{"href":"http://player.captivate.fm/services/oembed?url=http%3A%2F%2Fplayer.captivate.fm%2Fepisode%2F42f51653-96dc-4ef5-a2c5-3cc76ae7589e","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Captivate.FM","provider_url":"https://www.captivate.fm","width":600,"height":200,"type":"rich","html":"","title":"Episode 196 \u2013 John Carpenter\u2019s In the Mouth of Madness (1995)","description":"\nWith his varied career, John Carpenter has had many ups and a whole lot of downs. Most of them not for the right reasons. He made a lot of great films that appealed to only a small group of fans and as a result his canon seems to draw different opinions by different folks. By the time he directed In the Mouth of Madness, his budgets had shrunk while his aspirations would not. The 1995 film was John Carpenter\u2019s smashup of H.P. Lovecraft and Stephen King all with an interesting avant-garde sense.\n\n\n\nWhen the famed horror author Sutter Kane disappears from the public eye, his publishing company brings in an insurance investigator to find out the whereabouts of their biggest draw. Working with Kane\u2019s editor, the two decipher hidden messages both within the author\u2019s books and upon their covers that may actually lead to his home. After the two head to New Hampshire, strange things begin to happen. And our investigator\u2019s reality may be a whole lot more.\n\n\n\nThe film is part of the so-called \u201cApocalypse Trilogy\u201d and in many fans\u2019 eyes is the director\u2019s last \u201cgreat\u201d film. Some wonder whether a larger budget and an added half hour to the film would have made it a mainstream hit. Others to this day try to decipher the esoteric plot devices that appear to be nothing more than throwaway scenes. Dark Discussions has gone back to review and reflect on one of the famed director\u2019s most highly debated films.\n","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300,"thumbnail_url":"https://artwork.captivate.fm/246add86-c3c2-46c3-8bb0-abb26b81b5cd/mast-episode196.jpg"}