John carpenters In the mouth of madness we follow John Trent(Sam Neil) an insurance investigator who's hired by a Book publisher(Charlton Heston) to track down their client the renowned horror novelist Sutter Cane(Jurgen prochnow). Who's gone missing just before the publication of his new book in the mouth of madness.now the publishers want Trent to either bring back Cane or their investment the final manuscript of the novel. Trent soon finds himself succumb to a series of bizarre & surreal Visions. It's understandable why somebody can find this film good or find it bad. The movie is heavy based off Lovecraftian horror. If your not familiar with that It's a more obscure otherworldly style of horror, named after the writer The theme of the movie is more centered around the concept of madness,occultism and beyond human comprehension in someways it's not supposed to make sense entirely. Unfortunately it could be for that reason why many just as back then, can't find this film very exciting or interesting because it's not really spoonfed to you and can come off as just weird. Though carpenter still manages to add a sense of self aware of his own style. To the visual of the scenery to the Practical effects of the monsters very reminiscent of when he did the thing. It's kinda on the nose that Sutter Cain is supposed to be an analogy of Stephen King. It can be seen from the book covers, to the self referencing to even the story majority of the story takes place in a small town just south of Maine. The characters are written well for the situation cabin however it does feel like most I just went to service more background filler characters honestly the only two that are really all that interesting or Sam Neill and Juergen prochnow. As stated Charlton Heston's in the movie but he doesn't really have a big of a role, kind of disappointing to have someone like him in your movie but don't really use them.
Review of In the Mouth of Madness
