In the Mouth of Madness (1994)
- Directed by
- John Carpenter
- Genre
- drama film, fantasy film, horror film, mystery film, monster film, supernatural film
- Country
- United States
- Runtime
- 1h 35m
- Rated
- R
- Rating
- 7.2 of 10 from 1,935 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
An insurance investigator is sent to a small town to look into a horror novelist who has disappeared. As he digs deeper, the line between the author's stories and what feels real starts to dissolve.
unsettlingtenseslow-burnmind-bendingdarkcerebralparanoidcreepy
What happens
In the Mouth of Madness is a 1994 American supernatural horror film directed and scored by John Carpenter and written by Michael De Luca. It stars Sam Neill, Julie Carmen, Jürgen Prochnow, David Warner and Charlton Heston. Neill stars as John Trent, an insurance investigator who visits a small town while looking into the disappearance of a successful author of horror novels, and begins to question his sanity as the lines between reality and fiction seem to blur. Informally, the film is the third and final installment in what Carpenter refers to as his "Apocalypse Trilogy", preceded by The Thing (1982) and Prince of Darkness (1987). In the Mouth of Madness pays tribute to the works of author H. P. Lovecraft in its exploration of insanity, and its title is derived from the Lovecraft novella At the Mountains of Madness. Distributed by New Line Cinema, In the Mouth of Madness received mixed reviews upon release, but has gained a cult following. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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