John Carpenter's most underrated masterpiece, and the dvd I got the man to sign when I was lucky enough to meet him at a con. Got to tell him what I had been wanting to for years, which was to thank him for the most amazing end scene in film. He kinda smiled and said "The Thing?" I shook my head no, and pointed at the In the Mouth of Madness dvd on the table in front of him. He seemed genuinely surprised and pleased that I love this movie so much. And I stand by my statement: Watching Sam Neil's mind crack in half is the best end scene in film. So glad you checked this one out!!
In case you missed it, the young boy on the bike he briefly encounters toward the end of the movie is a very young Hayden Christensen in his first film role
One of the best Lovecraftian movies ever made. Heavily influenced by the work of Lovecraft obviously, the title is a play on the short novel At the mountains of madness and the story is vagely similar to the novella The shadow over innsmouth. Stephen King is another influence as Sutter Cane is a successful horror author selling millions of books and the cover of his books look a lot like those of King. Creepy, well acted, really unsettling till the last frame, a great great horror film.
@@somthingbrutal lol No, it's a saying from one of H.p. Lovecrafts books about the king in yellow. Those who follow the king in yellow, when they meet each other They ask the question "Have you seen the yellow sign" It's due to the fact to mortals the real name of the king in yellow is forgotten even tho he is a old one like chuthu.
The evil in the film isn’t necessarily the devil or religious in nature, but a Lovecraftian eldritch horror that wants to break into our reality using fiction and fanaticism as the bridge.
I know Carpenter has a couple of misfires and we all like different things, but, being like 'yea, he's hit or miss' and then listing off the films: Halloween, Christine, The Fog, Escape from New York, Big Trouble in Little China ... add: Assault on Precinct 13, The Thing, Starman, In the Mouth of Madness, Prince of Darkness ... what a career, and all unmistakably his own style and feel. For me he's a legend of cinema.
well thats because we can choose to ignore absolute trite like Ghosts of Mars, Escape From L.A., The Ward, Dark Star, and Vampires. He’s kind of like Wes Craven where the good ones are sooooooo good but the bad ones are pretty laughably bad. So I think “hit and miss” is appropriate. (Though in Carpenters case it’s more after the year 1996 everything is bad)
One of my favorite horror movies. This line alone made it terrifying for me the first time I saw it. “A reality is just what we tell each other it is. Sane and insane could easily switch places, if the insane were to become the majority. You would find yourself locked in a padded cell, wondering what happened to the world.” Imagining something like that happening is freaky. Love the concept.
Sam Neill's performance in this and an another Lovecraftian film "Event Horizon" are two of my favorites. Followed up by "Omen 3" as adult Damian Thorn. As most know and love him as a gruff archeologist, he did a lot of genre films. One of the best exports New Zealand ever produced.
Easily one of the best HP Lovecraft cosmic horror put into film! I really like Color Out of Space and The Void as cosmic horror too, but I really think In the Mouth of Madness does it infinitely better. You don't really know what's real at any given point, and in fact, it's likely the entire movie was the book being played out in this twisted reality, and WE, as the viewers, having now seen the movie/book, are going to go crazy next. This meta element is entirely unique and really pushes the idea of cosmic horror even further by involving us directly. It's pure genius!
Man, that movie is a delight. Cast is great, writing is solid. Story is something fresh and interesting as hell. One of Carpenter's overlooked gems. Doesn't get the love it deserves.
Prince of Darkness has some of the most unsettling scenes of any movie. The guy who's body is just bugs, and the dude singing amazing grace as he cuts his throat.
This movie is honestly a masterpiece and even though it's only "inspired by" Lovecraft, it would fit right at home in the pages of one of his short stories. There's so relatively little blood and guts for a horror film (at a time in the early 90's when slashers had become so over-the-top they couldn't be taken seriously anymore). Carpenter definitely misses now and then but man this is always gonna be a favorite of mine.
Finally you've watched it , it was a long time coming im glad you enjoyed it and great reactions I could really tell you were sucked in and creeped out by it all. I had to laugh quite a few times. In my opinion this is Carpenters last Masterpiece and in my opinion up there with The Thing as his best an one of my all time favorite films . Rewatches always bring something new to the table as you notice alot more and how it all plays out. It will definitely sit with you for a while and im sure it'll pop in to your thoughts over the next week. There is alot to unpack with it all as it contains alot of esoteric knowledge to do with shaping reality through group beliefs. Styles kinda explains it with her reality speech, also I feel the characters and their reactions are little over 2 dimensional as they are written in the style of horror book characters. There are many ways to interpret it all but thats the point as with many Carpenter films to have you question the world we live in to a deeper level. You have to do the last of the Carpenter apocalypse films soon Prince of Darkness the mix of Quantum physics and theology is absolute genius. Btw Sutter Cane is Based on Stephen King and his influence over the 20years up to and beyond when this came out. Also the kid on the bike is a young Hayden Christensen
I think the reason this is such a good Lovecraftian film is because of the sheer powerlessness the main character has throughout, which is a common factor in Lovecraft's work that a lot of adaptations miss. You can perfectly understand why someone would go insane to experience what Sam Neil's character does, and to learn of the reality-bending power of the things beyond our understanding, they can "re-write" the world, they can even write characters out of it like they never existed and the history that involved them twists to accommodate it, they can move "characters" around without any reason (like being stuck in the loop), they can just break all our rules of physics, biology, chemistry, time, EVERYTHING. In that world you could never trust anything because it could change on a whim, and at that point if you aren't insane already, you will be in not too long.
