October Horror Challenge - In The Mouth of Madness (1995)

Day 27's prompt was "Favorite Horror Director." As I mentioned last year, I think John Carpenter is my favorite.

Plot

Insurance Investigator John Trent (Sam Neill) is sent to investigate the disappearance of popular horror novelist Sutter Cane (Jürgen Pronchow). Soon the lines between fiction and reality start blending together.

Review

"Do you read Sutter Kane?"

Much like the title suggests, this one is a mind fuck. The monsters are truly twisted and most of the effects are practical. Some of the monsters are even reminiscent to Carpenter's The Thing. Lovecraftian is a very appropriate descriptor for this one. Obviously the name is a Lovecraft reference, but there are several quotes and references in the film. 

The cast  are all great. Neill plays a fantastic cynical lead. He's intelligent, determined, and quirky. I mean his first line is "I'm sorry about the balls." Pronchow is thoroughly creepy as the Sutter Kane, a mix of Lovecraft and Steven King. The supporting cast all perform admirably too. 

Your Game 

I think it's pretty obvious but this one is perfect Call of Cthulhu fodder. The works of Sutter Kane could be mini mythos tomes. In my next supernatural game I plan on including a lot of cursed media from films and literature and Sutter Kane's books will be included.

Movies Watched: 30

New to Me: 17.66