In the Mouth of Madness (1995)
(image from movieblog.mtv.com) ( Wikipedia Link )( TV Tropes Link )( imdb Link ) This isn't going to be a movie review, there's enough of them out there for this film if you look. I'll be writing down some feelings about it to bring a bit more attention to this rarely shown film (in the UK). This 90s gem features Sam Neill, fully rested after running away from dinosaurs from his more well known 1993 film, Jurassic Park. Those of you familiar with the pulp horror work of H. P. Lovecraft, or who have ever played a Call of Cthulhu (CoC) RP game, will be instantly familiar with the progression of this story. A horror writer has gone missing, and it's up to Neill's character to investigate whether it's part of an insurance fraud by his publishers or not. As with all CoC adventures, the investigation doesn't lead somewhere nice. Or sane. At all. The film is directed by John Carpenter and, similar to his work on the 1982 remake of The Thing, there are som...