One of my favorite movies! You mentioned John Carpenters Hit or Miss status but everything you mentioned has has been his hits. His films after In the Mouth of Madness were Village of the Damned, Escape from LA, Vampires, and then Ghosts of Mars and are what would be considered his misses.
Ghost Of Mars feels like it Could’ve Been an Adaptation of the Id Software DOOM games. I Mean, you got People working as Military, you got a Scientist that uncovered an Alien/Otherworldly Tomb! You got People Being Possessed By Spiritual/Demonic Beings from some other world! It was Certainly Gory as Hell! Wish it was a Better film. If I had the Chance, I’d Tie “Ghost Of Mars” as being a Prequel to The Actual DOOM Movie where we’ll see the Coffin of the DOOM Slayer! And Our Leftover Misfits are forced to Awaken one Pissed off SILENT Motherf*cker With the Strength to Fuck Everything and Everyone Up!
Here is my interpretation: no one is real EXCEPT for Sutter Cane, but even his actions never really happened. It’s all the book. It’s Sutter Cane’s book, and he wrote himself into it as a character to be meta…kind of like how Stephen King plays a character in the movie version of his books. So, if Sam Neill’s character is just a character in a book, then his universe ending is just the universe of the book ending. And Sutter Cane can write that the woman didn’t really exist, and that he’s god of this universe cause as the author of the story, he is! What we’re seeing is not a “movie” in the sense that it’s a cinematic universe where everything is real for every character. What we’re seeing is a book being played out, and the story is that some characters are figuring out they’re just characters in a book…and that this author might have a god-complex.
I like the idea that there are multiple stories set in the same town, so the heroes run into different storylines at different parts, so it doesn't make sense together because they are completely independent stories, but these slimpses hint at different storylines happening out of sight.
The first time i saw a Sam Neill performance, was back when I was 11 years old, in a movie my mother took me to see, called The Final Conflict. It was part of the Omen series. I never forgot him, and was happily surprised to see him rise to great heights in the 1990s.
I saw this back in the theater in February 1995 and I was so moved psychologically that when Charleton Heston said the phrase, "The movie comes out next month.", shocked the hell out of me to the point on questioning if reality and insanity had switched places for all of those that had seen the movie when I left the theater. The best of the John Carpenter Apocalyptic Trilogy in my opinion. Glad you both enjoyed it.
I love Lovecraftian horror, and this film is one of the absolute best interpretations of the concept. Love it. Hope you guys get around to Prince of Darkness, the last one of Carpenter's Apocalypse Trilogy you haven't watched yet.
Many thanks to Tom & Shaun! 👄 Your ratings are fair. My interpretation is that he did go insane... but so did the entire world. #CinemaRules #JohnCarpenter #InTheMouthOfMadness
So underrated as others have said. I saw this when I was young. I was never really scared by say slasher films or haunt films. I just saw the special effects and tropes and thought they were just fun popcorn movies with often dark comedy involved. This one though really left me a lot of after effects. The ideas themselves and imagery I think.
Really love that you guys didn't write this movie off with boring, "what the hell did we just watch?" kind of comments. Love the different perspectives, which are both valid, as are the criticisms.
I think this is tied for the most Lovecraft film of all time. The only other movie I've seen that compares is "Possession," which ironically also stars Sam Neil. Guy's good at two things - Dinosaurs and Lovecraftian horrors. Edit: Also, you guys should check out the UK film "The Borderlands" (also known as "Final Prayer"). The ending is one of the best in horror, in my opinion.
Love Julie Carmen in this...she's such an underrated actress! This movie is in my head a lot these days...I live in the US and Sutter Cane and his fans remind me a LOT of a certain politician and his following... Thanks for the fun reaction lads! Although I admit I wouldn't have expected Shaun to be so antsy in the viewing!
