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VHS : In the Mouth of MadnessIn association with Amazon.comstarring: Sam Neill, Jürgen Prochnow, Julie Carmen, David Warner, John Glover directed by: John Carpenter  List Price: $14.98 Price: $1.99 You Save: $12.99 (87%)Prices subject to change. Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
Binding: VHS Tape EAN: 9786303494364 Format: Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, NTSC ISBN: 6303494366 Label: New Line Home Video Manufacturer: New Line Home Video Number Of Items: 1 Publisher: New Line Home Video Release Date: August 18, 1998 Running Time: 95 minutes Studio: New Line Home Video Theatrical Release Date: February 03, 1995 Sales Rank: 15626 Related Items:
Editorial Review: Amazon.com: The mind-bending worlds of author H.P. Lovecraft have long interested horror directors, but the films have rarely successfully captured his nightmarish mix of madness and mythology. John Carpenter's In the Mouth of Madness is not directly based on Lovecraft's work, but screenwriter Michael De Luca draws his inspiration from Lovecraft's Cthulu mythology and then adds his own ingenious twists. John Trent (Sam Neill), an insurance investigator recently fitted for a straightjacket, tells his story to a psychiatrist. Hired to track down the missing pop-horror phenomena Sutter Cane, a Stephen King-like author whose fans are literally made for his books, Trent finds the supposedly fictional Hobb's End. He watches the town collapse into madness, murder, and monstrous transformations: the fantastic horrors of Cane's novels played out in front of his eyes. "Reality isn't what it used to be," deadpans one zombielike townsperson. In fact, it is how Cane writes it--but is he Devil, dark oracle, or simply a preacher in the service of an evil that grows stronger with every soul his books convert? The script never quite gets a grip on the blurry relationship between fact and fiction, but those details fade in the face of Carpenter's demented imagery, shiver-inducing twists, and dark wit. It's more eerie mind game than straight-out horror, a portrait of a world gone mad, and Carpenter relishes every hallucinatory moment. --Sean Axmaker Average Rating:
 Rating: - Almost as good as I remember it...This was one of my fave movies growing up. Hardly anyone I know has seen this, and I wonder why it wasn't more popular. Ahead of its time, perhaps? The thing that creeps me out the most is the blue eyes and the painting in the inn. Rating:  - Great Concept Mixed With Some Cheesy ActingBefore the review begins, it needs to be said that John Carpenter is my favorite director. With that out of the way, In the Mouth of Madness is a good movie that was unfortunately marred by some bad acting and a poor script. Sam Neil did a superb job, but everyone else was somewhat of a let down from my point of view, especially Jurgen Prochnow's role as Sutter Cane. Nevertheless, In the Mouth of Madness is probably Carpenter's last worthwhile directorial effort before slipping into obscurity. Rating: - If it wasn't for the ending, this would be a great filmJohn Trent is an insurance investigator (Sam Neill) who thinks he has seen everything, until he hired to find missing horror writer Sutter Cane (Jurgen Prochnow). In spite of the fact that he knows that it's not possible, he soon finds himself confronted with the possibility that Cane's novels are sending people crazy and that he himself might be a product of Cane's imagination. "In the Mouth of Madness" started off really well, with an axe wielding maniac attacking Sam Neill in a restaurant, ... Read More Rating:  - "I think, therefore you are."Ever since I was 15 years old, I have had an on/off relationship with horror films. Right around 1994-5, I was going through an "off" phase for some indeterminate reason. At that time, ItMoM did not intrigue me in the slightest from what I saw in the trailer. So for about a decade and a half, I put off seeing it. About 2 weeks ago, I was reading reviews when those for ItMoM caught my attention. I told myself, "Self, you only live once." Then I put it in my Netflix Queue. Now I realize all too late that ... Read More Rating: - What is reality?Trent(Sam Neill) is an insurance investigator hired to track down Sutter Cane(Jurgen Prochnow). Sutter Cane is a top selling horror book author whose books causes people to freak out in unimaginable ways. After piecing together his puzzle, Trent figures out where Cane can be located. Now Trent must distinguish between reality and fiction. Being a John Carpenter fan one can't help but check out his films. Especially for me, Carpenter is responsible for two of my favorite horror films being Halloween ... Read More Browse for similar items by category:
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