In the Mouth of Madness(1994).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. The fact that this town exists as a figment of Cane's twisted imagination is only the beginning of Trent's problems.... Written byTad Dibbern <DIBBERN_D@a1.mscf.upenn.edu>... Synopsis In the Mouth of Madness(1994)
Movie Title: In the Mouth of Madness(1994)
Run Time: 95 min
Rating: 7.0 / 10
Genres: Horror
Release Date: 3 February 1995 (USA)
Director: John Carpenter
Writer: Michael De Luca... and other credits
Actor: Sam Neill,Jürgen Prochnow,Julie Carmen
I found this film terrifying. Sure there is no man in a stripy jumper coming to 'stab you up' and no one is tied to a chair and worked on with an angle grinder.
This film makes excellent use of those iconic every day objects that become scary in the correct context. (E.G Clowns, mannequins, Victorian prams or a child's ball bouncing down a stair case.) People who have seen this will know what I mean when I say the word bicycle.
Rather than physical peril this film uses assaults on your grasp of reality. mine obviously isn't that great as I find this movie petrifying.
The production of the film isn't great and there are more exciting films out there. But if you have some imagination, are a little romantic and like being scared without having to sit through some poor soul forced to spectate live at their own autopsy, then this deserves every one of its eight stars.
