In the Mouth of Madness
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In the Mouth of Madness is a 1994 horror film directed by John Carpenter that blends psychological terror with Lovecraftian themes as it follows an insurance investigator searching for a missing horror novelist whose fiction may be altering reality.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| In the Mouth of Madness canonical | 4 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5465321 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: In the Mouth of Madness Context triple: [Jürgen Prochnow, notableWork, In the Mouth of Madness]
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A.
Shrunken Heads
Shrunken Heads is a 1994 campy horror-comedy film directed by Richard Elfman, known for its quirky blend of dark humor, supernatural revenge, and comic-book-style storytelling.
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B.
Door into the Dark
Door into the Dark is a 1969 poetry collection by Irish Nobel laureate Seamus Heaney that deepens his exploration of rural life, memory, and identity through richly textured, earthy verse.
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C.
Needful Things
Needful Things is a horror novel by Stephen King about a sinister shop in a small Maine town whose mysterious proprietor trades cursed items for escalating acts of violence.
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D.
Das Ungeheuer
Das Ungeheuer is a contemporary German-language novel by Terézia Mora that explores themes of grief, identity, and communication through the fragmented inner world of its protagonist.
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E.
The Shining World
The Shining World is a romantic adventure novel by Russian writer Alexander Grin, set in his signature imaginative seafaring world of mystery and idealism.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: In the Mouth of Madness Target entity description: In the Mouth of Madness is a 1994 horror film directed by John Carpenter that blends psychological terror with Lovecraftian themes as it follows an insurance investigator searching for a missing horror novelist whose fiction may be altering reality.
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A.
Shrunken Heads
Shrunken Heads is a 1994 campy horror-comedy film directed by Richard Elfman, known for its quirky blend of dark humor, supernatural revenge, and comic-book-style storytelling.
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B.
Door into the Dark
Door into the Dark is a 1969 poetry collection by Irish Nobel laureate Seamus Heaney that deepens his exploration of rural life, memory, and identity through richly textured, earthy verse.
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C.
Needful Things
Needful Things is a horror novel by Stephen King about a sinister shop in a small Maine town whose mysterious proprietor trades cursed items for escalating acts of violence.
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D.
Das Ungeheuer
Das Ungeheuer is a contemporary German-language novel by Terézia Mora that explores themes of grief, identity, and communication through the fragmented inner world of its protagonist.
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E.
The Shining World
The Shining World is a romantic adventure novel by Russian writer Alexander Grin, set in his signature imaginative seafaring world of mystery and idealism.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
film
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supernatural horror film ⓘ |
| character |
Jackson Harglow
NERFINISHED
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John Trent NERFINISHED ⓘ Linda Styles NERFINISHED ⓘ Sutter Cane NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| cinematographyBy | Gary B. Kibbe NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| director | John Carpenter NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| distributor |
Guild Film Distribution
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
New Line Cinema NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| editor | Edward A. Warschilka NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fictionalLocation | Hobb's End NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| filmingLocation | Ontario, Canada NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| format | feature film ⓘ |
| genre |
Lovecraftian horror
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horror ⓘ psychological horror ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
cosmic horror
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madness ⓘ reality versus fiction ⓘ unreliable perception ⓘ |
| homeMediaDistributor | New Line Home Video NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| inspiredBy | works of H. P. Lovecraft ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| leadActor | Sam Neill NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mpaaRating | R ⓘ |
| musicBy |
Jim Lang
NERFINISHED
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John Carpenter NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| narrativeDevice | framing story in a psychiatric institution ⓘ |
| notableFor | blending metafiction with Lovecraftian horror elements ⓘ |
| partOf | John Carpenter Apocalypse Trilogy NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| plotSummary | An insurance investigator searches for a missing horror novelist whose books may be altering reality. ⓘ |
| precededBy |
Prince of Darkness
NERFINISHED
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The Thing NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| producer | Sandy King NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| productionCompany | New Line Cinema ⓘ |
| releaseDateUS | 1995-02-03 ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 1994 ⓘ |
| runningTimeMinutes | 95 ⓘ |
| screenwriter | Michael De Luca NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setting | New England NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| stars |
Charlton Heston
NERFINISHED
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Julie Carmen NERFINISHED ⓘ Jürgen Prochnow NERFINISHED ⓘ Sam Neill NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: In the Mouth of Madness Description of subject: In the Mouth of Madness is a 1994 horror film directed by John Carpenter that blends psychological terror with Lovecraftian themes as it follows an insurance investigator searching for a missing horror novelist whose fiction may be altering reality.
Referenced by (4)
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