We’re nearing the end of John Carpenter week within #Johnuary and today we’re looking at In The Mouth of Madness. And what an interesting movie this is.

  • The opening track sounds a lot like Metallica. I’m not totally sure if it was Carpenter or not actually
  • I only really know Sam Neill from Jurassic Park and I think of this film being made before Jurassic Park but actually it was after it which surprised me
  • The butler guy from Titanic is in this film! Don’t think I’ve ever seen him in anything else
  • I didn’t particularly like the score on this one. Probably the first film, of Carpenter’s, that I didn’t like the score of. It was done jointly by Carpenter and Jim Lang
  • I really like the premise of the film. It’s a very cool concept
  • I do quite like Sam Neill but I really don’t think he pulls off the cocky, womanising type at all, I’m afraid
  • Great seeing Charlton Heston in modern films like this. He always lends a certain gravitas to films
  • The film does seem a little clumsy in places, which you wouldn’t necessarily expect from a film like this made in the mid 90s. It’s a shame because I do like the plot
  • I made a note whilst watching the film that I loved the bit on the sofa, but I really can’t remember right now which bit that was! I think there was a really scary/funny jump scare near the end
  • The guy cycling on the bike, and getting older was good. I really liked that. That’s the sort of thing I find quite scary
  • Some of Carpenter’s trademark wide landscape shots feel slightly forced here, but some shots, like the fast focus pull on the axe when they arrive in Hobb’s End are great
  • I love how he’s a skeptic and thinks it’s all a hoax for a lot of the movie
  • Everyone in movies knows how to hotwire cars. Everyone
  • I felt that Sam Neill fell into madness a bit too quickly at the end after being such a skeptic the whole time

I felt the movie didn’t start to well, I think mostly probably because of some of the acting and also a couple of clumsy moments, but actually as the movie went on I really liked it. I loved the ending. I don’t think it will get too high in my ranking list but it’s certainly well worth a watch.

In The Mouth of Madness

In The Mouth of Madness

In The Mouth of Madness

In The Mouth of Madness

In The Mouth of Madness

In The Mouth of Madness

In The Mouth of Madness

In The Mouth of Madness

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