Movie

In the Mouth of Madness

1994 · 95 min

A creeping, sanity-slipping nightmare where reality keeps folding in on itself, leaving you unsettled and unsure what is real.

Tagline: Do you read Sutter Cane?
Overview: 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.
How it feels: Eerie, dark, tense and cynical. Slow-burning and needs your attention.
About: Madness, identity, obsession, deception
Content: Strong violence and gore. Mild sexual content and language.
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Tone: eeriestrength 3 of 3
darkstrength 3 of 3
tensestrength 2 of 3
cynicalstrength 1 of 3
Pacing: slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: madness
identity
obsession
deception
fate
Places: small town
big city
hospital
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: twist ending
unreliable narrator
Content intensity: Gore strong
Language mild
Violence strong
Sex mild