The Mothman Prophecies PG-13

The Mothman Prophecies
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DVD Details

  • Rated: PG-13
  • Closed captioning available
  • Run Time: 1 hours, 59 minutes
  • Video: Color
  • Encoding: Region 1 (USA & Canada)
  • Released: June 4, 2002
  • Originally Released: 2002
  • Label: Sony Pictures

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AUDIENCE SCORE
User Ratings: 53,159
Director Mark Pellington hardly lets a moment pass without suggesting some bad vibes creeping onto the edges of the screen, but he's let down by Richard Hatem's script.
Variety
Jan 11, 2008
Rating: 2/4 -- Despite hints that it aspires to be more, The Mothman Prophecies is a by-the-numbers sci-fi thriller. Full Review
Minneapolis Star Tribune
Nov 6, 2002
Pellington knows, as did the 1940s master of horror Val Lewton, that what you don't see can raise far more goose bumps than what you do. Full Review
Newsweek
Sep 29, 2008
...THE MOTHMAN PROPHECIES is sure to cause much leaping from seats, just as any good thriller should...
Box Office
Mar 1, 2002
There are certainly strong moments and efficient set pieces here, too, but for all the claims that the film, adapted from a 1975 book by John Keel, is based on real events, Pellington fails to sustain credibility. Full Review
Time Out
Feb 9, 2006
This is the scariest movie I've ever seen. Full Review
Chicago Reader
Jan 11, 2008
A sub-par, often lethargic take on a a creepy urban legend with absolutely nothing to offer its audience. Full Review
Cinema Crazed
Apr 29, 2009

Product Description:

Driving South to Richmond, Washington Post reporter John Klein (Richard Gere) finds himself unexpectedly way off course--in the small town of Point Pleasant, West Virginia--knocking on the door of Gordon and Denise Smallwood (Tom Patton and Lucinda Jenney). Gordon is irate. This is the third night in a row that Klein has knocked on his door at 2 a.m. When Sgt. Connie Parker (Laura Linney) arrives to investigate, Klein discovers this is just one of many strange events occurring in the town. With Parker's help, Klein investigates. Soon, he becomes convinced that some catastrophe is about to occur.

In THE MOTHMAN PROPHECIES, scriptwriter Richard Hatem and director Mark Pellington play upon the strange events that reportedly occurred in Point Pleasant in the mid-1960s. As in ARLINGTON ROAD, Pellington makes great use of a restless, prowling camera and ominous sound effects provided by sound editor Kelly Cabral, sound mixer Pud Cusack (she also worked on ARLINGTON ROAD), and sound designer Claude Letessier. Pellington gets fine performances from Gere, Linney, Patton, Alan Bates as a paranormal investigator, and Debra Messing--striking in the too-small role of Klein's wife--before he produces a spectacular final sequence.

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  • UPC: 043396078086
  • Shipping Weight: 0.25/lbs (approx)
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