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Release Date
• USA: Feb 3, 1995
DVD Release Date
• R1: Jul 29, 2003
Budget $14,000,000
Official Website:
In the Mouth of Madness Website
MPAA Rating
R
Running Time
1 hour, 35 minutes
Country USA
Studio New Line Cinema
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Other Titles
• In the Mouth of Madness
• John Carpenter's In the Mouth of Madness (1995)
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Genre: Fantasy, Mystery, Thriller, Horror, Detectives, Psychodrama, Fantasy, Investigation, Occult, Mental Institution, Gore, Monsters, Hostage, Supernatural, Suspense, Cult Classic, Mental Illness
Tagline: Lived Any Good Books Lately?
Plot: IN THE MOUTH OF MADNESS is John Carpenter's foray into the world of H.P. Lovecraft and surreal horror. An insurance investigator (Sam Neill) is sent to find a missing author, Sutter Cane (Jurgen Prochnow). As he comes closer to finding the author, things start to change around him, and soon nothing is what it seems. Madness seems to be the normal state of things, while reason and sanity have no place in this new world created by the mind of Sutter Cane. Carpenter plays with changing perspective, making the audience aware thay they too are part of the story, and maybe, just maybe, this is not just make believe. The story is very ambitious in its attempt to put a whammy on the viewer's imagination, but the direction is steady and thoughtful enough to pull it off. Sam Neill is superb in the lead role of the only sane man left on Earth, incredulous to the destruction of reality as he knows it. It is his controlled performance that makes the bizarre events in the film threatening and scary. Jurgen Prochnow is deeply creepy as author and madman Sutter Cane, who's imagination is so vivid it is spilling out of his head into the real world. John Carpenter is known for his scary movies, and he does not fail to deliver with IN THE MOUTH OF
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In the Mouth of Madness is far more intelligent, complex, and flat-out horrifying than any of the "trendy" neo-slasher films that were being pumped out of Dimension Films with startling regularity at the close of the 1990s.--Cortney Fusco (Diabolical-Dominion.com)
Some interesting ideas and Carpenter's steady direction can't help the overly confused script from going downhill as it staggers along. Disappointing.  -- (TheVideoGraveYard.com)
It's pretty cool. Great atmosphere, Charlton Heston (!) in a small role as Cane's publisher and great performances from Neill and Prochnow make this one of Carpenter's only decent films from the 1990s.-- (eSplatter.com)
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| Written by |
Michael De Luca
The Lawnmower Man, Magnolia, Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me |
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| Cast |
Sam Neill
Jurassic Park, Jurassic Park III, The Hunt for Red October |
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 | David Warner
Titanic, Planet of the Apes, Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country |
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 | Julie Carmen
The Milagro Beanfield War, Fright Night Part II, Gloria | Bernie Casey
Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure, Under Siege, Never Say Never Again | |
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John Carpenter
Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers, Halloween, Halloween |
 | Jim Lang
Body Bags, Hey Arnold! The Movie, Piggy Banks |
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Anyone who watches horror movies and claims to be a fan has to see this movie, it gets better ever time you see it. In the Mouth of Madness is in my opinion the best horror flick ever made, its perfection.  --Mr Disgusting (Bloody-Disgusting.com)
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