Still from the trailer for Moth

"Moth" Trailer Reminds Us That It's Still Not Safe to Go Into the Woods

The first trailer for Moth contains a couple of ingredients that, while not essential, certainly are very helpful when it comes to cooking up a promising found footage flick. For one thing, it ties in a real (or easily relatable) urban legend, in this case the Mothman. Then it sends its characters into the woods where they spend some time investigating strange occurrences. Later, they run around in the dark, screaming while being chased by some unseen, yet presumably nightmarish, presence.

Those elements, along with a fairly creepy atmosphere, are the things working for Moth, which is a joint venture of US, UK and also Hungarian-based companies. Working against it seem to be our two leads (József Gallai and Lídia Szabó), whose strong Eastern European accents make the trailer a little tough to stick with at times. Accents aside, they also drop a sour dialogue note or two. For example: When they find a stuffed animal in the woods, our heroine flatly and pointlessly wonders: “God. Is it a kid’s?”

Still, there’s the potential for some fun Mothman happenings, even though none of it is shown in the trailer. As far as release dates go, the only information currently available on Moth says 2016. Exactly when in 2016 or on what format remains to be seen. In addition to starring in it, Gallai also wrote it and co-directed it with Gergö Elekes.

Colin

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Colin is a long time fan of horror movies, books and TV shows. Thanks to a childhood viewing of "The Shining," he still always checks behind the shower curtain ... just in case.