Sep 14, 2026 · 1 hr · 38 segments
This week on The Cheese Wheel Podcast, Andrew's choice lets us dive into cosmic horror with the John Carpenter flop "In the Mouth of Madness!" We dive into the film's themes, its impact on horror, and…
So In the Mouth of Madness is a film written by Michael DeLuca, who we're going to have to come back to in a second, and directed by the one and only greatest filmmaker of all time, John Carpenter.
The film ended up grossing $8 million on a budget ranging of $8 million to $14 million, making it a box office failure, like the other two pieces of media in John Carpenter's Apocalypse series.
The review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes says In the Mouth of Madness holds an approval rating of 60% based on 50 reviews with a weighted average of 5.8 out of 10.
The film's plot is an insurance investigator begins discovering that the impact of a horror writer's books have on his fans are more than inspirational.
Do you read Sutter Cane?
This is kind of like, you know, if Stephanie Meyer was trying to destroy the world.
So In the Mouth of Madness is a film written by Michael DeLuca, who we're going to have to come back to in a second, and directed by the one and only greatest filmmaker of all time, John Carpenter.
The film ended up grossing $8 million on a budget ranging of $8 million to $14 million, making it a box office failure, like the other two pieces of media in John Carpenter's Apocalypse series.
The review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes says In the Mouth of Madness holds an approval rating of 60% based on 50 reviews with a weighted average of 5.8 out of 10.
The film's plot is an insurance investigator begins discovering that the impact of a horror writer's books have on his fans are more than inspirational.
Do you read Sutter Cane?
This is kind of like, you know, if Stephanie Meyer was trying to destroy the world.
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