Mothman Prophecies is an urban legend because it's a horrific story told as if true through the town of point pleasant. Throughout the movie, the story revolves around the main character who has both direct and indirect contact with the Mothman. This can be seen in the movie when John gets into the car crash with his wife , and later in the movie when he starts getting phone calls from
the Mothman. John had indirect contact with the Mothman when he hears people story's throughout Point Pleasant who have witnessed the Mothman.
The movie Mothman uses regionalism because it takes place in Point Pleasant , which is a region. Mothman shows regionalism because it takes place where the urban legend Mothman would be ideal. For example , the Mothman would not be created in a desert region because of the landscape. It also takes place in a town where Christianity plays a big part in the culture. As a result people are lead to believe the urban legend Mothman cannot be made up.
The movie Mothman has many types of literary elements. It uses the literary device personification when giving an action to a sink. An example of this is when Gordon says “then I hear , this weird howl coming out of the sink.” Another literary device used in this movie is foreshadowing. This can be seen when Gordon says he can hear “do not be afraid, 99 will die Denver 9” coming out of the sink.
I'm the movie, regionalism, and literary elements were used to portray the Urban Legend of the Mothman. The story was told through Point Pleasant which made it an urban legend. A Mothman thrived in this type of environment which made it specific to this type of region. The movie also used literary devices in order to foreshadow later events.