Well, to each his own I guess! To me, In the Mouth of Madness represents one of Carpenter's finest hours, and THEN he started going downhill with Village of the Damned and Escape from LA...

yeah - a lot of people here like it ..

i just didnt think it meshed ... had a real direct to video feel to it (to me)... despite the good cast.

Thing is, I am a total Lovecraft freak, so when the movie came out I rushed to see it and was totally blown away by the whole tone of the movie who is very reminniscent of it all.

Same here. I liked very much that the film had the whole Lovecraftian mood and atmosphere without being a slavish knock-off. Very few filmmakers have managed to make a decent film based on HPL's ideas, but I think that Carpenter delivered in spades with this one. On the other hand, I can understand why some may not like it. If you're not inclined to enjoy Lovecraft's works in general, you probably wouldn't get nearly as much from it as a fan would.

i've been reading quite a bit of lovecraft recently and i can only see the faintest of connections ..

it wasnt the theme as much as the execution that bothered me ..
it just felt sloppy to me ..no where near as deft as his previous films ..it just didnt ... flow well.

and i couldnt get the 'ode to stephen king' feel out of my head either.


the 'coup de gras' was no fault of the film .... but as i mentioned before - the film was shot all around where i live ... and i was far too familiar with the sets ... for a fantasy film..

I think the only lovecraft references in the film were the excerpts from the book, which were really painful to listen to. that writing there was just awful... "yawned blackly"... barf. Just baaad.


Thats like "Slimed Oozily".... kind of lovecraftian, but shitty at the same time, and nothing he would have put to paper, even as a joke. he was to anal for that.

you mean "too anal"



ha that was irony kids.

inadvertant double-entendre. Does it still count?

no, you are clearly bullshitting.

i admitted it was not on purpose. Way to kick a guy when he's down...

Re: John Carpenter
 

hell yeah. halloween did it for me . you would have to be an apsolute geinius to think that up.

i think in general i prefer romero - though carpenter's films are more imaginative

as good as romero is, he didn't do the music that john did, thats what realy made him, he had such a pleasence in his films. when will he do something new. Ghosts of Mars is the last thing I remember, that was a way back?

To....well.....somewhat answer your question check this interview we recently conducted with John Carpenter. The questions were put forward by our members and the 10 best were picked and sent to John. You can view the questions and the answers here

http://www.johncarpenterforum.com/index.php?page=38

"JC: Dream projects are a dangerous sort of thing to contemplate. An unlimited budget is also problematic to creativity."


thanks for this....and thats so damn true!!

I'll never forget what Carpenter said to me the day I barged onto one of the "Big Trouble In Little China" locations with a friend. I was in the midst of taking his picture but I was taking too long focusing the camera and he said,

"Hurry up, boys, you're stealing my lunch!!"

haha, thats hilarious.

has anyone seen Escape From New York? how is it? good action or what?

are you kidding me ?

has anyone NOT seen Escape From New York ?

if you honestly havent seen it - go get it

tight. its next on my list.

Wait, isnt john carpenter english?



:)

I Love John Carpenter . This mister is fanstastic !!!! Halloween and The Thing are magic !!!
This episod of the masters of horror series "cigarette burns" is exellent too .

my best buy didnt carry it:mad: :mad: :mad:

Buy the 2-disc S.E. of Escape from New York.
It has alot of Special features + the deleted opening sequence.:)

It's a real nice dvd.

What's the deal with the deleted opening sequence? The glider scenes must look really fake on dvd!

Carpenter rocks! Go John!:)

hey, i just watched 'in the mouth of madness' and it was AWESOME!!