In the Mouth of Madness (1994) [Part 1]

It's time to give the ol' double-episode treatment to another John Carpenter classic: 1994's In the Mouth of Madness. After celebrating Halloween with a pair of special holiday episodes, Chris and Nick are back to their regularly scheduled programming, breaking down the truly unique horror film that asks viewers, "Lived any good books lately?" On the first of our two-part conversation on this reality-warping, mind-bending, Lovecraft-worshiping movie, we take a look at the film's development and the talent-stacked cast and crew it managed to land, consider its place as the capper of the loosely connected "Apocalypse Trilogy," discuss its literary influences and homages to H.P. Lovecraft and Stephen King, and MUCH more. For anyone who thought the most terrifying things that Sam Neill had ever encountered on screen were rampaging raptors or a spaceship from hell, well, you ain't seen nothing yet!