The Mothman Prophecies
Based On True Events
From the director of Arlington Road comes a spine-tingling, super-natural thriller based on actual events that will rattle your nerves and shake your beliefs.
Distraught by the sudden, tragic death of his wife (Debra Messing), John Klein (Richard Gere), a journalist for The Washington Post, finds himself mysteriously drawn to a small West Virginia town when his car inexplicably strands him. Rescued by the sympathetic but skeptical local police sergeant (Laura Linney), he soon learns that many of the town's residents have been beset by bizarre events, including sightings of an eerie "moth-like" entity, similar to the one seen by his late wife. Investigating further and having his own terrifying encounters with the creature, he becomes obsessed with the idea that this supernatural being can predict impending calamities and is trying to warn the town of one. Is this a psychic delusion brought on by his grief or can he convince the police sergeant that there's a tragedy that must be averted? His life, and potentially other's lives, depend on his making the right choices before time runs out.
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Edge of your seat scares!! - 0930tracey
I have to say, this is one of my all time scary faves. Movies that have "based on true events" under the title usually freak me out before even watching. I've seen this 4 or 5 times and it still makes me jump out of my seat every time. If you are looking for good, scary, chills, with ane excellent story line, definately zip and watch this!!!!Excellent Thriller; Spine-Tingling In Places - revsdd
It's hard for me to find any fault with a thriller that literally caused my spine to tingle not just once but several times in the course of the story.
It isn't that this is a particularly frightening movie. It's not an edge of your seat, blood and gore type of thriller. It doesn't have hideous monsters. Much - most, in fact - is left to the imagination. And yet this is a movie with an edgy, creepy feel to it that I found got under my skin and really managed to unsettle me. In my opinion, that's the mark of a superb thriller, made even better by a very good performance from Richard Gere in the leading role as a Washington reporter trying to sort out the mystery of Point Pleasant, West Virginia.
How faithful is it to the real events that supposedly inspired the story? Truthfully, I have no idea, and would likely qualify as a skeptic anyway. But faithful or not, as sheer entertainment I thought this was an excellent movie, and can really find no fault with it worth noting.where is the future - grr-
decent show story off man just living his life when he mysterously end up 100 of miles away from he wanted to be.lead a away by a race called the mothman.these enties only show you as much as they want and leave you hanging for the rest of the knowledge.dencent show everyting ties in at the end.
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Edge of your seat scares!! - 0930tracey
I have to say, this is one of my all time scary faves. Movies that have "based on true events" under the title usually freak me out before even watching. I've seen this 4 or 5 times and it still makes me jump out of my seat every time. If you are looking for ...Excellent Thriller; Spine-Tingling In Places - revsdd
It's hard for me to find any fault with a thriller that literally caused my spine to tingle not just once but several times in the course of the story.
It isn't that this is a particularly frightening movie. It's not an edge of your seat, blood and ...where is the future - grr-
decent show story off man just living his life when he mysterously end up 100 of miles away from he wanted to be.lead a away by a race called the mothman.these enties only show you as much as they want and leave you hanging for the rest of the knowledge.dencent ...