Mark Pellington
Richard Hatem,
John A. Keel
Richard Gere,
Laura Linney,
David Eigenberg
John Keel’s chilling tale of high strangeness in West Virginia made it to the big screen in 2002, reborn as a millennial sci-fi thriller in the X-Files mold. Richard Gere stars as an inexplicably handsome reporter plagued by visions of a moth-like creature with glowing red eyes, alongside Laura Linney as the sheriff who’s here to make sure Mr. Big City doesn’t smear her town as a bunch of backwards hicks. This underrated gem takes some liberties with Keel’s original report, but still delves deep into the world of the bizarre, inexplicable, and just plain weird. And with the recent wave of Mothman sightings over O’Hare airport, maybe the big winged guy himself will make an appearance…
2002
USA
English
119 mins
Horror