The Nextlander Watchcast 016: In the Mouth of Madness (1994)
Added 2022-10-17 16:30:02 +0000 UTCDo you read Sutter Cane? Do you watch John Carpenter? Do you listen to the Nextlander Watchcast? If you answered yes to all three, then you're in luck! It's time to take a journey into the pie hole of delirium as we tackle Carpenter's In the Mouth of Madness!
CHAPTERS:
(00:00:00) - NOTE: Some timecodes may be inaccurate in versions other than the ad-free Patreon version due to dynamic ad insertions. Please use caution if skipping around to avoid spoilers. Thanks for listening.
(00:00:13) - Intro.
(00:01:14) - This week's movie: In the Maw of Loopiness!
(00:04:16) - Getting into a bit of the film's history.
(00:09:42) - Time to climb inside that yap of wackiness.
(00:11:26) - Just who is John Trent and why has he gone off the deep end?
(00:18:09) - The Sutter Cane disappearance.
(00:21:05) - Julie Carmen, licensed psychotherapist.
(00:21:57) - Trent doesn't truck with this horror crap.
(00:26:04) - No scarier puzzle to put together than a map of New Hampshire.
(00:28:04) - Get in losers, we're going to Hobb's End.
(00:30:06) - Uncovering the dark mystery of Sam Neill's nationality (and a little about his delightful Twitter presence).
(00:32:22) - Back to the car ride from hell.
(00:35:19) - Weird town is weird.
(00:39:07) - Weirder church is weirder.
(00:41:05) - A brief aside on Vigo the Carpathian, and Vinny suddenly realizing Jurgen Prochnow is Cane.
(00:45:22) - Break!
(00:45:42) - We're back! Bad dogs! Bad old ladies!
(00:49:38) - It's mommy's day down at the church.
(00:55:49) - Getting at some of the Lovecraftian stuff (minus the race science, thankfully).
(00:58:38) - John Trent wants out!
(01:02:05) - Spider-walking upside-down neck lady is an all-timer. Calling it here.
(01:03:41) - OK Trent, you can leave, but you've got an errand to run once you do.
(01:09:11) - You can't escape, Trent. FedEx will always find you.
(01:13:28) - Time for the world you knew to go bye-bye.
(01:18:36) - Final thoughts, and a surprise Hayden Christensen reveal!
(01:25:51) - Outro.
Comments
I'm with Alex. Every time I watch this movie, it grows on me a little more.
Robert MacDonald
2022-10-20 14:33:39 +0000 UTCWow, I feel like I watched a completely different movie from everyone else here.
Michael Polston
2022-10-19 14:54:19 +0000 UTCI love this movie so much. It sags in the middle, and its really not that scary, but Sam Neil is electric and the meta-horror stuff they play with is super fun. Ending is an all-timer.
YASHA
2022-10-19 03:15:42 +0000 UTCI agree with Alex that it whips. As Lovecraftian eldritch horror films go this one still holds up for me.
Genji-Gloves
2022-10-18 16:57:39 +0000 UTCI feel Alex on this one. I love, *love, *LOVE* this film. When I heard Vinny and Brad um-ing and ah-ing at the beginning, I was all, "please don't break my heart". LOL, etc. But I'll also concede I was 18 when this film came out, and I was *all about* that type of cosmic horror at the time.
Mike Lee
2022-10-18 12:29:08 +0000 UTCI went to a screening of Hunt for the Wilderpeople with a friend because Sam Neill was going to Skype in for a Q&A. My friend, bless her, asked him if he read Sutter Cane, and he was genuinely chuffed (or that good of an actor) that she asked that. Ever the professional, he even weaved it into talking about different approaches to his roles in comedy and horror. Thanks for doing these John Carpenter Watchcasts!
Chris Clark
2022-10-17 20:21:06 +0000 UTCMy favorite Carpenter movie I didn't even stumble upon until my partner showed it to me a few of years ago. Watched it yearly ever since and cannot WAIT for this review. The humor in it really helps sell the absolute dissolution of sanity and reality, and I think they play perfectly together in a way that few movies outside of "Shaun of the Dead" achieve.
Dr. Judge, Private Eye
2022-10-17 17:18:13 +0000 UTCAppreciate a good reason to see some John Carpenter movies that I haven't seen before. This was a weird one, but glad to see it.
Trevor and Adrienne R
2022-10-17 16:44:26 +0000 UTCWell, we're watching five of them this month, so hopefully that helps?
nextlander
2022-10-17 16:36:09 +0000 UTCThis movie sucked. I wish we could have watched literally any other John Carpenter movie instead.
Michael Polston
2022-10-17 16:34:52 +0000 UTC
