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Originally Posted by Demoncrat  In The Mouth Of Madness (1994)
Still hate that opening track on the ST. If ever a film called out for his trademark sound ... it's this one imo. Ahem. Sam Neil thinks he's EG Robinson in Double Indemnity ... so he's in for a wee shockette when he accepts the case of a missing horror novelist.
We all like to fantasise about Howard (now ... there's a title  ), what he got up to with Sonia etc etc ... so it comes as no surprise that JC finally exorcises his influences. Not with slavish copying, which nearly always misses the essence of unbridled terror in those stories anyhow (imo), but with a jarring juxtaposition of imagery that is also in the fibre of the work.
Plus Sam Neill goes right up the wall. What's not to like?  |
Probably Carpenter's most blatant 'homage' to Lovecraft. I really enjoy this one
