In the Mouth of Madness

John Trent, a former insurance investigator, arrives at a psychiatric hospital by ambulance, violently agitated and strapped down. They lock him in a padded room, where he suffers disturbing hallucinations that make him doubt what he sees around him. Shortly after, Dr. Wrenn sits down across from him, and Trent begins to tell him his story. The account takes him back to the days before, when he accepted an assignment that pulled him away from his routine: tracking down a missing horror novelist. Directed by John Carpenter, the film centers on Sam Neill, who plays Trent, and the tension between what he remembers and what those around him perceive.