This is why your one of my favourite You Tube reactors because your reactions are hilarious & your discussions afterwards are engaging & insightful. This film is batshit crazy & can be interpreted in many different ways is it real, is he crazy it left to the viewer to decide. 🖒🖒🖒
Yes. One of my cousins and I were obsessed with that movie when we were like 14 and 12. We watched it constantly when she'd stay over. That and Ghostbusters.
I’m so absolutely ecstatic you guys finally got the opportunity to watch this mind bending ride of a film. It’s one of my favorites from John Carpenter and it’s criminally underrated when compared to the other films synonymous with his name. Its Lovecraftian premise, general sense of unease, and unnerving examination of a fracturing mind and reality all make it a fun yet complex horror film that doesn’t have to rely on gore to scare people. I’ll also give bonus props to the performances of Sam Neill as our hopeless hero John Trent as well as the great Jürgen Prochnow for his magnetic performance as Sutter Cane (the latter’s introduction being one of my favorite parts of the film). Definitely a great video guys and this makes me even more excited for what you two cover next. 😊
If you want to watch a nuts film based on Lovecraft try From Beyond, form the same team as brought you Re-Animator as they say. Amazing practical effects and far madder than Re-Animator. Another great satirical horror from that period with great practical effects is Society
My favourite Lovecraft adaptation and in my opinion up there with The Thing for insane gooey practical effects. Not forgetting Barbara Crampton in her most unforgettable role
The first time I watched this movie was in college on VHS. I watched it with two friends at the dorm where one of them lived. Afterwards I and one of my two friends drove home along an old, dark, deserted country road. Along the side of the road, dead of the night, we passed an old man with long, wild, white hair in a denim jacket riding a bicycle. We looked at each other and damn near screamed! Odd coincidence or synchronicity with cosmic horror? I still don't know. But I know this movie is a masterpiece of paranoia and cosmic horror, and one of John Carpenter's best. Loved your reaction, guys!
Not strictly related, but this made me think that y'all should watch The Serpent and the Rainbow. That movie has a very infamously haunting part in particular.
Trent was not the author of his own story. Rather, he was simultaneously the pawn and star of someone else’s. When he realizes this in the end, he can't help for break down and laugh/cry.
WOW! Nice pick! I watched this for the first time earlier this year, and I loved it. I've already watched it a couple more times since then. There is something very familiar about this, yet it is quite unique. Sam Neill is such a great actor. He never disappoints.
It also operates on the premise that Lovecraft is so fond of that. We are meaningless in the universe, and there are things so beyond our understanding we can’t conceive of them. “The most merciful thing in the world, I think, is the inability of the human mind to correlate all its contents. We live on a placid island of ignorance in the midst of black seas of infinity, and it was not meant that we should voyage far.”
With it being Halloween season I'd like to suggest "Arachnophobia" (1990) with Jeff Daniels, John Goodman and the newly departed Julian Sands. I really enjoyed that one 🙂
My favorite scene is the trippy sequence with Sam Neill running through the tear in the page (a tear in reality?) and being chased by the horde of monsters. It's also a bit frustrating because I would've liked to see all of the animatronics and creature designs, but I get what they were going for. You can't tell where each monster begins or ends.
It should be pointed out that this is the third film in John Carpenter’s “Apocalypse Trilogy”, a thematic trilogy in which he explore three different ends of the world. The first movie in the trilogy is The Thing, the second is Prince of Darkness, and then it finishes off with this one.
I love You guys for watching this film😉. Now it's time for "Prince of Darkness" and "Assault On Precint 13". P.S. The second guy on the bike is John Carpenter.
In the Mouth of Madness (the book) is what we’re seeing as a movie. The book is about a man who realizes he’s a character in Sutter Kane’s latest book. In this world Hobb’s End is real and the world does end, but it’s only in the book. Nobody in this movie is real except for Sutter Kane himself who wrote himself in.
That is a creepy short. Absolutely loved Masters of Horror and it's follow up Fear itself some fantastic work in there from all the great horror directors of the time.
It's been a long time! And finally, we've arrived! The third film in his Apocalypse Trilogy. The Thing, Prince of Darkness, and now, In the Mouth of Madness. A true homage to Lovecraft and his stories, without actually being an adaptation.
When o first time watched that movie i didnt understand a thing but now l also don't understand, but much deeper. Thanks for reaction, you guys always a great company for remind and rewatch forgotten classics
Oh man! THIS was the movie that I got really stoned to in high school (waaay back in 1996!) I saw it with some friends late one Saturday night during a rainstorm in a big house. The hand knocking on the window freaked me out for years after. The guy with the ax freaked me out for years after. And the scary old man/boy on the bike freaked me out for years after. And I wouldn't have it any other way! I love that we all have those movies that are near and dear to us for really crazy and special reasons! Thanks for reacting to this one! I can't wait til you guys get to 100K! It's coming soon!
