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In the Mouth of Madness

1994

John Carpenter

Sam Neill, Julie Carmen, Jürgen Prochnow, Charlton Heston ...

6.6

11,179

Horror. Fantasy

	Author	Review
United States	Roger Ebert rogerebert.com	"One wonders how 'In the Mouth of Madness' might have turned out if the script had contained even a little more wit and ambition (…) Rating: ★★ (out of 4)"	NEG
Canada	Michele "Izzy" Galgana Screen Anarchy	"f you're a Carpenter fan of any kind, this one is an essential addition to your collection (...) It's really great fun (...) The special features are great, too"	POS
United Kingdom	Kim Newman Empire	"A few good spots here and there, but mostly a mess. The most scary bit? 'Ghosts Of Mars' was yet to come... (…) Rating: ★★ (out of 5)"	NEG
United States	Mick LaSalle SFGATE	"In the end the most interesting thing about 'In the Mouth of Madness' is its weird relationship with itself -- its cheesy horror celebrating the power of cheesy horror, while pretending to be appalled."	NEU
United States	Desson Thomson The Washington Post	"Uninvolving, abysmally scripted horror."	NEG
United States	Kevin Thomas Los Angeles Times	"A thinking person's horror picture that dares to be as cerebral as it is visceral."	POS
United States	Richard Harrington The Washington Post	"[It] eventually falls apart because of its erratic plot and gaps in logic (...) The final scene in Carpenter's film is, in fact, a sucker-punch line, but it simply comes too late."	NEG
United States	Lisa Schwarzbaum Entertainment Weekly	"An only spottily successful homage from director John Carpenter (Halloween) to novelist H.P. Lovecraft’s kooky-wooky Who-really-rules-the-universe philosophies"	NEU

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