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EARLY ACCESS: IN THE MOUTH OF MADNESS (1994) | First Time Watching | MOVIE REACTION

The End is Here! Both of us check out John Carpenter's last chapter in the Doomsday Trilogy with "In The Mouth of Madness" (1994). Here's our reaction to our first time watching.

EARLY ACCESS: IN THE MOUTH OF MADNESS (1994) | First Time Watching | MOVIE REACTION

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I feel like because of your guy's reaction I'm realizing John Carpenter made more movies than Halloween 1 and 2

Christopher Nicholas

I really like this movie, but I always struggle with it (especially as an adult) because of perspective. Whose story is this? We shift perspectives throughout the movie... but it doesn't feel purposeful, like Psycho. It feels more like the script is a little confused. I think it's best exemplified in the "Johnny boy!!!" scene. Who's scene is this? Why are we seeing it the way we're seeing it? Theoretically it's Viggo's scene, but that's strange within the context of the story. We keep cutting back to Trent, but they're so far away from the action happening while our closeups are on Kane and Viggo. Again, it just doesn't feel purposeful. Also, we switch to Styles being our protagonist for a short bit but then that sort of just dissolves. It's always bugged me. But, again, not in the way I think Carpenter or De Luca intended? I dunno. Maybe I'm being too hard on it.


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