In the Mouth of Madness
“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.
Genres
Horror, Mystery
Studio
New Line Cinema
Language
en
Status
Released
How In the Mouth of Madness performed
Budget
$8.0M
Worldwide Gross
$8.9M
Gross Profit
$946,600
Return
1.1× budget
Opening Wknd (est.)
$2M
Source: TMDB. Domestic/international split (~44/56, genre-typical) and the opening-weekend figure (45% of the domestic run, typical for Horror) are MoviesRankd estimates. Profit is gross revenue minus production budget and excludes marketing — studios typically need ~2–2.5× budget to break even.
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Cast
John Trent
Sam Neill
John Trent
Linda Styles
Julie Carmen
Linda Styles
Sutter Cane
Jürgen Prochnow
Sutter Cane
Dr. Wrenn
David Warner
Dr. Wrenn
Saperstein
John Glover
Saperstein
Robinson
Bernie Casey
Robinson
Mr. Paul
Peter Jason
Mr. Paul
Jackson Harglow
Charlton Heston
Jackson Harglow
Mrs. Pickman
Frances Bay
Mrs. Pickman
Simon
Wilhelm von Homburg
Simon
Guard #1
Kevin Rushton
Guard #1
Guard #2
Gene Mack
Guard #2
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