USA, 1994
35mm film, Panavision, “colour by DeLuxe”, 2.35:1
Dolby Stereo/DTS, English
An American horror film directed by John Carpenter.
Plot Summary
Insurance investigator John Trent is on the trail of missing horror novelist Sutter Kane who has vanished, leaving behind a series of novels whose plots and characters seem to be bleeding into the real world.
Credits
Crew
Directed by: John Carpenter
© 1994 New Line Productions, Inc.
New Line Productions presents
Executive Producer: Michael De Luca
Produced by: Sandy King
Associate Producer: Artist Robinson
Written by: Michael De Luca
Director of Photography: Gary B. Kibbe
Film Editor: Edward A. Warschilka
Music by: John Carpenter, Jim Lang
Sound Mixer: Owen A. Langevin
Men's Costume Supervisor: Robert Bush
Women's Costume Supervisor: Robin Michel Bush
Make-up Artist: Donald J. Mowat
Hairstylist: James D. Brown
Special Make-up Effects by: Robert Kurtzman, Gregory Nicotero, Howard Berger, KNB EFX Group Inc
Special Effects: Martin Malivoire Pictures, Ted Ross
Special Visual Effects by: Industrial Light & Magic
Production Designer: Jeff Steven Ginn
Cast
Sam Neill (John Trent)
Julie Carmen (Linda Styles)
Jurgen Prochnow (Sutter Cane)
David Warner (Dr Wrenn)
John Glover (Saperstein)
Bernie Casey (Robinson)
Peter Jason (Paul)
Charlton Heston (Jackson Harglow)
Frances Bay (Mrs Pickman)
Wilhelm von Homburg (Simon)
Kevin Rushton (guard 1)
Gene Mack (guard 2)
Conrad Bergschneider (axe maniac)
Marvin Scott (reporter)
Katherine Ashby (receptionist)
Ben Gilbert (young teen)
Dennis O'Connor (cop)
Paul Brogren (scrawny teen)
Sharon Dyer (homeless lady)
Sean Ryan (bicycle boy)
Alternative Titles
À Beira da Loucura – Brazilian title
A Bíblia de Satanás – Portuguese title
Al borde de la locura – Peruvian title
L'Antre de la folie – French, French Canadian title
Au coeur de la démence – French Canadian title
Çilginligin ötesinde – Turkish title
En la boca del miedo – Argentine, Spanish title
En la boca del terror – Mexican title
John Carpenter's Hulluuden syövereissä – Finlnish video title
John Carpenter's In the Mouth of Madness
Die Mächte des Wahnsinns – German title
No Limite da Loucura – Brazilian title
Az örület torkában – Hungarian title
Il seme della follia – Italian title
I skräckens skugga – Swedish title
Sto stoma tis trelas – Greek title
U ustima ludila – Serbian title
Links
Includes extracts from
Robot Monster (1953)
References
Periodicals
Interzone no.99 (September 1995) p.33 – illustrated review (Mutant popcorn by Nick Lowe)
Books
Horror Films by Subgenre: A Viewer's Guide by Chris Vander Kaay and Kathleen Fernandez-Vander Kaay p.113
Horror Films of the 1990s by John Kenneth Muir pp.383-387
Order in the Universe: The Films of John Carpenter (2nd Edition) by Robert C. Cumbow pp.201-211; 271-273
The Pocket Essentials: John Carpenter by Michelle Le Blanc & Colin Odell pp.98-102
