IN THE MOUTH OF MADNESS (1994) Ending Explained

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  • Опубликовано: 27 авг 2024
  • In John Carpenter's underrated In the Mouth of Madness, an insurance claim investigator is thrust into a search for a missing author, and uncovers a bubbling evil that could spell the end of the world. We're breaking down the reality bending story, including the importance of John Trent's worldview, and explaining the bonkers ending.
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  • @gregdeandrea1450
    @gregdeandrea1450 3 года назад +823

    "If you haven't seen Big Trouble in Little China, get on that shit immediately."
    A man of culture, I see.😋

  • @CopiousDoinksLLC
    @CopiousDoinksLLC 3 года назад +489

    27:11 My other interpretation of this moment was that John Trent was finally accepting the fact that _he_ was a fictional character who had just been created by Kane in order to be the protagonist for this story. In a kind of "Möbius strip" effect, he understands that the movie he's watching only exists because it is a media representation of the universe that _he_ inhabits while he's in the cinema.
    So he's not just laughing at the absurdity of it all... but he's also horrified because he knows that his existence will end as soon as the movie does. After all, the only reason he exists is to tell the story, so once that's over, so is he.

    • @axhen
      @axhen 2 года назад +12

      Thought the same!

    • @NeroCM
      @NeroCM 2 года назад +3

      if it's so, then it feels to me like a cheap attempt at nihilism. You know, a sort of "What if we're all just characters in a story?" question meant to force in the reader/viewer the realisation of the lack of implicit meaning in life.
      It's overused.

    • @nicholaskojku6573
      @nicholaskojku6573 2 года назад

      Oreos

    • @shadowlord1418
      @shadowlord1418 2 года назад +30

      @@NeroCM its overused now not in 1994

    • @NeroCM
      @NeroCM 2 года назад +1

      @@shadowlord1418 no, it was already overused then because this is a "twist" that's been around in literature for over a hundred years. Lovecraft, to make an example, is full of these "In truth you and everything you've ever done never mattered" moments.

  • @timdavidson8191
    @timdavidson8191 3 года назад +312

    I never thought Trent went insane by seeing the movie... I thought it was the crashing realization of being one of the last sane people in a world of madness

    • @MrMcflanigengaming
      @MrMcflanigengaming Год назад +36

      Also I think the laughter is him giving in to the reality all you could do is laugh

    • @dthomscappello
      @dthomscappello 10 месяцев назад +15

      I think it's the same result, regardless. You either join the mass hysteria or you go insane on your own. Which is Cane's point

    • @mcoupe69
      @mcoupe69 10 месяцев назад +9

      Y’all are both wrong.. Cane just telepathically told him all about RUclipsr Boxing in the Future

    • @noneed4me2n7
      @noneed4me2n7 9 месяцев назад +11

      If I might interject, I think his laughing might have had more to do with his accepting he was a fictional character. Cane wrote him and some of the others like Styles into existence. That was just my take, could be wrong.

    • @Leandro-X.2024
      @Leandro-X.2024 8 месяцев назад +5

      noneed4me2n7 and timdavidson8191, you are both correct, as I believe in the saying that ''two things can be true at once''.

  • @wandab3843
    @wandab3843 3 года назад +555

    This movie does the "mind bending" trope correctly. It really stays with you.

    • @alexanderzhmurov9624
      @alexanderzhmurov9624 3 года назад +5

      IKR!!?

    • @Dadflinn92
      @Dadflinn92 2 года назад +10

      How would you know if you were fictional? I mean really think about it…Best line of the movie
      “reality is only what we say it is”
      So how would anyone know if this really is reality.

    • @incognito7479
      @incognito7479 2 года назад +3

      “Oh no, not the Carpenters too”

    • @ngonzales3781
      @ngonzales3781 9 месяцев назад

      Do not watch if you have schizophrenia

    • @cherylmaden5989
      @cherylmaden5989 Месяц назад

      Saw it at theater as a teenager, only started to get it after several watches throughout my 20s I get something new each time, which is it's own kind of creepy.

  • @MikefromTexas1
    @MikefromTexas1 3 года назад +774

    One my favorite "Lovecraftian" films.
    Carpenters whole Apocalypse Trilogy (this film being the last entry) has a lot of Lovecraft themes.

    • @HoneyBeeFlanzman
      @HoneyBeeFlanzman 3 года назад +13

      I love when he mixes in classic films with the new stuff - his take always gives me a smile the next time I watch it

    • @kathleenking3955
      @kathleenking3955 3 года назад +16

      'The Thing' is inspired by Dante's Inferno: Circle 7 {Cantos XXIV and XXV} to Circle 9 - Traitors in the Ice. All in this order. This includes the passage via the Giants in the Well. The Thing is a composite of Cacus and the Serpents.

    • @chrisnicolet8910
      @chrisnicolet8910 3 года назад

      What were the other 2 films

    • @MikefromTexas1
      @MikefromTexas1 3 года назад +10

      @@chrisnicolet8910 First was The Thing, then Prince of Darkness, then In the Mouth of Madness.

    • @MikefromTexas1
      @MikefromTexas1 3 года назад

      @Tony Soprano Uh.
      What?

  • @dranksinatra2493
    @dranksinatra2493 3 года назад +154

    In a turn of meta, recall the moment near the end of the dialog with the doc thinking he found a flaw in the proposed “grand plan” described in the tale of the journey, that the book was limited to those who could read, that those who couldn’t read would be safe from influence...
    Only for the retort, “that’s what the movie is for...”
    ...and then the end in the theater...
    Boom. Headshot.

