The Mothman of Point Pleasant (2017)

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 ... See full summary »

Director:

Seth Breedlove

Writers:

Seth Breedlove, Lyle Blackburn (co-writer)

Stars:

Denny Bellamy-Mason, Marcella Bennett, Lyle Blackburn

1 nomination.

Cast

Credited cast:
Denny Bellamy-Mason	...	Himself - Executive Director, Mason County Tourism (as Denny Bellamy)
Marcella Bennett	...	Herself (archive footage)
Lyle Blackburn	...	Narrator (voice)
Bob Bosworth	...	Himself (voice) (archive footage)
Lyn Fawn Cornwell-Robinson	...	Herself - Point Pleasant Resident
George Dudding	...	Himself - Local Author
Lawrence Gray	...	Himself - Eyewitness
Lyndon Baines Johnson	...	Himself (archive footage) (as Lyndon Johnson)
John A. Keel	...	Himself (voice) (archive footage)
Faye Leport	...	Herself - Eyewitness (as Faye Dewitt-Leport)
Merle Partridge	...	Himself (voice) (archive footage)
Dave Payton	...	Himself - Reporter
Tom Ury	...	Himself (voice) (archive footage)
Jeff Wamsley	...	Himself - Curator of the Mothman Museum

Storyline

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 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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Genres:

Documentary

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Details

Official Sites:

official website

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

2 June 2017 (USA)

Filming Locations:

Point Pleasant, West Virginia, USA

Box Office

Budget:

$2,000 (estimated)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Cyfuno Ventures, Small Town Monster

Technical Specs

Runtime:

67 min

Color:

Color

Did You Know?

Trivia

The Mothman of Point Pleasant is the fourth film from Small Town Monsters and marks the first movie in their "high strangeness" trilogy.

User Reviews

The Mothman is the gold standard of monster stories, and this is the gold standard for monster documentaries

The Mothman is the gold standard of monster stories. Its extensive and detailed legend includes not just nighttime encounters with an unidentified creature of some sort, but it also includes UFO sightings, Men in Black, Native American curses, and even a mutated sandhill crane. But what makes the Mothman so alluring is that opposed to many monster legends... people actually saw the thing. Something was actually there. Over 100 witnesses claim to have encountered a flying humanoid weirdo of a creature.

The Mothman is also not a new story. It began in 1966 and has been retold in numerous mediums, from John Keel's seminal Mothman Prophecies to the movie of the same name; documentaries, novels, video games, and even comic books have all attempted at relaying the chillingly true tale of the Mothman.

I am personally an enormous Mothman fan. While I am a researcher of the weird and wonderful, I do not consider myself a researcher into the Mothman phenomenon. That story has been told and retold in numerous ways. I honestly feel that I couldn't contribute anything productive to the study, but I've hungrily consumed any and all Mothman related media I could get my paws on and still greedily want more. Now, though, I think I have found something that might hold off that hunger for a little while: The Mothman of Point Pleasant.

I was fortunate enough to be allowed to view a pre-release review copy of the movie, courtesy of Seth Breedlove, the movie's director. I honestly wasn't sure what to expect before I watched the movie. I am a fan of Small Town Monster's work but the previous movies they had done were all focused on smaller scale Bigfoot sighting flaps. I was skeptical of whether or not they would be able to cover the vast information connected to the Mothman. After viewing, I can thankfully say that they passed with flying colors.

The movie opens with some shots of the TNT area, where numerous sightings were reported, with Lyle Blackburn's creepy, Texas-twanged narration. I immediately got chills and knew I was in for one heck of a ride. Mothman covered the history of the Mothman phenomenon chronologically, from the Battle of Point Pleasant to the Silver Bridge collapse, and all the cryptid goodness in between. Breedlove and crew leave no stone unturned in their examination of the creature, interviewing key witnesses, well-known authorities on the events, and even just some of Point Pleasant's natives from the time of the events.

I actually did learn of a few cases I hadn't heard before and enjoyed hearing some familiar cases being told in a visual way. As much as I loved the great information and tales, I honestly think that the highlight of the movie was easily the visuals. Seth and company employed the use of aerial drones for awesome landscape shots, used numerous gorgeous photos of the TNT igloos and the area that surrounds them, and absolutely stunning digital animation. Honestly, my jaw dropped when I saw the animation segments, which showed the visuals of a story as the witness described what happened.

I cannot recommend this movie enough. If you have even a passing interest in the Mothman or strange stories, you will love The Mothman of Point Pleasant.