Mothman Prophecies, The

~~ The Mothman Prophecies ~~ I like to write about things that I have strong opinions for, whether I strongly like it or dislike it. Sometimes it takes me quite a while to get inspired on what to write about, but just lately I have discovered that I really enjoy writing about Movies and watching the DVD extras that I would normally dismiss. Today my husband agreed to us both watching a DVD and I got to choose, so I chose The Mothman Prophecies, ...
...Facts ~~ The Mothman Prophecies is a film based on the book of the same name by John A. Keel, published in 1975, the book is the true story of events that occurred in a small town in West Virginia, called Point Pleasant between 1966 and 1967. So what are The Mothman Prophecies? Over a 13 month span over 100 eye witnesses reported strange phenomena over the town of Point Pleasant, reporting UFO sightings, strange lights in the sky, many reports of ...

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...When I first saw the Mothman prophecies advertised, right away I knew it was a film I HAD to see. So, why has it taken me so long to get round to watching it? I don’t know but while I am glad that I have seen it, in some ways I wish I hadn’t… --- The Plot --- The film is based on events that supposedly happened in the 1960s in a town called Point Pleasant, Ohio. You can visit the town’s website www.mothmanlives.com to read more about the history ...
...discover who or what the mothman is and wants and come to terms with his own personal tragedy. Can he do it? --- The Characters --- Richard Gere gives a fairly normal performance as John Klein. I say ‘normal’ meaning gravely voiced whispers and reluctant blinking to express his emotions as is the Gere way. He could quite easily be pulled out of this film and plonked back into ‘Pretty Woman’ and he probably wouldn’t know the difference. That’s probably ...

emmaclaire 10.12.2003 (19.12.2003) · Read full review
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...A Keel’s famous novel, The Mothman Prophecies examines a supposedly true chain of events that took place in a small West Virginia town called Point Pleasant. John Klein is a successful reporter for the Washington Post with everything to live for. He and his wife Mary have just bought their dream house and are driving home one night when Mary is startled by a strange figure in the middle of the road. Losing control of the vehicle, she crashes ...
...or two reviews of The Mothman Prophecies, I went about watching the film in relative ignorance, as I couldn’t recall the nature of the plot. I was led to believe that the Keel novel was an alien conspiracy story, with tales of UFO sightings and abductions, so I was all the more surprised by the actual content of this film. Intriguing from the outset, The Mothman Prophecies is a compelling story that feels very much like the television series ...

LostWitness 27.08.2002 · Read full review
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...than the locomotion, yes folks Mothman is upon us! GASP as he astounds you with his dusty wings, FAINT as he wiggles his antenna a bit, and WATCH as he smacks his face against a searing hot lightbulb repeatedly until you suck him up with the hoover. Mothman would make a lame superhero at the best of times, so thank copulation for this spooky thriller from the brain of Arlington Road’s director Mark Pellington – with nary a caped figure in sight. ...
...can be said of The Mothman Prophecies. Fans of the genre will soon spot the key elements of the story, and then you have to wait until the last reel to see if you were right – 90% of the time you are! If you don’t pick up on the two devices here, so much the better for you, because you’ll enjoy this plenty more. Not that I didn’t enjoy this, far from it. I’d decided to take in a preview screening the day before it opened nationwide, at a late night ...

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The Mothman Prophecies is a 2002 film based on the book of the same name written by John Keel about the events which unfurled during the year of 1966-7 in the sleepy rural town of Point Pleasant, West Virginia. Keel has spent forty years chasing aerial lights, big hairy beasties and other freaks and the book covers countless examples of weirdness which makes fascinating reading. The film condenses the many streams in the book down to one - the 'Mothman' ...
...is going on. The eponymous Mothman makes a showing, it turns out he has a name 'Indrid Cold' and the journo has a telephone chat with him in his motel room (imagine HAL9000 done by David Lynch) - a five minute sequence which is one of the creepiest things I have seen in my life. Amongst the strangeness visited on local folk (late night blinding lights, garden pests which need to be seen to be believed) Klein nearly bumps into his ex-wife who is keen ...

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...and scares. The Mothman Prophecies is such a film that can be compared to the likes of The Sixth Sense, it's themes are more supernatural and spiritual and therefore require the viewer to have a lot more restraint and patience than usual. The film is based on true events that have gone down in urban legend. The events in question occurred between November 1966 and December 1967 in Point Pleasant, West Virginia. Richard Gere plays John Klein, a reporter ...
...purely because there was no Mothman in sight and he expected a chilling special effect of a winged creature to appear. Well Mr Ross go back to those Adam Sandler comedies that you rate so highly. I would agree that this film is paced very slowly but I didn't find it a problem. Director Mark Pellington creates a mood that slowly draws you into the mystery and eats away at your mind. The possibility of perhaps seeing this mothman creature is always ...

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Based on actual events which took place in Point Pleasant, W.Va., in December 1967, this movie will have your undivided attention for two whole hours. It may even have some men suffering from that well-known condition common to those who are focused on something interesting – temporary deafness. I collected my wife from work last Thursday, nothing unusual in that, but on the way home we spent the entire 20 minute journey talking (she talked I listened) ...
...which took place in West Virginia. She was really excited about it as she said it was centred around events which took place in a small town near to the Ohio border, 55 miles N.W. of the state capital of Charleston, W.Va. As we were both not working at the weekend, we decided in the car that we would look up information about the film and hire it the following night (Friday). By the time we’d read a bit about it, we thought it would be too good ...