    • @canadiancanucklehead8310
      @canadiancanucklehead8310 2 года назад +1

      *TF2 Meet the Sniper plays*

    • @baintreachas
      @baintreachas 4 месяца назад

      Non-English speakers:

    • @dranksinatra2493
      @dranksinatra2493 3 месяца назад

      @@baintreachas The whole movie is a narrative told by the character to the doc, describing the end of the world’s sanity by the author. The doc points out that the book wouldn’t affect the illiterate…
      The character scoffs, retorting that the movie will get the rest”…

    • @baintreachas
      @baintreachas 3 месяца назад

      ​@@dranksinatra2493 right, unless they are... non-English speakers. well, blind non-English speakers, maybe... personally it's hard to imagine being entranced in quite the same way by a shitty dub but maybe that'd do it

  • @savagep3nguin
    @savagep3nguin 2 года назад +59

    Something you didn’t mention about the end of the film and what makes it even more clever is that the film being watched at the end of the movie is the same one we’ve been experiencing. In essence, at the end of the movie, the implication is that we too are damned and doomed to the same madness for sharing the experience.

    • @duanemcclure8324
      @duanemcclure8324 9 месяцев назад +4

      Great point! And..easy to overlook - as you have pointed out! Good catch, my friend!

  • @briannestewart5126
    @briannestewart5126 3 года назад +253

    This movie is so underrated. I've never met anyone else irl who's actually seen this movie. It's my second fave after Hellraiser.

    • @elizabethshields320
      @elizabethshields320 3 года назад +1

      Yessssss

    • @d.aardent9382
      @d.aardent9382 3 года назад +4

      I dont know how i missed seeing it before. My friends all like these kinds of movies and strange none brought this up as suggestion. Looks wild.
      I like Sam Neil, he likes playing in weird stuff for a long time, he is not just in stage theater or "realistic drama", he has done a lot of creepy horror shows. He was the adult Damien in the Omen series i just remembered. Lol

    • @Selena-gz9ts
      @Selena-gz9ts 3 года назад +2

      I still have my VHS copy of this. LoL!!

    • @dishonoredundead
      @dishonoredundead 3 года назад +2

      Lovecraft fandoms talk about it a lot too. For some reason the consensus is Event Horizon is better, but that is madness in my opinion. No pun intended. Hellraiser 2 was better, also just an opinion.

    • @melissagrymin4918
      @melissagrymin4918 2 года назад +4

      I saw it when it came out and have loved it since. Literally gets better with each viewing. So glad more people are giving it the attention it deserves.

  • @ReeWebster
    @ReeWebster 3 года назад +525

    Sam Neil in both of the best twisted horror thrillers ever. Both this and event horizon are experiences.

    • @keith3140
      @keith3140 3 года назад +29

      I was just thinking that. The man just works as an actor in horror movies

    • @bobbyincidemetal
      @bobbyincidemetal 3 года назад +8

      Yep! Two of my favorite movies.

    • @whyarewealwaysyelling
      @whyarewealwaysyelling 3 года назад +26

      I agree Jurassic Park is super scary but you got Sam Neal ready to thug down and teach those dinosaurs the meaning of Extinction

    • @EvilXero359
      @EvilXero359 3 года назад +4

      @@whyarewealwaysyelling dang......ya beat me by 19 hours of when you commented

    • @CyberCristo
      @CyberCristo 3 года назад +9

      @Brique Zallivam ur absolute wrong m8 event horizon is epic .

  • @p.a.r.c1694
    @p.a.r.c1694 3 года назад +93

    Big trouble in little china is one of my all time favorite.

  • @jasongorkisch
    @jasongorkisch 3 года назад +88

    When I try to explain Lovecraft to people, I always recommend this.

    • @nukefoodsofficial5849
      @nukefoodsofficial5849 2 года назад

      @Brique Zallivam change that for me 🔫🙂

    • @natebox4550
      @natebox4550 2 года назад +2

      @Brique Zallivam the fuck is wrong with spongebob? Spongebob is the bop bro!

    • @DrFunkman
      @DrFunkman Год назад

      I recommend Color out of Space and to not Google the name of his cat

  • @letopizdetz
    @letopizdetz 3 года назад +155

    Pickman was an artists that went missing. His friend start looking for him and in the end learns that the monsters in his paintings are real. Change artist with writer, friend with investigator and paintings with books and you have this movie. Really enjoyed the movie. It's Pickman's model plot line with King in Yellow McGuffin (i.e. a book that makes everyone go mad).

    • @jeremyzak654
      @jeremyzak654 3 года назад +19

      Pickman's Model mixed with Shadow over Innsmouth mixed with Call of Cthulhu.

    • @MkiSaskTheGlumpSod
      @MkiSaskTheGlumpSod 2 года назад +3

      @@jeremyzak654 I’m pretty sure the only thing it has from call of cthulu is just talk of old ones and general cosmic horror. Which is to say not really anything it doesn’t already get from shadow over innsmouth

    • @joe-ru9gh
      @joe-ru9gh 2 года назад +1

      You forgot the hunter of the dark with the black church and all

  • @EyeInTheSky982
    @EyeInTheSky982 3 года назад +140

    Fun Fact: The kid on the bike (I think the one Trent encounters after escaping with Cain's book) is Hayden Cristiansen.

    • @XjestR
      @XjestR 3 года назад +3

      And he is confused

    • @robertmatthews1298
      @robertmatthews1298 3 года назад +5

      As in darth vader himself???

