Kane's Madness

Kane's Madness is a catch-all page name representing the monsters depicted throughout John Carpenter's film titled In the Mouth of Madness (1994).

With the disappearance of hack horror writer Sutter Kane, all Hell is breaking loose...literally! Author Kane, it seems, has a knack for description that really brings his evil creepy-crawlies to life. Insurance investigator John Trent is sent to investigate Kane's mysterious vanishing act and ends up in the sleepy little East Coast town of Hobb's End. The fact that this town exists as a figment of Kane's twisted imagination is only the beginning of Trent's problems. ~ IMdb

The monsters depicted in the film are not the film's focus. They are the product of Sutter Kane's creative mind and represent insanity.

References to the "Old Ones" by Sutter Kane, along with certain representations of monsters printed on his books and latter brought to life, are allusions to The Cthulhu Mythos - a series of stories by H.P. Lovecraft and continued by other writers into modern times. In this sense, one could consider "In the Mouth of Madness" John Carpenter's own contribution to The Cthulhu Mythos.

Appearance

Multiple appearances, all of them horrific.

Powers and Abilities

Kane's Madness monsters possess the following powers and abilities:

All promote and exploit the horror of madness/insanity

Fate

All monsters are tied to the fate of Sutter Kane.

Trivia

The six Sutter Kane novels which Trent uses to track down the town of Hobb's End are the following: "The Hobb's End Horror", "The Feeding", "The Whisperer in the Dark", "Something in the Cellar", "The Breathing Tunnel" and "Haunter Out of Time". Also, these titles are direct references to H.P. Lovecraft's works, a direct inspiration for the movie. These are "The Dunwich Horror" "The Whisperer in Darkness", "The Rats in the Walls", "The Thing in the Doorstep", "The Shadow Out of Time" and "the Haunter of the Dark". Also, the title of the movie refers to "At the Mountains of Madness", yet another work from Lovecraft's.
"In the Mouth of Madness", appears to be an homage to Lovecraft and his story, "At the Mountains of Madness".
The inscription on the doors of the black church reads: "Let these doors be sealed by our Lord God and let any who dare enter this unholy site be damned forever".

NOTE: The gallery does not depict every example of every monster in this film.

Kane's Madness

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