---
title: 'In the Mouth of Madness (1994)'
type: 'film'
director: 'John Carpenter'
released: '1994-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 95
certification: 'R'
genres:
  - 'Fantasy'
  - 'Drama'
  - 'Horror'
  - 'Mystery'
  - 'Thriller'
countries:
  - 'United States'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/in-the-mouth-of-madness-1994'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0113409/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# In the Mouth of Madness (1994)

1994 · R · 95 min · Fantasy, Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller · United States

Part of: Apocalypse Trilogy

## Synopsis

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).

## Credits

- **Director:** [John Carpenter](https://cinepixo.com/people/john-carpenter)
- **Original Music Composer:** [John Carpenter](https://cinepixo.com/people/john-carpenter)
- **Screenplay:** [Michael De Luca](https://cinepixo.com/people/michael-de-luca)
- **Producer:** [Sandy King](https://cinepixo.com/people/sandy-king)
- **Director of Photography:** [Gary B. Kibbe](https://cinepixo.com/people/gary-b-kibbe)

## Cast

- [Bernie Casey](https://cinepixo.com/people/bernie-casey)
- [Frances Bay](https://cinepixo.com/people/frances-bay)
- [Kevin Zegers](https://cinepixo.com/people/kevin-zegers)
- [John Glover](https://cinepixo.com/people/john-glover)
- [Jürgen Prochnow](https://cinepixo.com/people/jurgen-prochnow)
- [David Warner](https://cinepixo.com/people/david-warner)
- [Charlton Heston](https://cinepixo.com/people/charlton-heston)
- [Norbert Grupe](https://cinepixo.com/people/norbert-grupe)
- [Sam Neill](https://cinepixo.com/people/sam-neill)
- [Julie Carmen](https://cinepixo.com/people/julie-carmen)
- [Hayden Christensen](https://cinepixo.com/people/hayden-christensen)

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