    • @EyeInTheSky982
      @EyeInTheSky982 3 года назад +2

      @@robertmatthews1298 I believe so, yes. 😊😊

    • @EvilXero359
      @EvilXero359 3 года назад +7

      He is. Makes one wonder what Hayden would say if a fan asked him: "Ever heard of Hobb's End?"

    • @EyeInTheSky982
      @EyeInTheSky982 3 года назад +5

      @@EvilXero359 😅😅😅 He might not even remember doing it. OR, he might say, "That was where the fun began." 😏😏😏😂😂😂

  • @BangTanPrettiNikki
    @BangTanPrettiNikki 3 года назад +378

    THIS IS THE BEST DAY EVER!!! THIS IS ONE OF MY TOP 5 FAVORITE HORROR MOVIES!!! Thanks so much Chris 🥺🥺🥰❤️

    • @craigh5236
      @craigh5236 3 года назад +5

      The lady walking backwards freaked me out to no end.

    • @tonynittoli4792
      @tonynittoli4792 3 года назад +4

      I agree 💯, when I was younger this movie tripped me out. “ do you read sutter cane”

    • @BangTanPrettiNikki
      @BangTanPrettiNikki 3 года назад +6

      @@tonynittoli4792 I literally watch this movie once a quarter. It’s so odd and gives me such nostalgia. The Thing is my all time favorite horror movie but ITMOM has this rewatch ability factor for me. I love it!!!

    • @BangTanPrettiNikki
      @BangTanPrettiNikki 3 года назад

      @@craigh5236 first time seeing that scene scared me for weeks now I love, love, love that scene🥰

    • @yuhhhuhh2579
      @yuhhhuhh2579 3 года назад +11

      His name is Chris?

  • @Design_Spark_
    @Design_Spark_ 3 года назад +36

    I'm going to save this to watch later, so here is my comment for the algorithm!!
    I am beyond stoked to see you cover this movie!!!!

  • @ScooBdont
    @ScooBdont 3 года назад +288

    The old lady at the hotel “Mrs. Pickman” is definitely a reference to H.P. Lovecraft’s story “Pickman’s model”
    I caught the reference to “They Live” at the end of the vid. CONSUME MEDIA!! Well done sir
    🙂👍

    • @ScooBdont
      @ScooBdont 3 года назад +2

      @callmecatalyst Yeah I tried to think of how Mrs Pickman might be analogous to the Pickman in Lovecraft’s story and came up with nothing. If I’m remembering correctly Pickman was an artist who made uncanny yet inspired paintings of grotesque, horrifying creatures and it turns out he was using actual “demons” as his models, that had crawled out of an ancient well deep in a long forgotten cavern/basement.
      The final metamorphosis of Mrs. and Mr. Pickman into grotesque demonic creatures like what may have crawled from the ancient well is the only possible link I could come up with off the top of my head and that’s stretching it……….not my head but the possible link from book to movie. 🙂👍

    • @tazkol
      @tazkol 3 года назад +2

      The movie defiantly hit all the bigger names if you know your lovercraft, just in this ending explained i caught 'pickmans model', 'shadow out of time', 'dagon', 'call of cuthulhu', even sprinklings of 'the dunwhich horror'

    • @letopizdetz
      @letopizdetz 3 года назад +6

      @callmecatalyst What do you mean? King just payed tribute to the story he used as plot reference. 1. Artist goes missing. 2. Someone starts looking for him. 3. stuff gets weird and the monsters are real.
      Can't believe you read the short story and didn't notice the direct correlation. Maybe read it again, it's just a few pages long.
      Similar to how Avatar is just Pocahontas in space.

    • @tazkol
      @tazkol 3 года назад +1

      @callmecatalyst I can understand your point and I see where your coming from, that being said Lovecraft created a whole pantheon of gods and inspired several people to carry on his work. so we'll see if they stand the test of time lol

    • @highasduck5282
      @highasduck5282 3 года назад +3

      @callmecatalyst literally what are you talking about the story is like the exact same except modernized lmfao. it wasn't just random name picking and see what sticks. Not saying that it's flawless but i think he did a decent job. a nice touch to add the creepy painting in the room with mrs pickman as well. but that's just my opinion.

  • @MissAfia618
    @MissAfia618 3 года назад +139

    “You’re gonna be a problem aren’t you Styles” was the funniest thing I heard today !!!!!! I literally lol’d🤣🤣🤣🤣

    • @mhauser9457
      @mhauser9457 3 года назад

      Laugh out louded?

    • @scout9178
      @scout9178 3 года назад +1

      lol'd

    • @f.l3450
      @f.l3450 3 года назад +1

      @@mhauser9457 Who cares?

  • @Martin-hb4il
    @Martin-hb4il 2 года назад +6

    I have a personal history with this movie. When I was in high school, we watched the movie and loved it. Turns out the filming locations were all close to us (Toronto, Canada). So, we smoked a few blunts and drove out to the church. This was at night, outside the city basically a farming area. We hopped the fence, had bats just in case. It was the Slovak Church of the Transfiguration. I kid you not. The murals were even the same as the movie. So proud to be Czechoslovakian at that moment. Anyways, after hearing barking and thinking huge dogs were coming for us, and seeing strange red lights coming from the basement of the church, we were just a bit freaked out. Oh, I neglected to mention that we also ingested some shrooms. So a few minutes of exploring and then we heard sirens and saw flashing cop car lights. They were actually very cool cops. Instead of assuming we were just there to smash windows and loot, etc., they gave us a chance to explain. Canadian cops can be really cool sometimes. So we had to try and explain the plot, and try to name the actors. They ended up letting us go with no issues, they even said it sounded like a great flick. I understand it sounds underwhelming, but anyone who has had a difficult trip with weed and shrooms, would understand. This was an unforgettable experience, and I wouldn’t change a thing. Respect to the Durham Police for being real people, they really adjusted my opinion of local law enforcement. If you guys are reading this, I just want to say “thank you.”

