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THE MOUTH OF MADNESS (18)
D: John Carpenter
New Line (Sandy King)
US 1995
95 mins
Horror
W: Michael DeLuca
DP: Gary B. Kibbe
Ed: Edward Warschilka
Mus: John Carpenter & Jim Lang
Sam Neill (John Trent), Julie Carmen (Linda Styles), Jürgen
Prochnow (Sutter Cane), Charlton Heston (Jackson Harglow), David Warner (Dr. Wrenn)
Insurance agent Sam Neill investigates the disappearance of a
best-selling horror novelist in a small town, but soon experiences nightmarish visions and discovers that he can't seem to escape beyond the town borders.
It soon emerges that those who have read the novelists books
begin to lose their sanity.
Twilight Zone stuff, far from director John Carpenter's best
works, although there are some good visual effects and some effectively creepy moments, though it's not especially memorable.
6/10