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The Mothman of Point Pleasant

  • 20172017
  • 1h 7m
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6.0/10
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The Mothman of Point Pleasant (2017)
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Learn the terrifying, true story about thirteen months that changed history! In November of 1966 a car full of kids encountered a creature unlike anything they'd ever seen before. In the wee... Read allLearn the terrifying, true story about thirteen months that changed history! In November of 1966 a car full of kids encountered a creature unlike anything they'd ever seen before. In the weeks and months to follow, the monster (now known as The Mothman) was sighted again and agai... Read allLearn the terrifying, true story about thirteen months that changed history! In November of 1966 a car full of kids encountered a creature unlike anything they'd ever seen before. In the weeks and months to follow, the monster (now known as The Mothman) was sighted again and again on country roads and around the state of West Virginia.
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    • Director
      • Seth Breedlove
    • Writers
      • Lyle Blackburn
      • Seth Breedlove
    • Stars
      • Mothman
      • Denny Bellamy
      • Marcella Bennett(archive footage)
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    • Director
      • Seth Breedlove
    • Writers
      • Lyle Blackburn
      • Seth Breedlove
    • Stars
      • Mothman
      • Denny Bellamy
      • Marcella Bennett(archive footage)
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    • 8User reviews
    • 1Critic review
    • Awards
      • 1 nomination

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    Mothman
    • Self
    Denny Bellamy
    Denny Bellamy
    • Self - Executive Director, Mason County Tourism
    Marcella Bennett
    • Self
    • (archive footage)
    Lyle Blackburn
    Lyle Blackburn
    • Narrator
    • (voice)
    Bob Bosworth
    • Self
    • (archive footage)
    • (voice)
    Lyn Fawn Cornwell-Robinson
    • Self - Point Pleasant Resident
    George Dudding
    • Self - Local Author
    Lawrence Gray
    • Self - Eyewitness
    Lyndon B. Johnson
    Lyndon B. Johnson
    • Self
    • (archive footage)
    • (as Lyndon Johnson)
    John A. Keel
    John A. Keel
    • Self
    • (archive footage)
    • (voice)
    Faye Leport
    • Self - Eyewitness
    • (as Faye Dewitt-Leport)
    Merle Partridge
    • Self
    • (archive footage)
    • (voice)
    Dave Payton
    • Self - Reporter
    Tom Ury
    • Self
    • (archive footage)
    • (voice)
    Jeff Wamsley
    Jeff Wamsley
    • Self - Curator of the Mothman Museum
    • Director
      • Seth Breedlove
    • Writers
      • Lyle Blackburn
      • Seth Breedlove
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      The Mothman of Point Pleasant is the fourth film from Small Town Monsters and marks the first movie in their "high strangeness" trilogy.

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    1/10
    A slanted documentary
    This documentary was hard to watch, I had to turn it off after about 45 minutes in with about 20 some minutes left. That's sad because I really love the Mothman myth and lore of the area.

    It was all slanted from the point of view that all these stories these people told are true. That's not how good documentaries are supposed to actually go, yet it seems rampant anymore. You are to present angles from BOTH sides and let the viewer decide for themselves. It seems like all others want in confirmation biases that aren't even factual.

    It seems many of these stories, presented as fact, are people that don't understand science very well, even the makers of the film. That's not calling anyone stupid, there's so much we as humans don't understand, even through science... But I don't think those people need to be mashing documentaries either.

    This sucks because I do believe there are weird things in this world that can't be explained even through proper science. I often feel science dismisses things that are truly unexplainable and potentially supernatural. But when someone presents ALL these stories basically as fact without trying to debunk any of them through any means with no real credible experts, it makes it hard to watch if you actually know some basic science and aren't gullible enough to believe that ALL these eye witnesses' perceptions won't be skewed from their lack of informed understanding of such proper science. Meaning, people's perceptions of events will not be the actual truth of what happened but their perception of the truth through their limited reality tunnels. There are so many properly documented accounts of mass hysteria and people really believing things happened that didn't, on record now. It is scary if a trauma (whether real or perceived) will play tricks on minds' that distort the reality of what actually happened. It is a survival technique.

    If this was a real documentary they'd know much of this and get experts in all areas to discuss such things and present documented instances of such events. If these stories are truly the real deal, they'd stand up to any science that tried to debunk them. But that option was not given for a majority of the film which makes in not watchable to me. If I believe in something, I need to truly believe in it. Not blindly believe without questioning myself and reasons why I believe.

    Maybe the end tied that all together and I missed it in the last 20 some minutes. But if it is that badly slanted the first 40 I just can't keep going.
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    • Release date
      • June 2, 2017 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Official site
      • official website
    • Language
      • English
    • Filming locations
      • Point Pleasant, West Virginia, USA
    • Production companies
      • Cyfuno Ventures
      • Small Town Monster
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      • $2,000 (estimated)
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    • Runtime
      1 hour 7 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.78 : 1

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