  • @keithfilibeck2390
    @keithfilibeck2390 3 года назад +38

    Blue is a key color in this movie and is a sign of the spreading evil.

  • @HaXaW5150
    @HaXaW5150 3 года назад +59

    I loved this film back then and I love it today. Sam Neil is one of my favorite actors of all time. Event Horizon is another awesome film with Sam in it too.

    • @diplamatikjuan3595
      @diplamatikjuan3595 3 года назад +4

      @Brique Zallivam He, like many others, enjoyed Event Horizon. It's a bit extreme to judge someone's taste on one movie. Do you only like critically acclaimed films?

  • @amandaoneill4763
    @amandaoneill4763 3 года назад +108

    this movie really got to me... deep to the core. i remember seeing it, at the theater, when i was either a sophomore or junior in high school. it terrified me! i went to see it with my boyfriend and his friend, and i made the both of them check all around the car and underneath it before i'd run, jumping, into it, still scared something was gonna get me.

    • @seanshaw8883
      @seanshaw8883 3 года назад +3

      Wow, I would pay to see it in theaters!

    • @amandaoneill4763
      @amandaoneill4763 3 года назад

      @@seanshaw8883 we did. lol
      for the last showing, that night, i think it was $5.75 a ticket.

    • @seanshaw8883
      @seanshaw8883 3 года назад +1

      @@amandaoneill4763 Nice, and 5.75 a good night indeed!

    • @amandaoneill4763
      @amandaoneill4763 3 года назад +3

      @@seanshaw8883 the 90s were pretty sweet, that's for sure. :)

    • @ozy7777
      @ozy7777 3 года назад

      Haha old hag 😂😂 cool story tho

  • @MrBounceoutboi
    @MrBounceoutboi 3 года назад +80

    I feel ghosts of Mars is the closest to an actual DOOM movie personally

    • @wallcity318
      @wallcity318 3 года назад +2

      Its so bad tho, i was really disappointed with that and vampires. Havent seen them in awhile so maybe now that im a lil older and wiser that maybe i missed something

    • @ptonpc
      @ptonpc 3 года назад +2

      @@wallcity318 It was not good but it was not bad. I enjoyed it for the most part and yes it was closer to an actual DOOM movie than what we've had.

  • @MarieAntoon
    @MarieAntoon 3 года назад +24

    I was in college when this movie came out and one of the effects guys did a talk on campus. I'll always remember him talking about the big mass of creatures that chase Sam Neil through the hallway and that his team nicknamed it "the parade float". Even seeing it in static images, it was pretty trippy.

  • @jadeharley7190
    @jadeharley7190 3 года назад +96

    To quote another carpenter film, “I’m here to kick ass and chew bubblegum, and I’m all out of gum”

    • @ctakitimu
      @ctakitimu 3 года назад +2

      Sounds like he's going to chew ass instead seeing as he ran out of gum to chew

    • @nathanxxvii
      @nathanxxvii 3 года назад +1

      The best quote from they live wasn't the bubblegum one it was before in the alley during the knock down drag out:
      "You're going to put those glasses on, or you're going to start eating that garbage can."

  • @haretasora7646
    @haretasora7646 3 года назад +358

    Would love to see you do an Ending Explained for 'The Number 23' with Jim Carrey
    It was a trippy movie that was a bit confusing and is a movie I seriously loved and would love an explanation for it :)

    • @moniquebish
      @moniquebish 3 года назад +11

      Good pick im wit it

    • @missunperceivable
      @missunperceivable 3 года назад +7

      I second this

    • @PennywiseTheDancingClown274
      @PennywiseTheDancingClown274 3 года назад +9

      I think you have to make suggestions on a certain page
      Edit I'd like to see it explained good movie

    • @yingyang1615
      @yingyang1615 3 года назад +7

      I had my friends tripping at the end of that movie I was don’t sleep on 9/11…think about it…9+11+2+0+0+1= 😂

    • @friedspacecowboy8760
      @friedspacecowboy8760 3 года назад +6

      Bad movie.

  • @juicewilliss
    @juicewilliss 3 года назад +26

    This and" Lord of Illusion" blew my mind as a kid.

    • @jeremyzak654
      @jeremyzak654 3 года назад +2

      Can't believe how underrated both these movies were.

    • @JunkyardGod
      @JunkyardGod 3 года назад +3

      "I wasn't born to show people the errors of their ways, I was born to murder the world."
      - Nix

    • @JohnGalt916
      @JohnGalt916 3 года назад +1

      I oddly never liked lord of illusion. I was like 11... but I didn't like quantum leap man being a jerk

    • @pennyc11
      @pennyc11 2 года назад

      Two of my favorites. I watch every year.