My favorite Carpenter movie! As someone who grew up on fist Stephen King and then HP Lovecraft, I love the mixup references to both of them. Edit: It also fits into my favorite genre where the lead character is unsure if the whole world is crazy or if it's just them.
"How would you even begin to find that clue?" The red lines on the covers, as you remarked. "Puts it together and he's just like that's a map." "Looks like a random shape." Yes, the random shape known as "New Hampshire." Obviously I get why you guys didn't recognize it but it's not at all a stretch for an American to recognize that outline, certainly not if they live in the northeast themselves, like Neill's character.
This is part of what fans call Carpenter’s “Apocalypse Trilogy” with the other two movies being “The Thing” and “Prince of Darkness”. I also like how “Sutter Cane” is a play on Stephen King.
I find it odd that this film still hasn't been given a physical release here in the UK since the days of vhs. Even Carpenter's much lesser known film Memoirs Of An Invisible Man has a blu ray release.
I love the way this film riffs of Lovecraft’s concept of how reading blasphemous tomes like The Necronomicon can drive you mad - and fusing that with the popularity of someone like Stephen King. And also, the creatures aren’t demons from Hell - they’re far worse. They’re HPL’s Great Out Ones or Outer Gods - sanity-blasting monstrosities from outside all rational space and time. Such a great film. Loved your reaction, thanks guys.
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John Carpenter's most underrated masterpiece, and the dvd I got the man to sign when I was lucky enough to meet him at a con. Got to tell him what I had been wanting to for years, which was to thank him for the most amazing end scene in film. He kinda smiled and said "The Thing?" I shook my head no, and pointed at the In the Mouth of Madness dvd on the table in front of him. He seemed genuinely surprised and pleased that I love this movie so much. And I stand by my statement: Watching Sam Neil's mind crack in half is the best end scene in film. So glad you checked this one out!!
Yes, one of the best endings in cinema history.
Fucking A dude
You meet the master
This is my personal favorite John Carpenter movie. It’s pure cosmic terror and I love it.
I love how this isn't a gory horror film. It's all psychological. I love it. One of my favorite Sam Neill movies besides Jurassic Park.
One of my favourite horror movies. Also one of the best Lovecraft inspired films.
If you haven't already, definitely give Event Horizon a watch as well!
@@BigLittleSloth I've seen thst. Great film
@@EndymionDeVere It's got NOTHING to do with Lovecraft. It's 100% Stephen King.
Have you seen Possession from 1981? It was a czech film starring Sam Neill. It's an insanely Lovecraftian film. It's extremely bleak and weird.
In case you missed it, the young boy on the bike he briefly encounters toward the end of the movie is a very young Hayden Christensen in his first film role
So Anakin Skywalker never does fall to the Dark Side. What truly happens is Sutter Cane writes it so Anakin turns evil
One of the best Lovecraftian movies ever made.
Heavily influenced by the work of Lovecraft obviously, the title is a play on the short novel At the mountains of madness and the story is vagely similar to the novella The shadow over innsmouth.
Stephen King is another influence as Sutter Cane is a successful horror author selling millions of books and the cover of his books look a lot like those of King.
Creepy, well acted, really unsettling till the last frame, a great great horror film.
also a dash of the king in yellow
@@somthingbrutalhave you seen the yellow sign?
@@GuiltyFaT not heard of that one , will look it up thx
@@somthingbrutal lol
No, it's a saying from one of H.p. Lovecrafts books about the king in yellow.
Those who follow the king in yellow, when they meet each other
They ask the question
"Have you seen the yellow sign"
It's due to the fact to mortals the real name of the king in yellow is forgotten even tho he is a old one like chuthu.
@@GuiltyFaT lol but oddly enough i did find a references to a 2001 fan film of a similar name
The name of the town, Hobbs End, is a reference to the location of the events in the movie Quatermass And The Pit, one of Carpenter’s favourites.
The evil in the film isn’t necessarily the devil or religious in nature, but a Lovecraftian eldritch horror that wants to break into our reality using fiction and fanaticism as the bridge.
The old ones from the Cthulhu mythos .
I know Carpenter has a couple of misfires and we all like different things, but, being like 'yea, he's hit or miss' and then listing off the films: Halloween, Christine, The Fog, Escape from New York, Big Trouble in Little China ... add: Assault on Precinct 13, The Thing, Starman, In the Mouth of Madness, Prince of Darkness ... what a career, and all unmistakably his own style and feel. For me he's a legend of cinema.
You summed it up perfectly
well thats because we can choose to ignore absolute trite like Ghosts of Mars, Escape From L.A., The Ward, Dark Star, and Vampires.
He’s kind of like Wes Craven where the good ones are sooooooo good but the bad ones are pretty laughably bad. So I think “hit and miss” is appropriate.
