John Carpenter makes a partial return to form with this eerie horror.

With 1994’s In the Mouth of Madness, John Carpenter again drew on cosmic horror traditions, like he did for The Thing and Prince of Darkness, but ramped up the metatextual vibes.

Carpenter's work with music and sound design has never been so radical and the film's set pieces are breathtakingly executed.

The idea takes center stage and isn’t handled preciously. It presents itself as a cool thing and lets the audience take a little ride without delving deep into the psychological or taking itself too seriously. Kind of like a Stephen King novel actually.