  • @SACosby-lp5td
    @SACosby-lp5td 3 года назад +24

    I think ITMOM is one of the most underrated movies out there. It's also the best HP Lovecraft movie ever made

  • @ctakitimu
    @ctakitimu 3 года назад +81

    The dreaded double dream? I had one the other week where I woke up 5 times, all inside the dream. Made me question my reality for half a minute when I really did wake up so I can empathise with Trent here

    • @irieite9666
      @irieite9666 3 года назад +9

      I never had it before. But when i was a kid i dreamed i had a very mundane school day. Just as i was leaving to go home i woke up and it was monday morning.

    • @ViVALaKiRAxx
      @ViVALaKiRAxx 2 года назад +5

      @@irieite9666 it can be kind of scary depending on what kind of dream you’re waking up from. I hate when it happens when I’m being chased 😒

    • @KATinBLACK
      @KATinBLACK 2 года назад +4

      Same. Dreams within dreams are so weird. I remember woke up several times and looked at the door and each time it was a different door from my rooms in previous houses we lived in. When I finally did wake up I like had to confirm I was actually awake and I’m actually in the present

    • @0mnicide
      @0mnicide 2 года назад +4

      I thought I was the only one who had those inception dreams. Sometimes it gets to a point where I realize I’m dreaming and think I’ve somehow fallen into a coma or that I’ve died and that this weird semi-conscious “reality” is for eternity. It’s terrifying.
      I’m not particularly religious but that’s how I would describe hell. & Don’t get me started on sleep paralysis OBEs.

    • @iamV10010
      @iamV10010 2 года назад

      It is my very unprofessional and uneducated opinion that dreams within dreams are a sign that you're experiencing some kind of personal trauma and possibly not dealing with it.

  • @darkcat282
    @darkcat282 3 года назад +12

    Every time I heard "Do you read Sutter Cane?" My mind replaced it with "Have you seen the Yellow Sign?"

  • @steveericson9137
    @steveericson9137 3 года назад +19

    Probably my favorite JC flick, which is saying a lot. Dude has made some real bangers! As a Lovecraft nerd who's been disappointed by 99% of all attempts to capture a true Lovecraftian feel on film, I can't help but stand in awe that Carpenter not only succeeded where so many have failed, he did so with an original story rather than adapting one from ol' Howard.

  • @SatomiForward
    @SatomiForward 3 года назад +93

    Love this as much as Sam Neil in horror rolls and John Carpenter. Prince of Darkness is utterly amazing

    • @briannestewart5126
      @briannestewart5126 3 года назад +7

      I waiting for him to also do event horizon I love sam Neil to!

    • @briannestewart5126
      @briannestewart5126 3 года назад +4

      @callmecatalyst ok lol Possession is a good movie to. I prefer Event horizon though lol. Imo
      It's not one of the best movies ever, but his performance was excellent (talking about Possession btw lol)

    • @scionixx9568
      @scionixx9568 3 года назад

      @@briannestewart5126 same

    • @goldenboy2674
      @goldenboy2674 3 года назад

      Sam Neil was also excellent in "Dead Calm"

    • @trence5
      @trence5 2 года назад

      I liked that one as well.

  • @sinenomine7115
    @sinenomine7115 2 года назад +10

    I've actually had quite a few "dream within a dream" experiences myself. Mostly involving waking up to go to the bathroom, realizing I'm not actually awake, and then having it happen a few more times before I actually wake up. It's really quite annoying when it happens.

    • @axhen
      @axhen Год назад +1

      could be worse. Mine are mostly nightmares where i die increasingly scary deaths and revive at a fixed point in time only to die again. Only stops when i wake up, at which point i stay paralysed for a good 2-3 mins waiting for the next death
      in my dreams i am a horror game protagonist i guess, just not the kind that gets to survive

  • @Neat0_o
    @Neat0_o 3 года назад +14

    Thanks you, man. I’ve always wanted you to cover this gem. It’s literally…madness. I love it.

  • @jeremysmith4620
    @jeremysmith4620 3 года назад +23

    This film and soundtrack absolutely slap. There is just one thing I am curious about. I have always felt like there was a good bit left on the cutting room floor or scenes written that Carpenter just couldn't shoot due to budget or time constraints.
    Not because the film doesn't feel complete, it definitely does. ITMOM just leaves an impression or nagging feeling that there was just a little more that we didn't get to see and experience. Then again I'd enthusiastically watch a 6 hour cut of any Carpenter movie so maybe it's just me wanting more.

  • @AllfatherBlack
    @AllfatherBlack 3 года назад +4

    Finally someone recognizes In The Mouth of Madness as "brilliant". I also always loved it and only increasingly so every time I watch it. I think what throws people off is the production quality is hardcore '90s style, damn near high-level TV movie quality. Madness' audio mastering and, like, video coloring or editing or something just feels a tad... cheap, in a weird way. It's like a notch above The Stand TV series (the overall quality of which- should be noted- is great). But then you pay attention and the pacing is damn near fucking perfect. The action creeps up like an eel, you get jump scares that don't feel too cheap, you get mind-fucked, there's foreboding tension that actually pays off, there's creature horror, and they don't cheap out at all on the Lovecraft mythos part. It ends as Lovecraftian as anything ever should, and IMO adds to the official Lovecraft extended mythos perfectly. When people ask my favorite horror movie, my answer is probably gonna be In The Mouth of Madness. Sam Neil, absolute God-King of '90s movies. Just an automatic quality multiplier, no matter the quality of the production itself.
    BTW nice haircut, Mr Dad lol

  • @MrGRuby
    @MrGRuby 3 года назад +10

    This is my favorite horror movie of all time and one of the few legitimate Lovrcraftian-legacy films to stay true to its namesake.
    Thank you for doing a video about it!

