Rational destruction is the source of terror

Miles 2022-01-02 08:01:31

People are rational and always want to try to summarize the general laws of the world, but when things that have become "theorems" and "common sense" are subverted and run completely contrary to them, fear arises because people are afraid of the unknown.

This film is a step-by-step attempt to destroy the audience’s rationality, thereby achieving a terrifying effect, which is much more terrifying than most horror films, because it can easily cause damage to the human spirit. I think this is the scariest movie I have ever watched

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Extended Reading
  • Rowan 2022-03-27 09:01:10

    The boundary between madness and normality, virtuality and reality, fear and belief lies in the identification with the concept of most people. As the film says, if the familiar things around you leave you, then what you have always believed in turns out to be so abnormal. The film's exploration of philosophy and religion is far more than a horror movie.

  • Nedra 2022-01-02 08:01:31

    It's not scary at all, on the contrary, it is very interesting, like a small essay about existence itself.

In the Mouth of Madness quotes

  • Sutter Cane: Did I ever tell you my favorite color was blue?

  • John Trent: Every species can smell its own extinction. The last ones left won't have a pretty time with it. In ten years, maybe less, the human race will just be a bedtime story for their children. A myth, nothing more.