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Director: John Carpenter. Screenplay: Michael De Luca. Starring: Sam Neill, Jürgen Prochnow, Charlton Heston, David Warner, John Glover, Julie Carmen, Bernie Casey, Peter Jason, Frances Bay, Hayden Christensen. After “The Thing” in 1982 and “Prince Of Darkness” in 1987, director John Carpenter completed his self-titled ‘Apocalypse trilogy’ in 1994 with “In The Mouth Of Madness“. Unfortunately, by this point, Carpenter couldn’t get any strong studio backing for his projects and as a result his excellent concepts never really took off as well as they could have. This film is another example of the financial problems that he was facing. When renowned horror writer Sutter Cane (Jurgen Prochnow) makes a sudden disappearance, strange things begin to happen. His ability to describe evil, literally, starts to come to life and effect everyone in society. To investigate his mysterious disappearance, Insurance investigator John Trent (Sam Neill) is sent to a little East Coast town called Hobb’s End. However, this little town is actually a figment of Cane’s imagination and Trent soon finds himself questioning his own sanity as he is drawn further and further into the dark recesses of Cane’s twisted mind. As always with Carpenter, the concept and premise is one of sheer brilliance and it possesses more than few references to real life horror writers Stephen King and H.P. Lovecraft but unlike his previous efforts there is something amiss here. Maybe it’s because Carpenter doesn’t actually write the script himself or even compose the soundtrack with the idiosyncratic and atmospheric style that fans of his will be accustomed to. Despite the excellent premise, I found that the films major issue was a lack of drive. It didn’t catch me the way it did when I first seen it. Also, it suffers from a failure to bring a depth to any character other than Sam Neill’s investigator. Sutter Cane is a very intriguing antagonist with a lot of potential but he features very little and when he does appear, the films budget is tested in order to realise it’s horror. All in all, this struck me as an attempt from Carpenter to appeal to a wider audience and as a result sacrificed the very style that made him a unique filmmaker to begin with. That’s not to say that this is a poor film. It’s not. It’s very cleverly constructed and for the most part, very well delivered. Carpenter is a master at his build up and construction of atmosphere, meanwhile, cleverly unravelling the mystery. However, the film takes a little too long to get going and just when it’s hitting it crescendo, it feels rushed and over a bit too soon. For the most part, Carpenter does well to blur the lines between fantasy and reality but ultimately it doesn’t quite come together as obscurity and pretentiousness creep in. It’s a great attempt, but Carpenter has delivered better. (This review was part of a collaboration with Eric who runs The IPC. To view the post in full and give Eric some support, go here) Mark Walker
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Yönetmen : John Carpenter Yapım : 1995, ABD Süre : 92 dk. Jürgen Prochnow, Sam Neill, Julie Carmen David Warner, John Glover, Bernie Casey Bir sigorta müfettişi olan John Trent (Sam Neill), yeni ve farklı bir iş alır. Bu seferki uğraşı, belli ki her zamankilere benzemeyecektir. Zira kaybolan korku yazarı Sutter Cane'i bulması istenir. Ancak Cane'in son romanı 'Çılgınlığın Ötesinde'yi okuyan herkesin başına 'garip olaylar' gelmektedir. John da bu durumu araştırmak üzere kitaba kaynaklık yapan kasabaya gider ve... John Carpenter'ın Stephen King'e saygı duruşunda bulunduğu eseri, aslında yönetmenin tarzında bir 'film içinde film' olarak görülebilir. Zira bir anda kitabın içinde yaşananların gerçek olmasıyla ya da bilinçaltını açığa çıkarmasıyla gelişenler anlatılıyor esasen. Ancak ana karakter kasabaya varıp 'lanetli kasaba' motifi aktif hale gelince, devreye kitsch efektler giriyor. Böyle olunca da 'mesafe'sini ve 'soğukkanlılık'ını kaybedip ilginç bir deneme olarak kalıyor film. Ama yine de korku severler için izlenmesi keyifli bir eser olduğu söylenebilir.