
Movies that feel likeIn the Mouth of Madness (1995)
If you loved In the Mouth of Madness, the closest films we have are The Thing (1982), They Look Like People (2016) and The Fog (1980). All three share In the Mouth of Madness' dread and unsettling feel, which is what we rank on before quality.
Seen the big three already? The under-the-radar pick below is The Wailing (2016).
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If In the Mouth of Madness hit the spot, these will too

John Carpenter working the same nerve twice
The difference: Sits closer to science fiction than In the Mouth of Madness does

The same two preoccupations: insanity, and paranoia
The difference: Critics rated this one higher still

John Carpenter directing both, with the same fingerprints on each
The difference: Takes it somewhere less twisty than In the Mouth of Madness does

The same preoccupation in both: paranoia
The difference: Leans harder into drama than In the Mouth of Madness does

Both land dread and unease at once
The difference: Made in the 2020s, in a different era of the craft


One thread runs through both: small town life

Mystery with a pulse of twists, in both cases

Dread-soaked horror, and it commits to that

Both lean on unease more than on mystery

Both keep coming back to the same thing: gothic

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