Talk:In the Mouth of Madness

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Moved the bit about the apocalypse trilogy to the top and out of the Plot section, as it has no bearing on the actual plot of the film. If anyone begins a trivia portion of this article, it should probably be re-located there.

Also changed it to being "what is considered Carpenter's 'Apocalypse Trilogy'", as the articles on the other two films indicate that it is an informal or unofficial designation.

Depends what you mean by informal or unofficial. Carpenter himself calls it his Apocalypse trilogy Geoff B 17:19, 20 June 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Are you sure just "random violence and mass hysteria"?

Are you sure the reports of people mutating was just hysteria? I don't think people leave claw marks and rip steel doors open. --HanzoHattori 11:48, 2 October 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Sutter Cane == Stephen King

Although the current state of thematic discussion is fractured, a great to-do is made about HPL. I find it odd then that no mention is made of the obvious connection(s) between Sutter Cane and Stephen King. D. Brodale 12:50, 2 October 2007 (UTC)

On the one hand it's a fair point, and King is mentioned by name IIRC at least once "forget king. [Kane] outsells them all" or something like that, and their names do invoke each other. But on the other hand the movie really is overtly lovecraftian. Most likely the obvious connections you see to King also come from HPL as much of King's work is lovecraftian. (Must be something in that New England water) In fairness the movie deals in Lovecraft themes, but has King's character or tries to if that makes sense (it wasn't that good a movie). However, i'm not sure how to put that in as anyting but opinon. Though I do feel King should get a mention. Prehaps you could elaborate on the similarites you feel are obvious. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 70.129.131.94 (talk) 00:20, 30 March 2008 (UTC)