In the Mouth of Madness (1995)
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In the Mouth of Madness rating: IMDb, Rotten Tomatoes and Metacritic
IMDb7.1/10· 85K votes
Rotten Tomatoes58%
Metacritic53%
TMDb7.207/10· 2K votesWith 58% on Rotten Tomatoes, backed by 7.1/10 on IMDb and 53/100 on Metacritic, critical reception of this film has been mixed.
About In the Mouth of Madness
An insurance investigator visits a small town while looking into the strange disappearance of a popular horror novelist. He soon finds that the impact of the author’s books is far more than inspirational.
Cast of In the Mouth of Madness
Sam Neill
as John Trent
Julie Carmen
as Linda Styles
Jürgen Prochnow
as Sutter Cane
David Warner
as Dr. Wrenn
John Glover
as Saperstein
Bernie Casey
as Robinson
Peter Jason
as Mr. Paul
Charlton Heston
as Jackson Harglow
Frances Bay
as Mrs. Pickman
Wilhelm von Homburg
as Simon
Kevin Rushton
as Guard #1
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Gene Mack
as Guard #2
In the Mouth of Madness facts
- Budget
- $8M
- Box office
- $8.9M
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Audience opinions
What the audience liked
- •Carpenter's psychological horror builds cosmic mystery and existential dread
- •Author disappearance and surreal narrative create unsettling philosophical horror
- •Genre mastery delivers creeping madness and reality-distortion effectively
What the audience disliked
- •Surreal narrative may confuse viewers expecting straightforward horror plotting
- •Metaphysical concepts sometimes overshadow character motivations and emotional stakes
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