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YMMV: In The Mouth Of Madness
  • Alternative Character Interpretation: Obviously with Trent like if he's a fictional character within another fictional story or just a guy who's mentally insane and little to none of the movie actually happens.
  • Awesome Music: The main theme.
  • Complete Monster: Sutter Cane sells out humanity to Lovecraftian abominations by continuing to write his work. Creates living people purely for the sake of tormenting them, and throws Trent a Hope Spot or two just to fuck with him, all in the name of playing God.
  • Jerk Stu: Trent is deliberately set up like this in order to be knocked down.
  • Narm: If you've seen other horror movies, particularly other works of Clive Barker, this one will seem, well, silly in comparison. Possibly due to the more subtle Cosmic Horror genre becoming Hollywood Horror.
    For example: the bicyclist who is passed on the highway more than once! Then the last time he's accidentally run into by the car, but he's OK and wanders off.
  • One-Scene Wonder: Jürgen Prochnow and Charlton Heston, both of whom have only a few minutes of screen time. David Warner and John Glover may also qualify.
  • Paranoia Fuel: Your entire life could be a product of an insane author. The color of your eyes are just his favorite color.
    • The movie adaptation of the Sutter Cane's book that slowly makes you insane and turns you into a monster? You just watched it.

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