At the Mountains of Madness - Guillermo Del Toro's Next Project! - Part 1

[Piper Maru]

Not really an direct adaptation of Lovecraft's work but i really liked Carpenter's In the Mouth of Madness.

And of course The Thing also has a lot of Lovecraft influences.

These two are on my list of favorite movies.

 

[Joe Von Zombie]

Not really an direct adaptation of Lovecraft's work but i really liked Carpenter's In the Mouth of Madness.

And of course The Thing also has a lot of Lovecraft influences.

The middle chapter of Carpenter's Apocalypse Trilogy, Prince of Darkness, is also a very Lovecraftian film despite it's catholic imagery. I think it's underrated.

 

[Piper Maru]

The Thing, Prince of Darkness and In The Mouth of Madness is considered Carpenter's apocalypse trilogy. I love all three films!

 

[The Endless]

I haven't seen Prince of Darkness yet. What is it about? I assume the devil lol.

 

[Joe Von Zombie]

I haven't seen Prince of Darkness yet. What is it about? I assume the devil lol.

essentially, it combines physics with theology.

 

[Rocketman]

Just watched Blade II tonight, and damn, Del Toro made the most out of a crappy franchise. Kudos to him. This middle entry of the three is clearly the standout, and it's because he directed it.

 

[TheVileOne]

Sorry, but Blade's not a crappy franchise.

 

[Tanin]

The first Blade was excellent...

 

[Whiskey Tango]

First two were good, I'd give the edge to 2 although the vamps were pretty gross. I usually have a strong stomach but something about those guys put me off enough that I don't rewatch it often. 3 I thought was fun but a good film? Hohoho no.

Re Carpenter: I didn't like Prince of Darkness. Madness is great and Thing is prolly in my top 10 of all time. definitely Top 5 horror. It's that good.

 

[The Endless]

The first Blade was awesome and helped make vampires cool again. It also helped boost and rejuvenate martial arts in US cinema again.

 

[chamber-music]

The first two Blade films were awesome.

Blade Trinity was awful. The film also happened to have the most terrible gratuitous product placement I've seen in a movie as well.

 

[Majik1387]

First two were good, I'd give the edge to 2 although the vamps were pretty gross. I usually have a strong stomach but something about those guys put me off enough that I don't rewatch it often. 3 I thought was fun but a good film? Hohoho no.

Re Carpenter: I didn't like Prince of Darkness. Madness is great and Thing is prolly in my top 10 of all time. definitely Top 5 horror. It's that good.

 

[Joe Von Zombie]

Speaking of The Thing, I got the PC game from a few years back running on my computer, it does some interesting things with the squad based shooter.

 

[Naked Shia]

the pc game was really goot. Really intense.

 

[Evil Twin]

essentially, it combines physics with theology.

It's also about possible ancient alien influence on humanity.

Prince of Darkness is certainly Lovecraftian. It's also heavily influenced by Quatermass and the Pit, which is also about alien influence on evolution and religion. It's no coincidence that Jameson Parker wears a Kneale University sweatshirt at one point, referencing Quatermass creator Nigel Kneale, or that the screenplay is credited to "Martin Quatermass".

 

[X Knight]

I really want this movie to happen.

 

[Rowsdower!]

I really want this movie to happen.

Then you should hope for a different director.

 

[X Knight]

Then you should hope for a different director.

I shall await the Michael Bay version..........

 

[Rowsdower!]

Indeed. After all, finding Megatron in the ice in the first Transformers film was clearly an homage to Lovecraft.

 

[Joe Von Zombie]

Indeed. After all, finding Megatron in the ice in the first Transformers film was clearly an homage to Lovecraft.

Well played. My ideal choice for "Mountains" would be Carpenter, but he's retired.

 

[Rowsdower!]

Yeah, Carpenter would be good. Although it might feel too much like Thing movie if he did it, given the similarities.

 

[Joe Von Zombie]

Yeah, Carpenter would be good. Although it might feel too much like Thing movie if he did it, given the similarities.

Del Toro's script already does that.

 

[Rowsdower!]

Oh. Haven't read it. That's a shame.

 

[Rocketman]

Carpenter's one of my absolute favorite directors of all-time, but I don't think his style fits in a 2014/2015 era. His time has passed, and anything he made now would be called "cheesy" and "amateur" by people whose standards aren't in the context of the 70s and 80s. I'm not hating on Carpenter; it's the same with Hitchcock too to an extent. If Hitchcock were alive and made one of his regular Hitchcockian movies now, NOBODY would think it was scary, and people would probably blast it. There's a certain mystique/aura that comes with certain filmmakers like Stanley Kubrick, who was mostly hated and criticized in his day. Almost none of his films were a commercial success, most had bad reviews, he never won an Oscar, but now he has this untouchable reputation as perhaps the greatest director who ever lived. Release one of his movies now, and he'd probably still be hated. The sad thing is, when Carpenter dies, he'll finally be regarded as one of the greatest filmmakers ever - now not so much.

Cliff's Notes Version: I say "No" to Carpenter directing ATMOM. I think it would be a critical and commercial disaster.

 

[Octoberist]

Carpenter's heyday was the 70/80's. He's one of THOSE directors who were not able to transition well into the 90's. Joe Dante is another among others.

And when Carpenter does try to update his style, it's more..misguided. Like look at Escape from LA.