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Just so you know, Sutter Cane is not a real person, he is a villain from John Carpenter's 1994 movie, In The Mouth of Madness, the title of which is a reference to H.P. Lovecraft's At The Mountain of Madness
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/In_the_Mouth_of_Madness
Thanks for the info. I wondered if the title had any reference to the Lovecraft book.
It's totally an excellent movie worth checking out in any respect :)
I absolutely adore Sam Neill in horror movies
The movie is just crazy good