In the Mouth of Madness (1994)

A cynical insurance investigator is hired by a publishing company to find a disappeared, renounced horror writer while global psychosis starts plaguing his readers worldwide.

I was a kid when I first saw it at the cinema. And then a young adult when I watched it in VHS. And here I am now, an adult, watching it on Blu-ray and feeling like a kid all over again. In the Mouth of Madness is one of John Carpenter’s best works, one of Sam Neil’s best performances, Michael De Luca’s best script, and, without a doubt, one of the best psychological horrors you will ever watch in your time. Fantasy and reality, sanity and insanity, pronoia and paranoia… all blend in to “bring to life” and pay tribute to H.P.Lovecraft’s horror fiction. It is probably the best film that has captured the essence of the abstruse and horrifying Cthulhu Mythos. I say nothing more. Turn the lights off and get sucked into madness!

H.P. Lovecraft died in poverty, and he and his works were only recognised posthumously. In the Mouth of Madness, a homage to Lovecraft was not a commercial success, yet today, it is a critically acclaimed horror, a classic. I am so perplexed by what makes people tick most of the time. Like almost everything else in life, we learn the hard way and only when it’s too late – if that! Because it’s so hard to see what’s in front of our eyes the whole time and appreciate it while it’s there. Same with people…

You know what? I’m gonna write the sequel and send it to New Line Cinema. F@!% it!

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