The Mothman Prophecies

Richard Hatem does a bang-up job adapting a portion of John A Keel's legendary book detailing the events that took place between November 1966 and December 1967 in Point Pleasant, West Virginia. Rather than detailing the UFO, Men in Black, cryptozoology hodge podge of Keel's account, Hatem picks the real nice and tasty bits and delivers a tightly crafted creep fest for veteran music video director Mark Pellington to work with. I'll leave the spooks for you to find on your own but I will mention if you do not have a home theatre system you may want to watch this baby with somebody who does. I say the because because the sound engineering is stunning and deserves to be appreciated to the fullest. Richard Gere turns in a fine performance in the lead with outstanding support from Laura Linney and Will Patton and look for director Pellington as a bar keep and also listen for him as he voices Indrid Cold A.K.A The Mothman. Solid in pacing and style and packing a wollop of a conclusion THE MOTHMAN PROPHECIES is not a film you will forget quickly if ever!