  • @fancywaffles
    @fancywaffles 3 года назад +38

    I've been waiting for this video ever since I started watching Ending Explained. I'm so excited! This is my favorite horror movie of all time.

  • @joedivision7148
    @joedivision7148 3 года назад +20

    This scared the shit out of me when I was 11. I loved it.

  • @vellaimaliapu6374
    @vellaimaliapu6374 3 года назад +29

    "People turning into monsters!" LOL! Enjoyed your review. Kurt Russell was very good in The Thing, and he's in BTiLC too, popular choice for John Carpenter ! Remember watching The Fog - really claustrophobic atmosphere, with a bunch of people going manic! Sam Neill is great casting choice here.

  • @raptor_redd
    @raptor_redd 3 года назад +6

    I feel like I watched this years ago and my brain filed it away as a nightmare instead of a movie. Definitely need to watch again.

  • @Dadflinn92
    @Dadflinn92 3 года назад +15

    I love this movie! It’s what got me interested in the H.P Lovecraft/Cthulhu genre! This is a priceless gem of a movie that has never gotten the attention it deserves!!

  • @a.j.m8264
    @a.j.m8264 3 года назад +13

    Dude, how weird is it that I was just thinking about this movie yesterday? I even went and put that main guitar theme into my music playlist.

    • @danielboyd1186
      @danielboyd1186 3 года назад +1

      I swear I was literally telling a friend about it. Ironic af. Lol

  • @Shogun459
    @Shogun459 2 года назад +3

    What I find mind boggling is, "What don't people understand?" and "How can you have any doubts as to the ending?"
    Yog-Soggoth sends his regards.

  • @ericvernon1182
    @ericvernon1182 3 года назад +8

    Can't believe you didn't have a video for this already...one of my favorite movies...Carpenter clearly has some love for Lovecraft...
    This movie and The Thing, Big Trouble, and Escape from New York are some of my favorite movies of all time...

  • @kittywinkle101
    @kittywinkle101 3 года назад +11

    Sam Neill is seriously one of my favourite actors. He's been in so many trippy movies. Don't get me started on Possession

  • @bleh329
    @bleh329 3 года назад +10

    I have never even heard of this one before. Gonna check it out, thanks for covering it!

  • @chailattee
    @chailattee 3 года назад +9

    I can’t believe I haven’t watched this movie! Going to have to watch it this weekend! Thank you 🙏🏽

  • @ZombieDragQueen
    @ZombieDragQueen 3 года назад +10

    This and "Event Horizon" are favourites in the "lovecraftian" genre/style.

  • @deathdefying1472
    @deathdefying1472 3 года назад +25

    Well John Carpenter really liked end of the world films
    After all he had a whole trilogy of them

  • @sarlaccstapeworm990
    @sarlaccstapeworm990 3 года назад +9

    Dude,, that haircut you've got is GREAT!! Looks REALLY nice!!👍
    GREAT review BTW!... I'm SO glad you picked THIS particular movie!!👍♥️💯

  • @ryanhall7607
    @ryanhall7607 5 месяцев назад +1

    This movie has one of the most interesting DVD commentaries I have ever listened to. All about framing shots and how to use the camera.

  • @feck2594
    @feck2594 3 года назад +2

    Surprised I took this long but new you would eventually cover this criminally underrated masterpiece. One of my top 10 favorite movies of all time . It still amazes me how many people have not seen or even heard of it.

  • @vindurza
    @vindurza 3 года назад +10

    This is one of the best Eldritch horror films ever.

  • @pbibbles
    @pbibbles 3 года назад +4

    How have I never seen, or even heard of, this?! It's on my must watch list for the week.

  • @Veed.l0
    @Veed.l0 Год назад +2

    What's really unique about this is that unbeknownst to Trent; him holding onto reason was the one thing that made him be portrayed as insane in a world of 'beleivers'. These believers, however paying the ultimate price for their tribal indulgence in reading and consuming Cane's content which was really just a conduit of evil from the unknown horrors. All the believers inadvertently allowed themselves to become puppets of this reality warping fiction and devolved into monstrosities in the likeness of these unknown horrors.

  • @EthalaRide
    @EthalaRide 3 года назад +8

    I love the re:view of this on RLM so it's awesome to see more content about this movie being made by more people I watch!

  • @JadedOne420
    @JadedOne420 3 года назад +6

    Cain's Book: -blurs the lines between fiction and reality
    -creates believers / becomes a religion
    -brings the old ones thru a portal
    - *drives everyone to madness*
    Facebook: "hold my prophecy"

  • @jen7ellez
    @jen7ellez 3 года назад +4

    I always talk about how good this movie is! I too didn't appreciate until later in life. I love Sam Neil. That horrified gutteral laugh he does at the end gives me chills.

  • @Seanbad0602
    @Seanbad0602 Год назад +1

    I KNEW you’d call out Vigo the Carpathian. That single comment made this whole video for me. Love your stuff. Please continue to do your stuff!

  • @DandyMcCheesy
    @DandyMcCheesy 3 года назад +2

    I was super happy to see this pop up in my notifications, this has been a favourite of mine since high school especially with Sam Neill being a fellow Aussie and I would only want to see you cover this movie as well ❤️

  • @joypopoola6115
    @joypopoola6115 3 года назад +3

    Sunday night prep for the week work really is a pleasure because of you!!

  • @thejudgmentalcat
    @thejudgmentalcat 3 года назад +4

    Thanks for the "They Live" reference, I always liked the message of that film.

