Mothman Prophecies, The (2002, USA) C-119m. SCOPE *** D: Mark Pellington. Starring Richard Gere, Laura Linney, Will Patten, Debra Messing, Bill Laing, Mark Pellington. Writer-director Pellington's follow-up to the good ARLINGTON ROAD (1999) is ideally mounted horror mystery about journalist Gere, whose (much too) happy marriage to his wife is brought to an end when she dies after a car crash. Obviously something irritated her. Two years later, Gere goes on a business trip and ends up somewhere completely else… and the people here report similar sightings. Who is the mysterious mothman? Imaginative direction and camerawork, as well as Gere's convincing performance make this work, despite overlength and some logical loopholes. For mystery fans. Based on the novel by John A. Keel, which in turn is based on some real occurrences in West Virginia in 1966/1967. Good score by tomandandy (KILLING ZOE).