The actual movie "The Mothman Prophecies" is about a writer for the Washington Post who keeps getting lost in this small West Virginia hamlet known as Point Pleasant.
While I concede that I sometimes like movies that have to do with the supernatural and the unexplained, I also cannot explain why this movie didn't get more acclaim. Very unique and mysterious plot, great acting, and terrific, chilling effects. Sure, it's not Jennie's kind of movie - here's the plot summary:
When John Klein, a respected Washington Post journalist, and his wife Mary find the dream house they have been hunting for, life could hardly get better. Then on their joyful ride home the dream is shattered when Mary crashes the car and is killed. While removing Mary's possessions from the hospital, John discovers a sketchpad covered with odd drawings, variations of the same eerie apparition. John is haunted by the unsettling images. One night, while driving from Washington, John loses his way and ends up on a deserted country highway in Point Pleasant, West Virginia -- four hundred miles from where he thought he was. When John decides to stay in Point Pleasant to explore the reports of unexplained phenomena in the town, he soon realizes that they may all be related - not just to each other, but also to the strange sketches Mary had been obsessively drawing just hours before her death.
If you like suspense, with a little shock, a little romance, and a lot of human drama and the growth/emergence of a great lead character, then this is your kind of movie, even if Point Pleasant isn't your kind of town.
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Hi Gary,
I just wanted to let you know that Tim and I watched The Mothman Prophecies because of your raving recommendations. And I absolutley loved it! Tim was a little freaked out and didn't like it as much but I thought it was really good. Thanks for the recommendation!!!
~Suzanne
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