In the Mouth of Madness

In The Mouth Of Madness (1994)

  • 47% of critics liked it
    (32 reviews)

  • 71% of users liked it
    (23,271 ratings)

Hired to help locate a missing author, an insurance investigator discovers to his terror that the nightmarish events depicted in the writer's best-selling horror novels are coming true. Wishing to be both a horror film and a parody of the genre, John Carpenter's In the Mouth of Madness… More

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Horror
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Feb 3, 1995 Wide
New Line Home Entertainment

Critic Reviews

  • Kevin Thomas, Los Angeles Times

    A thinking person's horror picture that dares to be as cerebral as it is visceral.

  • Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times

    One wonders how In the Mouth of Madness might have turned out if the script had contained even a little more wit and ambition.

  • John Hartl, Film.com

    A stylized collection of well-timed shockers, helped along by the contributions of its capable cast.

  • James Berardinelli, ReelViews

    Confusing, weird, and not very involving.

  • Felix Vasquez Jr., Cinema Crazed

    Hardly terrifying, but where Carpenter fails in that device he makes up for in ambitious leaps of mind-boggling and odd entertainment.

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Featured Audience Ratings

  • Bob S


    Soft like yellow baby poop. Apparently, the only thing worse than being stuck in a hack Sutter Cane story is being stuck in a hack John Carpenter movie.

  • Mark W


    After "The Thing" in 1982 and "Prince Of Darkness" in 1987, director John Carpenter completed his self-titled 'Apocalypse trilogy' in 1994 with "In The Mouth Of Madness". Unfortunately, by this point, Carpenter couldn't get any strong… More

  • Phil H


    Now this is your complete John Carpenter experience right here, the perfect type of film for his crazy ass imagination. Everything Carpenter made prior to this has elements all rolled in resulting in classic Carpenter horror mixed with body shock mutations. The plot is creepy as it… More

  • Bruce B


    What started out as a pretty good film turned into a disaster midway thru the movie. Not much here, but some pretty good special effects and costumes. 2 stars

  • El Hombre I


    I enjoy this one very much. It didn't do to well at the box office and critics and fans alike have panned this. I've always had a feeling that over time, it would find its' audience and be appreciated. In the Mouth of Madness is a spooky movie influenced in part by… More

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