Un investigatore assicurativo scopre che l'impatto dei libri di uno scrittore di genere horror offre ai suoi fan molto più che ispirazione.Un investigatore assicurativo scopre che l'impatto dei libri di uno scrittore di genere horror offre ai suoi fan molto più che ispirazione.Un investigatore assicurativo scopre che l'impatto dei libri di uno scrittore di genere horror offre ai suoi fan molto più che ispirazione.
- Regia
- Sceneggiatura
- Star
- Premi
- 1 vittoria e 4 candidature
Jürgen Prochnow
- Sutter Cane
- (as Jurgen Prochnow)
Trama
Lo sapevi?
- QuizIn the film, the works of Sutter Cane are occasionally quoted. Most if not all of these quotes are actually taken directly from several H.P. Lovecraft short stories with some adaptations to fit them into the film story. Most notably, in the scene where Styles reads to Trent as he gazes into the abyss--her speech lifts much of its description, including such elements as "the illimitable gulf of the unknown" from the last few paragraphs of Lovecraft's "The Rats in the Walls." In an earlier scene as well, Trent reads a line verbatim from Lovecraft's "The Haunter of the Dark," in reference to the black church being "the seat of an evil older than mankind and wider than the known universe."
- BlooperIt is highly unlikely that Trent could draw on his padded cell wall's with all the crosses with a single crayon and no ladder.
- Citazioni
John Trent: This shit really sells doesn't it?
Linda Styles: More than you'd think. Surprised?
John Trent: Lady, nothing surprises me anymore. We fucked up the air, the water, we fucked up each other. Why don't we just finish the job by flushing our brains down the toilet?
- Curiosità sui creditiAnimal action was monitored by the American Humane Association with on set supervision by the Toronto Humane Society. No animal was harmed in the making of this film.
Human interaction was monitored by the Inter Planetary Psychiatric Association. The body count was high, the casualties are heavy.
- Versioni alternativeThe original theatrical release had the 1987-1994 New Line Cinema logo at the opening. The 2013 Blu-ray from Warner Bros. plasters it with the modern New Line logo. But the 2018 Blu-ray release from Shout! Factory restores the original logo.
- ConnessioniFeatured in Masters of Illusion: The Wizards of Special Effects (1994)
- Colonne sonoreWe've Only Just Begun
Written by Roger Nichols and Paul Williams
Performed by The Carpenters
Published by Irving Music Inc. (BMI)
Recensione in evidenza
What a treat of a film this was. It is witty, intelligent, and scary. The basic plot premise is anything but basic as the line between reality and fantasy is almost indistinguishable through most of the film. What is going on? Who really knows...I'm not sure even director John Carpenter knows. But what we do get is a guessing game of what is real and un-real in a very stylish, sophisticated, almost bizarre fashion. The film opens in a mental asylum with protagonist Sam Neill being put in a padded cell whilst in a straight-jacket. The setting is larger than life. The characters around Neill are caricatures for the most part. John Glover plays a doctor(Doctor Saperstein...a possible homage to Rosemary's Baby) with complete camp. David Warner, another doctor, begins talking to Neill and asking him about what happened. The rest of the film then details what Neill did working with regards to a lost author named Sutter Cane. The plot is much more complicated than that and may take subsequent viewings to fully understand WHAT can be understood. The end result is at the very least a very gratifying one as Carpenter constructs a dream-like story that has obvious roots in both the fiction of H. P. Lovecraft and Stephen King. The acting is good all around...Neill is excellent as John Trent. He makes a very believable presence in a sea of un-reality. Julie Carmen is also very good in her role. Look for Charlton Heston as a publisher and Bernie Casey in a cameo as well. Kudos to Mr. Carpenter for bringing his visions of horror to the silver screen once again. This may be his best film...certainly his most thought-provoking and sophisticated.
- BaronBl00d
- 6 ago 2001
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- Data di uscita
- Paesi di origine
- Lingua
- Celebre anche come
- En la boca del terror
- Luoghi delle riprese
- Cathedral of the Transfiguration, Markham, Ontario, Canada(the black church - exterior)
- Aziende produttrici
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- Budget
- 8.000.000 USD (previsto)
- Lordo Stati Uniti e Canada
- 8.924.549 USD
- Fine settimana di apertura Stati Uniti e Canada
- 3.441.807 USD
- 5 feb 1995
- Lordo in tutto il mondo
- 8.926.413 USD
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