(Though in Carpenters case it’s more after the year 1996 everything is bad)
One of my favorite horror movies. This line alone made it terrifying for me the first time I saw it. “A reality is just what we tell each other it is. Sane and insane could easily switch places, if the insane were to become the majority. You would find yourself locked in a padded cell, wondering what happened to the world.” Imagining something like that happening is freaky. Love the concept.
This is part 3 of Carpenter's "Apocalypse Trilogy".
Part 1 = The Thing
Part 2 = Prince of Darkness
Part 3 = In The Mouth of Madness
The thing is my other favorite carpenter movie
I'd rank this at the very high end of John Carpenter's work. It's such a headfuck. I love it.
Sam Neill's performance in this and an another Lovecraftian film "Event Horizon" are two of my favorites. Followed up by "Omen 3" as adult Damian Thorn. As most know and love him as a gruff archeologist, he did a lot of genre films. One of the best exports New Zealand ever produced.
For me, "Event Horizon" is more like 'Hellraiser in space'.
But then again, "Hellraiser" itself is quite lovecraftian.
Easily one of the best HP Lovecraft cosmic horror put into film! I really like Color Out of Space and The Void as cosmic horror too, but I really think In the Mouth of Madness does it infinitely better. You don't really know what's real at any given point, and in fact, it's likely the entire movie was the book being played out in this twisted reality, and WE, as the viewers, having now seen the movie/book, are going to go crazy next. This meta element is entirely unique and really pushes the idea of cosmic horror even further by involving us directly. It's pure genius!
NO. This has nothing to do with anything Lovecraft. This is 100% Stephen King.
This is one of the best Lovecraft stories that isn’t written by Lovecraft.
No. This is 100% pure Stephen King. This has NOTHING Lovecraftian in it.
One of my all time favourite films...
All right one down one to go: finish Carpenter's Apocalypse Trilogy: Prince of Darkness.
Man, that movie is a delight. Cast is great, writing is solid. Story is something fresh and interesting as hell.
One of Carpenter's overlooked gems. Doesn't get the love it deserves.
Prince of Darkness has some of the most unsettling scenes of any movie. The guy who's body is just bugs, and the dude singing amazing grace as he cuts his throat.
That movie creeped me out so bad when I first watched it. A very underrated Carpenter movie
One of the few horrors that gave me actual nightmares.
The dream message from the future is also pretty creepy.
The kid on the bike is Hadyn Christensen, Anakin Skywalker himself in a very early role. This film is the third in Carpenter's apocalypse trilogy.
*hayden
Oh yeah, now we're talking. Great movie (yeah, very very strong Lovecraftian vibes).
My favorite Sam Neill Performance especially the ending when he gets hysterical at the movie theater 😂
This movie is honestly a masterpiece and even though it's only "inspired by" Lovecraft, it would fit right at home in the pages of one of his short stories. There's so relatively little blood and guts for a horror film (at a time in the early 90's when slashers had become so over-the-top they couldn't be taken seriously anymore). Carpenter definitely misses now and then but man this is always gonna be a favorite of mine.
Finally you've watched it , it was a long time coming im glad you enjoyed it and great reactions I could really tell you were sucked in and creeped out by it all. I had to laugh quite a few times.
In my opinion this is Carpenters last Masterpiece and in my opinion up there with The Thing as his best an one of my all time favorite films . Rewatches always bring something new to the table as you notice alot more and how it all plays out. It will definitely sit with you for a while and im sure it'll pop in to your thoughts over the next week. There is alot to unpack with it all as it contains alot of esoteric knowledge to do with shaping reality through group beliefs. Styles kinda explains it with her reality speech, also I feel the characters and their reactions are little over 2 dimensional as they are written in the style of horror book characters. There are many ways to interpret it all but thats the point as with many Carpenter films to have you question the world we live in to a deeper level. You have to do the last of the Carpenter apocalypse films soon Prince of Darkness the mix of Quantum physics and theology is absolute genius.
Btw Sutter Cane is Based on Stephen King and his influence over the 20years up to and beyond when this came out.
Also the kid on the bike is a young Hayden Christensen
Such an underrated movie. I love it.
Probably my favorite Lovecraftian movie. Btw, Linda played the head vampire in the 2nd Fright Night. Loved her as Regine.
I think the reason this is such a good Lovecraftian film is because of the sheer powerlessness the main character has throughout, which is a common factor in Lovecraft's work that a lot of adaptations miss. You can perfectly understand why someone would go insane to experience what Sam Neil's character does, and to learn of the reality-bending power of the things beyond our understanding, they can "re-write" the world, they can even write characters out of it like they never existed and the history that involved them twists to accommodate it, they can move "characters" around without any reason (like being stuck in the loop), they can just break all our rules of physics, biology, chemistry, time, EVERYTHING.
