In the Mouth of Madness

Read any good books lately? No? The Mike's haven't either because they're too busy with their next Forgotten Horror film, John Carpenter's In the Mouth of Madness, starring Sam Neill.

Join Mike Butler and Mike Field as they discuss this 1994 horror film; part of Carpenter's self proclaimed Apocalypse trilogy. The Mikes will talk about how the concept for this film is its strongest point. A writer creating Hell on Earth when everything he writes comes true. The homages to both Stephen King and HP Lovecraft abound in this film as well, which the Mikes also find as a strong point. Butler is a big fan of the anything goes, monsters from beyond aspect to the film, as well as some abstract, almost David Lynch moments that occur.

Though Butler enjoyed the film quite a bit, he agrees with Field that In the Mouth of Madness has story beats that are missing. This could either be from deleted scenes or just inherent to the script which is why before landing on John Carpenter it went through a revolving door of directors.

So grab your eyeballs and entrails, please notice the bleeding walls to the left and right of you and prepare your immortal soul for more Forgotten Horror.