The Mothman Prophecies, based on the book by John Keel - Seven out of 10

The Mothman Prophecies, based on the book by John Keel

Seven out of 10

If you search the internet to find more about the statement made by the filmmakers that their story is based on real events, you find that the novel inspires it and the truth…well, that is hard to establish.

Richard Gere plays John Klein, who is a journalist for The Washington Post in the film, whereas the one who participated at the events in real life had an assignment with Playboy magazine.

The journalist has a car accident and his wife dies shortly after it, although she would visit him later, from the other world.

One night, as he drives his Audi, the hero has car trouble and walks to a house nearby to find help.

This is the home of Gordon Smallwood, who is not pleased to hear someone at the door, late at night.

Furthermore, he has a shotgun and threatens to use it for he maintains that this same person had been there before.

When the local police officer arrives, Gordon Smallwood aka Laura Linney, Gordon states that he has had enough:

This man had been here in the middle of the night

At 2 a.m., he had come to wake me up…

John Klein is kept in the shower, with a shotgun pointing at his chest, but he maintains he has no idea about the claims.

However, when he is driven by the kind Connie Mills to the small town, he finds that he is Point Pleasant.

At the motel, he is asking about the location of this place on the map and he is told that it is near the border…

The journalist is looking on the map, near the demarcation line where he thinks he could be…

However, he is astonished to find he was searching for the town in a very different area, far from the place…

John Klein had been driving for about 600 miles (was it 600?) without having any recollection.

If we look at the subject, the propositions of this motion picture, he had not driven, anyway.

The Mothman carried him and the car through the air or an alternative dimension, perhaps a parallel world.

Point Pleasant is not that accommodating and enjoyable when we find that people have nightmares and see things.

Once case in point involves two young lovers, who are enjoying themselves in the car, when the Mothman comes.

Another example is the premonition, in fact, we should say premonitions that are confirmed.

One informs whoever wants to know that there would be something important with 99 and 9.

Flight 9 crashes and 99 people are killed.

Most people would dismiss this kind of thing as just coincidence and we can find various ‘prophecies’ if we believe in the Mothman and other such theories…

In fact, not even the presence of an outstanding actor, Alan Bates, cannot save this production.

The idea that there are things, phenomenon that are beyond our understanding is natural and it makes sense.

Nevertheless, to assume that there are ‘creatures, apparitions, mothmen’ and other such illusions is rather preposterous.

These only exist in the minds of those who see them.