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in the mouth of madness widescreen full frame
hired to help locate a missing author an insurance investigator discovers to his terror that the nightmarish events depicted in the writers best selling horror novels are coming true . wishing to be both a horror film and a parody of the genre john carpenters in the mouth of madness combines supernatural thrills with winking references . for instance the vanished author sutter cane jurgen prochnow is modeled on writers like stephen king and howard phillips lovecraft from his great popularity to his obsession with small town new england . indeed it is to one such hamlet that investigator john trent sam neill and canes female editor julie carmen travel discovering a town filled with terrifying scenes right out of canes books from random axe murders to far worse . have canes fans gone psychotic and begun imitating his writings or are canes stories of an otherworldly evil invading the earth actually true in the mouth of madnesss mix of self referential satire and real frights anticipates the later scream 1996 . judd blaise rovi . br br commentary by the director john carpenter and cinematographer gary b. kibbe widescreen and full screen versions of the film original theatrical trailer cast and crew filmographies 5.1 dolby digital audio . br br .
dvd r 94 minutes new line