In the Mouth of Madness - videos, teasers and stills from filming
All videos, teasers and footage from the filming of the film "In the Mouth of Madness"
In the Mouth of Madness (1995)
Timing:
1:35 (95 min)
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What's left behind the scenes
- The film is a tribute to H.P. Lovecraft and contains numerous references to his works. The film’s title is reminiscent of “At the Mountains of Madness,” Lovecraft’s favorite story. The film begins with a scene where the protagonist is placed in an asylum, and the subsequent narrative unfolds through his recollections – a favorite device of Lovecraft. The film also contains a reference to the “Elder Gods” – characters from the “Cthulhu Mythos” – and mentions locations and characters (such as Mrs. Pickman) from his texts. The film even features direct quotations from Lovecraft: when John Trent reads excerpts from the books of Sutter Cane.
- The character of writer Sutter Cane is a clear reference to John Carpenter’s friend Stephen King, with whom Carpenter had previously worked (“Christine” (1983)) as had screenwriter and producer Michael De Luca (“The Lawnmower Man” (1992)). “Hobb’s End” – a fictional town in Maine – is a nod to “Castle Rock,” the setting of many of King’s novels, and the very theme of the relationship between a writer and the crowd is extremely well-developed in King’s work.
- Throughout the film, Sutter Cane utters the phrase, “I told you, my favorite color is blue?” All the characters in the film have blue eyes in close-ups.
- The film completes John Carpenter’s “Apocalypse Trilogy,” begun with “The Thing” (1982) and “Prince of Darkness” (1987).
- The building where scenes from the insane asylum were filmed is a water treatment plant in Toronto. It was also frequently used for scenes in other films. After September 11, 2001, the plant became a closed facility, and nothing will be filmed there anymore.
- Sam Neill, who started as a director, gave Carpenter useful advice during filming. Among other things, he advised shooting some shots in the hotel scene from above.
- "Hobb" is an archaic English word meaning "devil."
- The 1953 film "Robot Monster," which Sam Neill's character watches near the end, is one of Carpenter's favorite monster movies from his childhood.
- The original titles of the six books by Sutter Cane, whose covers Sam Neill's character used to create a map, are: "The Hobb's End Horror," "The Feeding," "The Whisperer in the Dark," "Something in the Cellar," "The Breathing Tunnel," and "In the Mouth of Madness."
- The "Black Church" in Hobb's End was filmed using the Cathedral of the Transfiguration of the Slovak Greek Catholic Church.
- When John is placed in a padded room, even without a bed, to prevent him from harming himself, the attending physician leaves a chair in it after leaving, which contradicts the rules.
- The Slovak Greek Catholic Church of the Transfiguration was used as the location for "Black Church" in Hobb's End.
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