In that world you could never trust anything because it could change on a whim, and at that point if you aren't insane already, you will be in not too long.
It's NOT a Lovecraftian film. This is Stephen King slop, and has no relation to Lovecraft.
One of my favorite movies! You mentioned John Carpenters Hit or Miss status but everything you mentioned has has been his hits. His films after In the Mouth of Madness were Village of the Damned, Escape from LA, Vampires, and then Ghosts of Mars and are what would be considered his misses.
Vampires is a brilliant movie, in my opinion. The rest have their good moments and are at least worth a watch.
Ghost Of Mars feels like it Could’ve Been an Adaptation of the Id Software DOOM games.
I Mean, you got People working as Military, you got a Scientist that uncovered an Alien/Otherworldly Tomb! You got People Being Possessed By Spiritual/Demonic Beings from some other world!
It was Certainly Gory as Hell! Wish it was a Better film. If I had the Chance, I’d Tie “Ghost Of Mars” as being a Prequel to The Actual DOOM Movie where we’ll see the Coffin of the DOOM Slayer! And Our Leftover Misfits are forced to Awaken one Pissed off SILENT Motherf*cker With the Strength to Fuck Everything and Everyone Up!
Fantastic - glad you guys got around to this wild film - one of Carpenter's best
Here is my interpretation: no one is real EXCEPT for Sutter Cane, but even his actions never really happened. It’s all the book. It’s Sutter Cane’s book, and he wrote himself into it as a character to be meta…kind of like how Stephen King plays a character in the movie version of his books.
So, if Sam Neill’s character is just a character in a book, then his universe ending is just the universe of the book ending. And Sutter Cane can write that the woman didn’t really exist, and that he’s god of this universe cause as the author of the story, he is!
What we’re seeing is not a “movie” in the sense that it’s a cinematic universe where everything is real for every character. What we’re seeing is a book being played out, and the story is that some characters are figuring out they’re just characters in a book…and that this author might have a god-complex.
I like the idea that there are multiple stories set in the same town, so the heroes run into different storylines at different parts, so it doesn't make sense together because they are completely independent stories, but these slimpses hint at different storylines happening out of sight.
Like Stephen King with Castle Rock or Derry.
OH MY GOD I LOVE THIS MOVIE SO MUCH!!!!
The first time i saw a Sam Neill performance, was back when I was 11 years old, in a movie my mother took me to see, called The Final Conflict. It was part of the Omen series. I never forgot him, and was happily surprised to see him rise to great heights in the 1990s.
I saw this back in the theater in February 1995 and I was so moved psychologically that when Charleton Heston said the phrase, "The movie comes out next month.", shocked the hell out of me to the point on questioning if reality and insanity had switched places for all of those that had seen the movie when I left the theater. The best of the John Carpenter Apocalyptic Trilogy in my opinion. Glad you both enjoyed it.
Such an excellent horror movie, goes u der the radar often.
One of my favorite psychological horror films. Cerebral and trippy, love it.
I love Lovecraftian horror, and this film is one of the absolute best interpretations of the concept. Love it. Hope you guys get around to Prince of Darkness, the last one of Carpenter's Apocalypse Trilogy you haven't watched yet.
"Prince of Darkness" was released in 1987.
This is NOT Lovecraftian horror! You people really need to actually read Lovecraft.
I watch this movie once a year. Overlooked classic.
Many thanks to Tom & Shaun! 👄 Your ratings are fair. My interpretation is that he did go insane... but so did the entire world. #CinemaRules #JohnCarpenter #InTheMouthOfMadness
So underrated as others have said. I saw this when I was young. I was never really scared by say slasher films or haunt films. I just saw the special effects and tropes and thought they were just fun popcorn movies with often dark comedy involved. This one though really left me a lot of after effects. The ideas themselves and imagery I think.
It was definitely more Cosmic Horror than any kind of diabolic or demonic theme, with beings from other dimensions rather than heaven or hell
I'm SO glad you chose this movie, I love this one!! 📙
Really love that you guys didn't write this movie off with boring, "what the hell did we just watch?" kind of comments. Love the different perspectives, which are both valid, as are the criticisms.
I think this is tied for the most Lovecraft film of all time. The only other movie I've seen that compares is "Possession," which ironically also stars Sam Neil. Guy's good at two things - Dinosaurs and Lovecraftian horrors.
Edit: Also, you guys should check out the UK film "The Borderlands" (also known as "Final Prayer"). The ending is one of the best in horror, in my opinion.
Love Julie Carmen in this...she's such an underrated actress!
This movie is in my head a lot these days...I live in the US and Sutter Cane and his fans remind me a LOT of a certain politician and his following...
