Cinema / Film

In the Mouth of Madness

88 Lothian Road

Sun 23 Aug · 17:45

John Carpenter · 95m · Film

About this event

Book tickets for two or more of our Looking Camp Right in the Eye films in the same transaction to receive a discount! John Trent (the late, great Sam Neill) is an insurance investigator, who while probing into the mysterious disappearance of a renowned horror author visits a small town. Soon into his stay, the sleuth finds out that the influence of the novelist reaches beyond what you could call inspirational... Informally desigmated as the final entry in horror supremo John Carpenter's "Apocalypse Trilogy" following The Thing and Prince of Darkness , In the Mouth of Madness stars luminaries such as Julie Carmen, Jürgen Prochnow, David Warner and Charlton Heston alongside Neill. The film is a multi-layered tribute to the work of real-life horror novelist H.P. Lovecraft, with the titles of in-film novelist Sutter Cane's books - and indeed, the title of the film itself - being closely related to ones penned by Lovecraft. "Whilst watching Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma , there were tonal elements which reminded me of John Carpenter’s In the Mouth of Madness starring Sam Neill. With Sam Neill’s recent passing, it is now bittersweet to include this film in our programme. Neill plays an insurance investigator who is looking into the disappearance of a horror novelist. Reality begins to blur as the investigation unfurls, with Carpenter playing with the audience’s expectations of Lovecraftian-esque meta horror. " - Written by Raymah Tariq, Programme Manager -- "A marvellous actor who graced the screens at Filmhouse on any number of occasions: The Piano , Dead Calm , Jurassic Park (of course) and The Dish to name but a few! He’s had a special place in our hearts for years, ever since Filmhouse became, far and away, the top Box Office site in the UK for Hunt for the Wilderpeople . As it happens, we have a couple of screenings over the next weeks - of the aforementioned ‘ Wilderpeople ’ in its 10th anniversary year and John Carpenter’s In the Mouth of Madness - that we’