston as a publisher and Bernie Casey in a cameo as well. Kudos to Mr. Carpenter for bringing his visions of horror to the silver screen once again. This may be his best film...certainly his most thought-provoking and sophisticated.
Awesome Acting work of Sam Neill one of my favorite movies, very surreal and mental story   | |
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Chrisy
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| | Subject: Re: In the Mouth of Madness - John Carpenter (1995) Sat Apr 12, 2008 10:04 am | |
| I saw this movie a long time ago and thought it was amazing but also forgot a lot of it. Just remember that it was very psychologic and weird. I just managed to have it again so I'm gona watch it again soon  | |
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pornologic
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| | Subject: Re: In the Mouth of Madness - John Carpenter (1995) Sat Apr 12, 2008 3:49 pm | |
| Saw it quite some time back too...It's very good I think... | |
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Chrisy
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| | Subject: Re: In the Mouth of Madness - John Carpenter (1995) Mon Jun 23, 2008 11:47 pm | |
| Just re-saw it tonight It's really good  Mental and the end is just perfect  | |
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| | Subject: Re: In the Mouth of Madness - John Carpenter (1995) Tue Jun 24, 2008 7:50 am | |
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- AWESOME MOVIE!!! saw this one 5 or 6 months ago!!! one of the -if not THE- best John Carpenter movies made!!! IT EVEN BEATS "THE THING"!!!
 after re-watching "the thing", I take back my words... "the thing" still stands for me as Carpenterīs masterpiece!!! biut this one is certainly his 2nd best and still a maaaaaaaaasterpiece!!!
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| | Subject: Re: In the Mouth of Madness - John Carpenter (1995) Sun Jul 27, 2008 9:37 pm | |
| I watched it again for the ???th time and it is indeed still one of the nicest lovecraft inspired movies | |
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