Thanks for the fun reaction lads! Although I admit I wouldn't have expected Shaun to be so antsy in the viewing!
I quote this movie every Mother’s Day 😂
This is why your one of my favourite You Tube reactors because your reactions are hilarious & your discussions afterwards are engaging & insightful.
This film is batshit crazy & can be interpreted in many different ways is it real, is he crazy it left to the viewer to decide.
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Do you read Stephen King?
Did I ever tell you that my favourite colour was blue? - James Cameron
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I think this writer is like what if Lovecraft was as famous as Stephen King.
No matter if he's crazy or not, what he slowly realizes is pretty horrible.
You MUST watch Dead Calm. Sam Neill and a very young Nicole Kidman. Thriller right to the very end,
Yes. One of my cousins and I were obsessed with that movie when we were like 14 and 12. We watched it constantly when she'd stay over. That and Ghostbusters.
I love this movie so much. I'm kinda sad it's not mentioned more or reacted to more. Thank you for a great reaction to one of my fav films. 🎃
"If it doesn't seem real, it's not a hallucination."
I’m so absolutely ecstatic you guys finally got the opportunity to watch this mind bending ride of a film. It’s one of my favorites from John Carpenter and it’s criminally underrated when compared to the other films synonymous with his name. Its Lovecraftian premise, general sense of unease, and unnerving examination of a fracturing mind and reality all make it a fun yet complex horror film that doesn’t have to rely on gore to scare people. I’ll also give bonus props to the performances of Sam Neill as our hopeless hero John Trent as well as the great Jürgen Prochnow for his magnetic performance as Sutter Cane (the latter’s introduction being one of my favorite parts of the film). Definitely a great video guys and this makes me even more excited for what you two cover next. 😊
Almost no one reacts to this one. It’s a 90’s classic and one of the best Lovecraftian horrors
I understand why it is not so popular and high rated movie but still in my top 5 horrors, Lovecraft style masterpiece!
one of my favs , great mix of stephen king and lovecraft
The late David Warner playing Dr. Wrenn at the beginning. Always nice seeing him. Definitely one of my favorite horror flicks.
If you want to watch a nuts film based on Lovecraft try From Beyond, form the same team as brought you Re-Animator as they say. Amazing practical effects and far madder than Re-Animator. Another great satirical horror from that period with great practical effects is Society
Ken Foree from “Dawn of the Dead” as well😍
@@MaireGraves and the budgie he's smuggling
My favourite Lovecraft adaptation and in my opinion up there with The Thing for insane gooey practical effects. Not forgetting Barbara Crampton in her most unforgettable role
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@@MaireGraves 😂 the image of those red budgie smugglers when he fights the worm thing in the basement is terrifying 😂
If you enjoy movies like this one, I highly recommend The Ninth Gate with Johnny Depp!
Ahh, the 90's. Everything was abstract and metaphors...
Yesssss, love this movie!
Sam Neill the 🐐
The Prince of Darkness (1987) is the last missing piece in Carpenter's Apocalypse Trilogy.
First channel I've seen come close to completing it
The first time I watched this movie was in college on VHS. I watched it with two friends at the dorm where one of them lived. Afterwards I and one of my two friends drove home along an old, dark, deserted country road. Along the side of the road, dead of the night, we passed an old man with long, wild, white hair in a denim jacket riding a bicycle. We looked at each other and damn near screamed!
Odd coincidence or synchronicity with cosmic horror? I still don't know. But I know this movie is a masterpiece of paranoia and cosmic horror, and one of John Carpenter's best. Loved your reaction, guys!
Not strictly related, but this made me think that y'all should watch The Serpent and the Rainbow. That movie has a very infamously haunting part in particular.
The man on the bike with the kids voice said, “He won’t let me out!”
Such a fun movie! One of my favorites from Carpenter.
fun fact the kid driving on the bike into hopsend is hayden christensen
This movie is really good. I just rewatched it. I love this movie. One of my favorite Sam Neil movies and a great John Carpenter movie.
Trent was not the author of his own story. Rather, he was simultaneously the pawn and star of someone else’s. When he realizes this in the end, he can't help for break down and laugh/cry.
I saw this film in the theaters when it came out... and as the years went by it got better every time I re-watched it.
WOW! Nice pick!
I watched this for the first time earlier this year, and I loved it. I've already watched it a couple more times since then.
There is something very familiar about this, yet it is quite unique.
Sam Neill is such a great actor. He never disappoints.
It also operates on the premise that Lovecraft is so fond of that. We are meaningless in the universe, and there are things so beyond our understanding we can’t conceive of them. “The most merciful thing in the world, I think, is the inability of the human mind to correlate all its contents. We live on a placid island of ignorance in the midst of black seas of infinity, and it was not meant that we should voyage far.”
