Mothman Curse, The

It's ok, to b honest haven't been able to finish it

Okay. I admit it up front. I was one of those suckers who, according to P.T. Barnum, is born every minute. I believed the count of four stars for this "movie." I ordered it because I was impressed by the book THE MOTHMAN PROPHECIES by John Keel and by the expertly directed and photographed film THE MOTHMAN PROPHECIES starring Richard Gere and Alan Bates, two class-act actors. In other words, I am a Mothman fan.So I am a sucker. I admit it. When I was a kid and a young man, I made my own 8mm horror movies. Amateur stuff, of course. But at least they had a plot. At least I did not palm them off on buyers of DVD movies. They were in color, but silent.This "movie" is really a silent film. The characters speak, but they might as well not have bothered. They mumble to themselves as if no movie were being made. Mainly, they just amble around in a film museum/library looking through files or making notes, photographed by a cameraman who does not know how to frame persons or objects. He (she?) DOES know how to focus on female necklines, filming (if that is the word) with what looks like it might have been a cellphone with a built-in video camera, complete with a light that creates a brighter circle in the middle of over half of the images. The other half appear to be available-light shots, and some are hidden by shadowy grain effects.Then we have some beach scenes filmed in a faded color process, like old 8mm images blown up. Why these scenes, with one of the three main characters playing with a whistle and looking amazed when a shadowy character shows up, are in faded color appearing within the construct of a virtually black-and-white "movie" is never explained. Are these dreams? Flashbacks?Many close-ups show the ladies being frightened -- but we rarely see of what? The cacophonous sounds that pass for music often screech at us as if to tell us that something is happening, even when it is not. Some close-ups are rather sharp and clear, unlike most of the "movie," but they seem to serve no purpose. When the young ladies sleep, they sleep with their clothes on. Even when a new girl sleeps with the male character (a boss? director? museum curator?) she remains dressed in bed even while he wears his underwear. Why? What is the relationship here between these two?Every once in a while, the screen goes black, often for no reason that I could perceive. Sometimes these are fades to black, but usually these are just cuts to a black screen. The longer black passages have sounds on the soundtrack, just as when we heard a phone ring off screen and sometimes hear a person answering. Is the creepy voice supposed to be a mothman? Oooooooo.Speaking of the alleged mothman, what are his motivations here? The mothmen are supposed to be intelligent creatures, maybe more intelligent than humans. Their motives may not be human, as Alan Bates says in THE MOTHMAN PROPHECIES, but they did do more in that film than just peer through windows like a creature in a Halloween Batman costume or crawl around on the floor of the museum scaring the ladies (never the male, it seems). Why are they here? Why this movie library?Did some viewers really find this to be frightening? These mothmen made The Babadook look terrifying by comparison. This "movie" made the film UNDER THE SKIN seem to be a fast-paced, well-editing exercise in gripping non-stop terror by comparison.Of course, this is not a professional production, and I give young filmmakers kudos for trying to be experimental. Maybe they will eventually learn the craft of editing and pacing, of presenting a story, and be able to graduate from Freshman Horror 101. In the meantime, should this experimental project be offered for sale as a real DVD film?Just asking. If this is THE MOTHMAN CURSE, who is being cursed?

This is an offbeat horror film with a very heavy, creepy atmosphere to it.I originally saw this film on You Tube under the title "The Owlman". It was slightly longer with almost 4 additional minutes compared to this DVD release.The point of the film is just to create a chilling, foreboding feeling...and that it does. It is filmed in black and white, which tends to make some scenes harder to see, but adds to the heavy atmosphere. Images of the large, black winged creature with glowing eyes in windows, beaches, and rooftops. Unforgettable.It takes patience to watch this film.The film doesn't have much dialogue and is difficult to hear when there is dialogue. But the characters are successful in his/her parts conveying the feeling of the coming doom someone will eventually encounter.There are deleted scenes and trailers. These helps in explaining the story.One of the women decides to make a trip to investigate a legend. She finds a whistle and blows into it, unknowingly summoning the Owlman/Mothman. The slow hunt begins.She feels as if she is being watched. Strange sounds and knocking begin over the coming weeks. She begins working in an old movie museum cataloging. The museum is large and dreary.An old friend is hired. She also begins to hear strange noises and sees odd things. In the evenings, she holds seances with her boyfriend and unknowingly invite a spirit into their home. In the YouTube version, another friend joined them, but she was deleted from the DVD release.As the movie progresses, the hunt intensifies. The Owlman/Mothman is seen on buildings, in the museum, outside of their homes, and inside at the foot of the bed.Don't expect a big budget mainstream film. But do expect a low budget, off-beat, arty frightening film filled will startling and chilling images.

soso

The quality of this movie is poor looks cheap and homemade and has been done over and over again. Far as what we seen before like found footage movies this far from what the price is worth for paying to see this but I have passion but for those who exptations are high this not for you it scary in a way but the production isnwack

Nice and scary

This was odd. I did like the actors though.

If you like jerky camera shots, if black and white film is your thing, if you don't mind looking at something or other through a filter which makes it look even more grainy and poorly defined, if you don't care about plot or cohesion or decent acting or passable special effects or being scared while watching an alleged horror movie, then this film is for you. If you manage to muddle through this mess and actually figure out what was supposed to have happened, please let me know because I don't have the slightest clue. The only thing I got out of it was a headache.

Black and white home movie with no plot and very little dialogue. Fail to see the connection with the mothman.

did not like this movie