movie review

Part one of my review of the underrated 90’s horror classic, In The Mouth Of Madness(1994) starring Sam Neill, Jürgen Prochnow, Julie Carmen, David Warner, John Glover, Bernie Casey, Peter Jason, and Charlton Heston. Directed by John Carpenter. Trivia The small town is named “Hobb’s End”, an in-joke reference to the subway station where the alien ship is excavated in the movie Quatermass and the Pit. After Sutter Cane says “Did I ever tell you my favorite color is blue?” It is realized that throughout the entire movie, whenever an actor has a close up, their eyes are blue, proving Sutter Cane’s power. John Trent occupies cell number 9 at the asylum, and rents room number 9 at the Pickman Inn in Hobb’s End. Contains many references to HP Lovecraft’s stories, for example is the Name of the hotel and hotel owner “Pickman”, a reference to the short story “Pickman’s Model”. The Sutter Cane character is clearly based on John Carpenter’s friend Stephen King, even referencing King’s New England roots, with Hobb’s Corner filling in for King’s Castle Rock. Carpenter directed a film version of King’s Christine. Additionally Michael De Luca had previously written the screenplay for the King adaptation The Lawnmower Man. However, the characters say that Sutter Cane is even more popular than Stephen King. This is the third film in what John Carpenter has called his Apocalypse Trilogy, the first being The Thing and the second being Prince of Darkness. The building used as the mental …