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...the tabloid headline! The Mothman Prophecies is, as the name suggests, about a large moth/man who appears to predict tragic events. “How ridiculous”, was my initial reaction on reading the blurb about this film, a slightly larger than normal man who looks a bit like a moth? Please, with all the money floating round Hollywood could they really not think of anything a little less storybook horror and a little bit more convincing? So why did I even ...
...all mean? Is the Mothman warning people? If so what about? How does he predict things? Does he really exist or is it just some sort of collective madness? Is he human or spirit? Good or evil? The film answers none of these questions, and after a quite spectacular ending cuts to the credits, leaving you a little bit baffled. When it came out it was compared to the X-files and there are certain similarities. The small town spookiness, the very intangible ...

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...bothered. It was ‘The Mothman Prophecies,’ starring Richard Gere. I’ve heard mixed reports about this. I always approach every film though with an open mind, even those arthouse ones papers like ‘The Guardian’ give ninety stars out of five and says if everyone in the world doesn’t go to see it they will say ‘balderdash’ to modern culture and go to live in a cave somewhere with the collected works of E.M. Forster. (They're normally are quite good ...
...have heard nothing about ‘The Mothman Prophecies,’ here is a slight overview (Don’t worry, no spoilers.) In the small township of Point Pleasant in West Virginia good honest, god fearing folk began to tell tales about seeing a strange, mothlike man who appeared in lights and country roads. People heard voices and received strange phonecalls and down by an old TNT factory- now a lover’s lane –the sightings are at their most frequent. At the beginning ...

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...more! This one is The Mothman Prophecies, based on true events, starring Richard Gere and Laura Linney. - - - Cast - - - John Klein - Richard Gere. (Pretty Woman, Chicago.) Mary Klein - Debra Messing. (Will and Grace, Along Came Polly.) Connie Parker - Laura Linney. (Love Actually, Congo.) Gordon Smallwood - Will Patton. (Armageddon, Gone In Sixty Seconds.) Denise Smallwood - Lucinda Jenney. (Practical Magic, Crazy/Beautiful.) Alexander Leek ...
...has not only seen the mothman but has regular conversations with it through the plughole in his sink. Gordon thinks it's nothing to be afraid of, it's name is Indrid Cold and it predicts disasters. More than once it tells Gordon a national disaster will happen and the next day it does. So John must stay and find out, is the mothman - Indrid Cold - good or bad? Does it cause disaster or does it attempt to prevent it? Oh, and is John's dead wife still ...

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The Mothman Prophecies is an eerie and disturbing tale.I was surprised just how creepy I found it, because as it has a 12 certificate and I wasn’t expecting to be particularly scared.It proves that you don’t need blood and gore to make a film creepy. It’s a bit like an old fashioned horror film with lots of suspense and suggestion. The main character John Klein is played by Richard Gere. John’s wife Mary (Will and Grace fan’s will recognise her ...
...wants to know if the mothman causes bad things to happen to those who see it or is it a prophecy of bad things to come? He becomes obsessed with the mothman and the idea that it’s mass appearance in Point Pleasant is a horrible omen for the town. This film has a mysterious air to it. I found myself watching it and feeling intrigued by what was going on. Most of the action is set in Point Pleasant a stereo typically American small town. Like any good ...

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I first watched this film at the cinema becuase it looked very intrigueing. I didn't have great expectations and given i'm not a Richard Gere fan, i did worry this was going to be a waste of £5 or so. Little did i realise this was going to be the best film i'd seen for a long time but possibly the best film i've ever seen. From the very start you are left wondering where this film is going to take you and if don't persevere you may lose scent of ...
...wonder is this going to be another tragic romance flick that twists and turns, but never goes anywhere. How wrong you will be, as soon as you realise that in fact the tragic car accident that leads to the identification of a brain tuma in Richard Gere's wifes head, is not the focal point of the story, you start to wonder what the hell is going on. What caused the accident?, what were the red lights?,was it an accident? suddenly your gripped, as ...

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...on the phone is the Mothman who goes from place to place causing disasters has predicted/caused plane crashes and earthquakes. This film is great and I urge you to go out and rent/buy it because its full of drama suspense and action, the ending is very unpredictable because john thought the disaster was going to happen at the big factory, just outside town but it happens on the ??????? watch and find out. This film made £2.2m in the uk and $35m ...
...Featurette on the film Theatrical trailer Documentary on the 'actual real life events' that inspired the film Overall this film is very good and if you did see it at the cinema it is worth you buying the DVD because of the extras. If you have not seen it and you like programs on the TV like the X Files you WILL love this so get it. ...

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...personal home page. Mothman prophecies is a hard film to classify. It’s not really a horror film in the usual chop and hack stalking terror kind of a way. It’s not really terrifying but is creepy. The closest thing to this out there is the x-files but even that doesn’t cover it. I think the closest words I can use to classify it is “psychological” and “mystery”. The story revolves around the main character John Klein (Richard Gere) who was a happily ...
...his search for what the mothman is, and instead try and discover what the message is that it is trying to relay. ------------- All in all, as I have said this is a psychological film. There is a feeling of an impending doom throughout and you are left not wondering if something will happen, but the when, what and who will die, (which is where the main tension in the film lies) thought I’m not going to spoil the film by telling you the answer to ...

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"The Mothman Prophecies" directed by Mark Pellington is a supernatural suspense thriller which has you on the edge of your seats at stages of the film but drags on through other parts of the film. It is based on true events and that is why yesterday night I decided to rent it out with my friend as I am a spook lover with a passion of anything scary especially if it is real life. The plot of the story is about a Washington Post reporter, John Klein ...
...the strange events that befall him. His wife Mary and he buy a new house and are madly in love. One day whilst out driving together his wife sees a vision of a horrendous nature right in front of the windscreen. Naturally she crashes and is rushed to hospital. At this point Doctors discover Mary has a brain tumour and Klein realises that there's more to his wifes crash than he first thought. Through looking through her hospital sketches he discovers ...

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