Filmmaker Joshua Brucker is pleased to announce his found footage horror film, Mothman, begins production in May.
Mothman follows Amanda Mason and her boyfriend Tim as they film a documentary on the case surrounding her missing brother, Dakota. Through a series of interviews, they uncover that Dakota was disturbed, troubled by an event months before his disappearance. After some time, Amanda is able to uncover a lost SD card and cellphone, containing her brother’s story and what ultimately happened to him. This ultimately puts her on course to meet the one thing her brother feared most: The burning red eyes of Mothman.
“As a child, I remember the emotions I felt watching the classic horror films. As a director, I want to return the favor and give back to the genre that defined my yearly years. My first found footage film I had ever watched was The Blair Witch Project, and the rest is history” said Brucker, who is making his directing debut with this film. “Mothman represents everything I love about horror. Found footage has a little place in my heart, it’s where my passion lies. It’s still what terrifies me to this day and I hope that I will terrify the hell out of every viewer.”
The Mothman legend began in Point Pleasant, West Virginia when a young couple were assaulted by a flying human-like creature in the late evening of November 15, 1966. Since then, thousands of individuals have reported seeing a mothman-like creature all throughout the globe.
“I remember watching television shows on cryptids and something about Mothman has always stood out to me,” Brucker said. “I visited Point Pleasant the summer of 2020 and it has stuck with me ever since. I can’t wait to tell my story and show the world what Mothman truly represents for myself and many others.”
Joshua Brucker launched an Indiegogo campaign in early February, amassing over 260% of the campaign’s goal in less than three weeks.
The found footage horror film, which is aimed to begin production in May, will be shot in Logan, Ohio and Point Pleasant, West Virginia.
To learn more about the film, you can follow the campaign on Indiegogo here.