John Carpenter = Legend
With it being Halloween season I'd like to suggest "Arachnophobia" (1990) with Jeff Daniels, John Goodman and the newly departed Julian Sands. I really enjoyed that one 🙂
Cool reaction as always fellas 💯
My favorite scene is the trippy sequence with Sam Neill running through the tear in the page (a tear in reality?) and being chased by the horde of monsters. It's also a bit frustrating because I would've liked to see all of the animatronics and creature designs, but I get what they were going for. You can't tell where each monster begins or ends.
It should be pointed out that this is the third film in John Carpenter’s “Apocalypse Trilogy”, a thematic trilogy in which he explore three different ends of the world.
The first movie in the trilogy is The Thing, the second is Prince of Darkness, and then it finishes off with this one.
I love You guys for watching this film😉. Now it's time for "Prince of Darkness" and "Assault On Precint 13".
P.S. The second guy on the bike is John Carpenter.
One of my fave scary movies from high school. 😂 The changing picture is the scariest part for me, I literally close my eyes!
The last time John Carpenter knew what he was doing. In The Mouth of Madness is a great horror film
The last great John Carpenter film and often overlooked. 'Cigarette Burns' was a return to form much later on, but that was a TV special.
That's the genius of this movie; any questions or scenes you don't think play right? They were all written that way by Sutter Kane.
In the Mouth of Madness (the book) is what we’re seeing as a movie. The book is about a man who realizes he’s a character in Sutter Kane’s latest book. In this world Hobb’s End is real and the world does end, but it’s only in the book. Nobody in this movie is real except for Sutter Kane himself who wrote himself in.
This is the type of movie that everybody should watch at least once
Carpenter was really ahead of his time with that ending
John Carpenter's homage to both Stephen King and H.P. Lovecraft.
What did you watch this on? I've wanted to watch this film for a while but it doesn't seem to have a UK Blu-ray release.
Carpenter's CIGARETTE BURNS would be a good followup to this one. It's Carpenter venturing even closer to David Lynchoid surrealism.
That is a creepy short. Absolutely loved Masters of Horror and it's follow up Fear itself some fantastic work in there from all the great horror directors of the time.
Watching this as a kid was a trip. That scene with her head turned around still creeps me the fuck out.
It's been a long time! And finally, we've arrived! The third film in his Apocalypse Trilogy. The Thing, Prince of Darkness, and now, In the Mouth of Madness. A true homage to Lovecraft and his stories, without actually being an adaptation.
When o first time watched that movie i didnt understand a thing but now l also don't understand, but much deeper.
Thanks for reaction, you guys always a great company for remind and rewatch forgotten classics
Oh man! THIS was the movie that I got really stoned to in high school (waaay back in 1996!) I saw it with some friends late one Saturday night during a rainstorm in a big house. The hand knocking on the window freaked me out for years after. The guy with the ax freaked me out for years after. And the scary old man/boy on the bike freaked me out for years after. And I wouldn't have it any other way! I love that we all have those movies that are near and dear to us for really crazy and special reasons! Thanks for reacting to this one! I can't wait til you guys get to 100K! It's coming soon!
Do you read Sutter Cane?
My favorite Carpenter movie!
As someone who grew up on fist Stephen King and then HP Lovecraft, I love the mixup references to both of them.
Edit: It also fits into my favorite genre where the lead character is unsure if the whole world is crazy or if it's just them.
"Oh my God, it's Voldemort!" 🤣🤣
An absolute classic. Period.
"How would you even begin to find that clue?"
The red lines on the covers, as you remarked.
"Puts it together and he's just like that's a map."
"Looks like a random shape."
Yes, the random shape known as "New Hampshire." Obviously I get why you guys didn't recognize it but it's not at all a stretch for an American to recognize that outline, certainly not if they live in the northeast themselves, like Neill's character.
This is part of what fans call Carpenter’s “Apocalypse Trilogy” with the other two movies being “The Thing” and “Prince of Darkness”. I also like how “Sutter Cane” is a play on Stephen King.
I do love the painting shifting in this film.
Awesome movie 🍿 🎉
I find it odd that this film still hasn't been given a physical release here in the UK since the days of vhs. Even Carpenter's much lesser known film Memoirs Of An Invisible Man has a blu ray release.
I love the way this film riffs of Lovecraft’s concept of how reading blasphemous tomes like The Necronomicon can drive you mad - and fusing that with the popularity of someone like Stephen King.
And also, the creatures aren’t demons from Hell - they’re far worse. They’re HPL’s Great Out Ones or Outer Gods - sanity-blasting monstrosities from outside all rational space and time.
Such a great film. Loved your reaction, thanks guys.