Small Town Monsters latest offering “The Mothman Legacy” is a perfect paranormal documentary to watch this Halloween season.
Director Seth Breedlove and the rest of the Small Town Monsters team continue to grow as storytellers; blending eye-witness testimonies, historical allusions, beautifully shot landscape footage, and re-enactments. The film focuses on the timeline of Mothman sightings, as well the folklore associated with Appalachia-area enigma. “The Mothman Legacy” spotlights the small town Point Pleasant West Virginia , and the importance it has played in the Mothman lore.
The creepiness factor of the Mothman, as well as the mysterious occult occurrences that go along with the stories, are enough to cause uneasiness, to go along with the educational aspects of the documentary. Exactly what Mothman is, is explored further here than the previous film "The Mothman of Point Pleasant” (2017).
Ultimately, the film paints a picture of the importance the Mothman has as a folklore figure, and its cultural importance of the West Virginia-Kentucky-Ohio are. It is titled “The Mothman Legacy” for a reason; the story of Mothman, and the curiosities it brings aren’t going away.
-By MIKE DAMANTE
If you are a fan of Small Town Monsters, check out Mike Damante’s latest book “Punk rock and UFOs: Stranger Than Fiction” that features interviews with Seth Breedlove, folklorists, and others. Order here.