Lived any good books lately?
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.
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Bleak, grave, overwhelming and plot-driven.
- warmbleak
- gravecomic
- cooloverwhelming
- character-ledplot-driven
- resolvedopen-ended
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“Is it actually scary?”
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“Does the ending land?”
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“Is Sam Neill the best thing in In the Mouth of Madness?”
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Cast
- Sam NeillJohn Trent
- Julie CarmenLinda Styles
- Jürgen ProchnowSutter Cane
- David WarnerDr. Wrenn
- John GloverSaperstein
- Bernie CaseyRobinson
- Peter JasonMr. Paul
- Charlton HestonJackson Harglow
- Frances BayMrs. Pickman
- Wilhelm von HomburgSimon
Crew
- John CarpenterDirector
- Michael De LucaScreenplay
- Gary B. KibbeDirector of Photography
- John CarpenterOriginal Music Composer
- Jim LangOriginal Music Composer
- Edward A. WarschilkaEditor
- Sandy KingProducer
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The Great Silence 196871% alikeBoth bleak, grave.
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The Big O 199971% alikeTelevision · Both grave.
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