The High Strangeness of ‘The Mothman Prophecies’ [Horror Queers Podcast]

Mothman’s Got Cakes. After spending our month-long theme on toxic masculinity with difficult watches like Funny Games (listen), Deadgirl (listen) and Hard Candy (listen), we’re taking a break from the theme and wrapping up November with a look at Mark Pellington‘s 2002 high strangeness chiller The Mothman Prophecies. The Mothman Prophecies sees journalist John Klein’s […]

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‘The Mothman Prophecies’ – Director Mark Pellington Teases the Return of the Mothman

One of the most chilling cryptozoology-based horror movies out there, the 2002 film The Mothman Prophecies explores the (allegedly) true accounts of a winged beast that may very well be a harbinger of doom, and it was director Mark Pellington who brought him to the screen. Over 20 years after the film’s release, Pellington teases […]

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‘MOM’ – ‘Mothman Prophecies’ Filmmaker Mark Pellington Directing Action Thriller

From Mothman to MOM. Deadline reports today that Mark Pellington (The Mothman Prophecies, Arlington Road) has set up his next project, an action-revenge thriller titled MOM. Pellington is directing the film for Roundtable Entertainment. The “adrenaline-fueled” story follows a single mother who embarks on a daring cross-country rescue mission, piecing together clues in the search […]

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‘The Mothman Prophecies’ – Cosmic Cryptozoology Horror Movie Is Still Thrilling 20 Years Later

Cryptozoology is woefully underexplored in popular culture. Sure, we have a handful of entertaining bigfoot flicks and even Zak Penn and Werner Herzog’s experimental Incident at Loch Ness, but where’s our big budget Jersey Devil thrillers? Or how about some Chupacabra-related mysteries? Having grown up on a steady diet of late-night Discovery Channel and questionable […]

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