  • @pumibel1720
    @pumibel1720 Год назад +2

    In HPL's "Pickman's Model", Richard Upton Pickman is an infamous artist who goes missing. His paintings are hyper-realistic depictions of otherworldly creepy and grotesque creatures that he claimed he painted entirely from life. It's pretty apt that the Pickman hotel has a cursed looking painting in the lobby.

  • @bunkerzero
    @bunkerzero 3 года назад +4

    Dude, I love this movie! So glad you're covering it

  • @xenohans9364
    @xenohans9364 3 года назад +5

    I always love the ending. Find it hilarious and wind up laughing. Also Sam Neil punching out the editor is quite funny.
    I know it's a horror movie but it always gives me a chuckle here and there. Great movie.

  • @peterproductions5015
    @peterproductions5015 3 года назад +3

    Weird. I watched this with my friend last week, we both quite enjoyed it, wasn’t expecting this, but delighted I got it!

  • @Grand_Rizzard104
    @Grand_Rizzard104 3 года назад +74

    Every morning when I wake up in this new normal of ours: "This is reality!" Proceeds to laugh/sob

    • @MossTunic
      @MossTunic 3 года назад +6

      you aren't alone. we will get through this eventually, but it's good to feel your feelings. cry it out, laugh hysterically- it all helps. crying gets the stress hormone cortisol out from your body, & the amount of cortisol we have been experiencing literally ages & damages the body to have sit around. experiencing & processing these emotions helps regulate our bodies physical health, too.

    • @ezragoldberg3132
      @ezragoldberg3132 3 года назад +1

      This is not reality, not reality, not reality!

    • @nithshithhith4398
      @nithshithhith4398 3 года назад +2

      @@MossTunic There's nothing to 'get through'. We are NEVER going back to normal. Our governments won't allow it. Covid gave them everything they've ever wanted.

    • @StalwartTirith
      @StalwartTirith 3 года назад +6

      @@nithshithhith4398 [Citation Needed]

    • @nathanxxvii
      @nathanxxvii 3 года назад +2

      @@nithshithhith4398 yeah for sure. 👍🏾

  • @WilyCoyoteRuns
    @WilyCoyoteRuns 3 года назад +2

    I would love to see you do an ending explained for the film “Society”. Your channel has opened my world to dark and disturbingly beautiful films and I would really enjoy hearing your take on that movie. Keep up the great work!

  • @melissagrymin4918
    @melissagrymin4918 2 года назад +4

    Since you’re a clear Carpenter fan, can we get a “Prince of Darkness” Ending Explained?
    I’ve seen it more times than I can count, but you do a really good job summarizing movies!

  • @eggman1586
    @eggman1586 3 года назад +24

    A bloody damn good lovecraftian movie that gets the concept right!

  • @marcoslaureano5562
    @marcoslaureano5562 2 года назад +2

    Sam Neill is the scream king of horror movies - with the Dr. Weir scream from Event Horizon being the most brilliant - and most hilarious.

  • @Nope2479
    @Nope2479 3 года назад

    No, YOU deserve more attention and praise, Chris!!! This is one genuinely terrifying 90s movie and we didn’t get enough of those. Thank you.

  • @sketchyforlife
    @sketchyforlife 3 года назад +8

    Carpenter is so amazing, Big Trouble is one of my favorite films (and escape from NY) but he really is a master of horror. He’s done so many different stories each with his own brand and i can’t get enough. Even his “bad” films like the ward has redeeming qualities. i’ll admit, i’m biased as hell, but i really do think he’s a genius.

  • @jasminegrayson8923
    @jasminegrayson8923 3 года назад +8

    CAN YOU PLEASE COVER “THE CELL” (2000 with Jennifer Lopez)?? That movie is so hard to understand

  • @SoChilled1
    @SoChilled1 3 года назад +2

    Really would've loved to see Guillermo Tel Toro's take on it.

  • @Spaz435dfgg
    @Spaz435dfgg Год назад +2

    this is one of my favorite horror films of all time. really captures the lovecraft feel better than most films do.

  • @alfredlewis357
    @alfredlewis357 3 года назад +4

    Ghosts of Mars is possibly my favorite thing created out of pure spite.

  • @aqo911
    @aqo911 3 года назад +3

    What I find most intriguing about this film is the setwork. That church is real. It's just outside of Toronto, and if you look it up, it has a really odd backstory.

  • @pressstartproductions
    @pressstartproductions 2 года назад +1

    Weird completely off topic take on this video: your hair has been on quite the journey on this channel but this new style really suits you. Thanks for your dedication to film you REALLY help to make things make sense!

  • @unchangedimage1603
    @unchangedimage1603 3 года назад +1

    My dad put this movie on when I was either 9 or 10 years old and quite frankly, I had no idea what the hell was going on but I knew that I thoroughly enjoyed it. It kind of kickstarted my enjoyment of John Carpenter’s media ventures. I’d also like to add, I love ghosts of Mars.

  • @DeadlyDanDaMan
    @DeadlyDanDaMan 3 года назад +17

    This movie just proves how genius and ahead of his time Lovecraft really was. He literally invented "cosmic horror", and this movie is one of the best examples of it.

    • @alanrunner6397
      @alanrunner6397 3 года назад +5

      He took lots of ideas or inspiration from middle east myths and lores

    • @udittlamba
      @udittlamba 3 года назад

      @Aleister Crowley The Great Beast is there a doubt about that?

