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The Mothman Prophecies: Movie
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Although its title sounds new age goofy, The Mothman Prophecies most certainly is not. It's an intelligent, tense thriller of the unexplained, a film for anyone who thinks the X Files movie comes up short. In fact, most of the action plays out like an extended X Files episode, one that would leave fans of the genre a little spooked, slightly sad, and wanting more.
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As a movie, “The Mothman Prophecies” is well done (but not recommended unless you really like supernatural horror films). Director Mark Pellington (“Arlington Road”) builds the fear factor with claustrophobic close-ups, whispered dialog, bleak winter landscapes, and on-screen graphic effects. He ... never fully shows us the creature, focusing more on the psychological terror than any specific “monster.” As in “A Beautiful Mind,” the audience spends much of the film trying to figure out what’s real and what might be the obsessive delusions of the two or three main characters.
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Because of economic concerns, The Mothman Prophecies was filmed on location in the town of Kittanning, Pennsylvania and its surrounding area. Find stills from the movie's production, plus an explanation how the Mothman Museum got the movie props.
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Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment has made THE MOTHMAN PROPHECIES available on DVD in a 2.35:1 wide screen presentation that has been enhanced for playback on 16:9 displays. Like any new movie, THE MOTHMAN PROPHECIES looks great on DVD. The image is very crisp and highly defined, so much so, that even minute details are easy to discern. Colors tend to be very nicely saturated and flesh tones generally appear natural, depending on the film’s lighting. There are no signs of chroma noise or smearing of the more intense hues during the presentation. Blacks appear deep and velvety, while the whites are clean and stable.
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Mothman Prophecies cranks up the atmospherics and unexplained going-ons with those arbitrary cinematic flourishes designed to make audiences jump in their seats. There are sudden shots of mysterious images set to jarring sound. In the cinema this type of tactic may work, but on DVD or home video it is lost. (In fact, in the UK the Spider-man movie received a lower age restriction on home video than in the theaters because similar such “fright” scenes on TV involving the Green Goblin was judged to be less intense for small children than would have been the case on the big screen.)
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As far as supernatural thrillers go, The Mothman Chronicles is entertaining enough. What makes it a little more interesting — and disturbing — is knowing that the story is real. If you're someone who believes in the supernatural and the existence of forces and beings that cannot be proven or explained, you'll probably like this movie. And you'll be sufficiently creeped out.
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