{"id":28497,"date":"2018-07-16T03:33:30","date_gmt":"2018-07-16T07:33:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/?p=28497"},"modified":"2018-07-16T03:40:10","modified_gmt":"2018-07-16T07:40:10","slug":"john-carpenters-in-the-mouth-of-madness-1994-collectors-edition-blu-ray","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/2018\/07\/16\/john-carpenters-in-the-mouth-of-madness-1994-collectors-edition-blu-ray\/","title":{"rendered":"John Carpenter’s In the Mouth of Madness (1994): Collector\u2019s Edition [Blu-Ray]"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a><\/strong>John Carpenter has always been about transcending what ever form of storytelling he pursued. Even when paying homage toWesterns or remaking something like \u201cVillage of the Damned,\u201d Carpenter never approaches it conventionally. With \u201cIn the Mouth of Madness,\u201d he had every chance to repeat the same meta-beats as \u201cThey Live,\u201d but he ends up delivering a genius, beautifully loony, often brilliant piece of cinema that\u2019s both a tribute to literature, a meditation on the power of the imagination, and our own state of being and reality.<\/p>\n

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Sutter Cane is one of the most popular authors in America and he\u2019s amassed a rabid (and murderous) fan base. When he\u2019s gone missing, insurance investigator John Trent takes down the insurance claim by his publisher, Jackson (Charlton Heston), John sets out to find Sutter Cane, learn of his whereabouts once and for all, and retrieve his yet to be finished manuscript. Accompanied by his editor Linda, he\u2019s soon haunted by Cane\u2019s written works, and decides to make a trek to a New Hampshire town known simply as Hobb\u2019s End. Drawn to the mysterious locale, he soon learns what happened to Sutter Cane, and so much more he\u2019s not prepared to handle.<\/p>\n

In a decade where horror took itself much too seriously, \u201cIn the Mouth of Madness\u201d is creepy, weird, and surprisingly tongue in cheek. Carpenter\u2019s film took much too long to finally gain momentum and notice as one of his finest cinematic works, and years later it\u2019s still a shockingly eerie and great genre work. Carpenter plays with narrative and time quite often with \u201cIn the Mouth of Madness\u201d toying not only with his protagonists, but the audience as well. Most of what we witness in \u201cIn the Mouth of Madness\u201d is based on perception and what Carpenter slips in to our sub-conscious. Although it\u2019s not always explored, Carpenter very slyly injects subliminal imagery and meticulous details in every scene he stages, allowing us to slowly lose a sense of what\u2019s real and what\u2019s a nightmare.<\/p>\n

Carpenter doesn\u2019t just stage a creepy mystery and horror movie, but also cleverly pays homage Stephen King and HP Lovecraft, as well as the idea of the creator, as a whole. What is reality? Are we living in<\/em><\/strong> a reality? Or are we living in a reality drawn out by a master writer? What if everything we\u2019re doing is just one big show? Do we attempt to escape it and risk destroying our world, or do we act it out until the next novel is written? The cast are marvelous, including Sam Neill who approaches his performance with enthusiasm and the proper volume of insanity necessary, while folks like Jurgen Prochnow, Charlton Heston, and John Glover, respectively. \u201cIn the Mouth of Madness\u201d is just an astounding piece of cinema that proves John Carpenter can deliver on levels of the cerebral and visceral.<\/p>\n

Included in the Collector\u2019s Edition from Scream Factory are two0 audio commentaries, one with Director John Carpenter and Producer Sandy King Carpenter, and another with Director John Carpenter and Cinematographer Gary B. Kibbe. \u201cHorror\u2019s Hallowed Grounds\u201d is another chapter with Sean Clark, who visits the locations from the film as they look today. Clark offers some great history facts and tidbits, and has access to a ton of the locations. \u201cThe Whisperer of the Dark\u201d is a nearly ten minute interview with actor Julie Carmen, and \u201cGregory Nicotero\u2019s Things in the Basement,\u201d a sixteen minute visit with Gregory Nictoero who gushes about working with John Carpenter, his excitement of tackling Lovecraftian monsters, their development, and which of the monsters Carpenter loved most.<\/p>\n

\u201cHome Movies from Hobb\u2019s End\u201d is a twelve series of VHS clips looking at the effects from Nicotero, including make up tests, on set footage, and looks at actual takes. \u201cVintage Featurette: The Making Of In The Mouth Of Madness\u201d is a five minute EPK with on set interviews with John Carpenter, Sam Neill, Charlton Heston, Jurgen Prochnow and a few of the effects people, accompanied by narration. There\u2019s finally the original theatrical trailer, and nine minutes of vintage TV Spots. Finally there\u2019s reversible cover art featuring the original theatrical poster.<\/p>\n

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