  • @abraxis7292
    @abraxis7292 3 года назад +8

    Nice to see New Hampshire be the area of a lot of Lovecraftian goodness and not just Massachusetts 😛

    • @mikester4896
      @mikester4896 3 года назад

      It's also next to Maine too....

    • @kennethguthrie180
      @kennethguthrie180 3 года назад

      I think that placing it in Massachussetts would have been a little too on-the-nose for their Cain / King reference.

  • @ap3162
    @ap3162 3 года назад

    Thanks for showing this movie some love! This is a favorite of mine and I feel like no one ever talks about it or remembers it

  • @brianparent4023
    @brianparent4023 3 года назад

    I’m so happy you did this movie. It’s one of my all time favorites and it’s extremely underrated. The number of fans in the world probably increased tenfold when you consider the size of your audience and the fact that most of us could actually understand the movie because of this vid

  • @jiltedarts
    @jiltedarts 3 года назад +5

    This was one of the few movies that actually showed me the road to Lovecraftian Horror and i have stuck to that path since. I true classic from the Master.

  • @TheRealGuywithoutaMustache
    @TheRealGuywithoutaMustache 3 года назад +15

    I feel old when I think about when this classic first came out. It has such a great story.

    • @briannestewart5126
      @briannestewart5126 3 года назад

      Same I watched it when it came out on VHS because I was a kid lol

    • @tbranson9543
      @tbranson9543 3 года назад

      @@briannestewart5126 Same, I remember watching it at the theater as a kid.

    • @briannestewart5126
      @briannestewart5126 3 года назад

      @@tbranson9543 yeah my parents wouldn't take me cause I was like 5 lol so of course I couldn't. I think I saw it when I was 6 along with Hellraiser and the exorcist 😂

    • @iHaveTheDocuments
      @iHaveTheDocuments 3 года назад

      Have you ever shown any spark of a real or independent personality?

    • @raymondizaguirre8080
      @raymondizaguirre8080 3 года назад

      Reality is something to think about especially with you everywhere 🧐

  • @morbidville5316
    @morbidville5316 3 года назад +1

    One of my all time favorites.
    GG giving it a proper explanation.. as always.

  • @DavidSamlal
    @DavidSamlal Год назад +1

    "You are what I write... Like this town. It wasn't here before I wrote it. Neither were you."

  • @grapeshot
    @grapeshot 3 года назад +7

    Oh yeah Big Trouble in Little China has a very special place in my DVD collection. The Chinese girl with green eyes and of course the Porkchop Express.

    • @grapeshot
      @grapeshot 3 года назад +2

      @Brique Zallivam yep but on the video he mentioned Big Trouble in Little China. You know being made by John Carpenter and all.

  • @TheHorreK2
    @TheHorreK2 3 года назад +3

    We need more cosmic horror in modern media. I really hope for a "mountain of madness" modern adaptation someday

    • @TheHorreK2
      @TheHorreK2 3 года назад

      @Brique Zallivam would it though? I mean much of lovecrafts work is way less cryptic than people remember. Mountain of Madness especially had a huge segment of discribing the appearance and history of its "antagonist". I think with decent production design it could be a great watch, i hope for puppets/props though. CGI horror monsters were always a visual letdown for me

  • @monsoonman8585
    @monsoonman8585 2 года назад

    Seriously. I didn't think someone was capable of nailing this movie, thank you. Truly excellent job.

  • @NautYourAverageAstro
    @NautYourAverageAstro 3 года назад

    Big Trouble in Little China is my favorite movie of all time. Thank you for giving it a shout out.

  • @Breathlless
    @Breathlless 3 года назад +24

    I prefer watching your videos over watching actual movies. They're perfect for when I'm doing stuff and want something to listen to.

    • @ShadowLucario64
      @ShadowLucario64 3 года назад +1

      Yeah thats cool and all but you should check out the films to support the work that went into them

  • @Radxcor83
    @Radxcor83 3 года назад +13

    "I'm sorry about the balls... It was a lucky shot, that's all!"
    Also absolutely agree. "The Thing", "ItMoM", "They Live", "Escape from NY" and "Big Trouble" are in my top ten for sure!

    • @nathanxxvii
      @nathanxxvii 3 года назад

      Did you see the prince of darkness?

  • @arsenysobiev4656
    @arsenysobiev4656 3 года назад +1

    Fun fact: the church they filmed at actually was never finished and doesn't even have windows. It's in Richmond Hill, Ontario if you're curious. Tho it still is big and impressive in person.

  • @cfruzzetti2714
    @cfruzzetti2714 3 года назад +1

    One of my favorite movies--thank you for covering it!

  • @jordanlr1577
    @jordanlr1577 3 года назад +3

    One of my favorites. It's basically John Carpenter's love letter to H.P. Lovecraft. What more could a horror fan ask for?

  • @thomaspalazzolo5902
    @thomaspalazzolo5902 3 года назад +8

    "Did I ever tell you my favorite channel was FoundFlix?"
    *Cut to Sam Neill in front of a wall of DVDs screaming uncontrollably.*

  • @lazchurchyard1229
    @lazchurchyard1229 3 года назад +2

    New Hampshirite here.
    It's true. Once you live here, you can't leave.
    Mostly for financial reasons, but still.

  • @Pearlygirl0
    @Pearlygirl0 2 года назад +1

    When I was in high school, and friend of mine and I were bored out of our minds. We drove to Best Buy and sat in the movie aisle to look at all the movies. An employee came by and started recommending a few movies to us. This was his top pick. We went home and watched this and “I know who killed me” with Lindsay Lohan. What a wild ride.