John is a reporter for the Washington Post. His life takes a bad turn when he and his wife have an encounter with Mothman that results in a car accident. Neither are seriously hurt, but the wife is discovered to have a rare brain tumour. Before she dies, she draws pictures of Mothman. Two years later John is driving late at night and breaks down. He discovers that he has mysteriously ended up in a small town in West Virginia — nowhere near where he was travelling. Befriending the local policewoman, John discovers that the town has had a number of paranormal disturbances. John's life is thrown into turmoil when he tries to investigate.The Mothman prophecies is chilling and disturbing. Made more so by the fact that the film was based on real events. Although the movie has no doubt been dramatized, I found it very interesting. I would recommend it to anyone who is interested in unexplainable paranormal events.

This is the worst thing ever made by anyone. It makes absolutely no sense, it has a tone that is all over the place, it confuses audience and irritates the viewers by relentlessly trying to create a sense of mood, which never leads to anything in terms of drama or plot. It's just mood. And then my mood turns to agitated, then angry. I couldn't watch this nonsense until the end.But here is what makes things a lot worse: it is a butchery of the actual story it was based on. How on earth do you take a true story about a monster that stalks people at night and turn it into a dull, low-energy moody pile of **** where the highlight of the story are these nonsensical phone calls? How do you turn this incredible true story into something so boring? Why was the story changed? It just boggles the mind. I think whoever wrote this is mentally ill.Zero stars for this. I hate this film with a passion. My blood pressure jumps when I just think of this monstrosity of a film.

I was so excited to see this coming on TV. Good TV, no commercials, no cutting, the full movie. Actually had famous people in it. Had great viewer reviews. Woohoo!!After one hour I was so bored, I thought something has to happen any minute now. 30 more minutes, nothing. 20 more minutes, nothing. Whoever said this was good, scary, horror, thriller, interesting, entertaining, worth the watch for any reason at all -- sure doesn't expect much from a movie. It was sooo boring, a nap in an ant hill would have been less painful and more interesting. Even in the middle of the night, by yourself, out in the woods in a tent with spooky bloody snarly howling all around you, the hook hanging from your car door handle is a better story than this stupid movie. Don't waste you time.

There is only one movie I can honestly give a 10 out of 10 for the simple reason there will never be any other movie like it, no matter how they try to; and that movie is 2001 - A Space Odissey.There are however some well deserved 9's, and "The Mothman Prophecies" is one of them (IMHO).Here are my reasons for my score:The acting is top notch. - The Sound Track is as eerie as the movie it self (Kudos to Tomandandy) - The story {though loosely based on a book covering "real events") is gripping and well developed. - The photography is quite excellent and makes full use of darkness and "half-light". - The dialogs are meaningful and some of them will stick in your head. - Nothing in this movie happens without a reason and everything is interconnected either through the main characters and/or surroundings; which makes the whole movie a tight universe of moving parts. - The actors are perfect for their roles. - It's a rather interesting mix of Film-Noir, Suspense and Thriller (and this is achieved masterfully). But I would not consider it as a horror movie. Not per se at least. I must have watched this Gem of a movie at least some 20 times. I took quite a joy renting it over and over again in order to revisit it's eeriness and have a go at the Sound Track, until I bought a copy. The only other movie I ever did that with was "Jacob's Ladder", also a Masterpiece. They are two different "beasts", but so worth it.My most sincere congratulations to all the people involved in the making of this movie.