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Revision as of 16:34, 22 September 2016
Summary
Sutter Cane is the best-selling author whose newest novel is literally driving readers insane. When he inexplicably vanishes, his publisher sends special investigator John Trent to track him down. Drawn to a town that only exists in Cane’s books, Trent crosses the barrier between fact and fiction and enters a terrifying world from which there is no escape.
In the similar short film "Cigarette Burns", a man hunts for a copy of a rare film that is said to have incited its audience to a frenzy before the theater in which it plays burst into flames.
Details
- Release Date: 1994
- Country/Language: USA, English
- Genres/Technical: Horror, Fantasy, experimental
- Runtime: 1 hr 35 min
- Starring: Sam Neill, Jürgen Prochnow, Julie Carmen
- Director: John Carpenter
- Writer: Michael De Luca
- Producer/Production Co: New Line Cinema
- View Trailer: (link)
- Film Website: (link)
Ratings
MPAA Ratings
- Rated: R (Violence and gore, Adult Content, etc.)
Tentacle Ratings
A rough measure of how "Lovecraftian" the work is:
- SS___ (Two Tentacles: Barely Lovecraftian; could be a very loose adaptation)
The film makes numerous nods towards Weird and pulp horror fiction, such as the titles of Sutter Kane's fictional horror novels, In the Mouth of Madness, The Hobb's End Horror, The Thing in the Basement, The Haunter Out of Time; Sutter Kane himself seems to have been constructed from equal parts H.P. Lovecraft, Stephen King, and Clive Barker.
Note: This rating is not intended as a measure of quality, merely of how closely related to Lovecraftian "Weird" fiction the work is.
Reviews
Review Links:
- The Science Fiction, Horror and Fantasy Film Review (link 3 and a half Stars. "...the moment the heroine reaches up to caress the face of the missing writer and the camera moves behind him to show that it is a tentacular monstrosity that is wearing his body like a marionette"
Synopsis
Spoiler Section (Highlight to Read)
IN THE MOUTH OF MADNESS: Sutter Cane is the best-selling author whose newest novel is literally driving readers insane. When he inexplicably vanishes, his publisher sends special investigator John Trent to track him down. Drawn to a town that only exists in Cane’s books, Trent crosses the barrier between fact and fiction and enters a terrifying world from which there is no escape.
CIGARETTE BURNS: A man hunts for a copy of a rare film that is said to incite its audience to a frenzy before the theater in which it plays bursts into flames.
Notes
Comments, Trivia, Dedication
Associated Mythos Elements
- Sutter Kane and his fictional horror novels:
- In the Mouth of Madness
- The Hobb's End Horror
- The Thing in the Basement
- The Haunter Out of Time
- The Feeding
- The Breathing Tunnel
