{"id":14525,"date":"2021-10-14T07:30:39","date_gmt":"2021-10-14T11:30:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.itwaslikemagic.com\/?p=14525"},"modified":"2026-08-17T08:41:11","modified_gmt":"2026-08-17T12:41:11","slug":"folk-or-urban-legend-halloween-edition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theromcomcatalog.com\/staging\/folk-or-urban-legend-halloween-edition\/","title":{"rendered":"Thursday Movie Picks: Folk or Urban Legend (Halloween Edition)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\t

Wandering through the Shelves<\/a> hosts a weekly movie challenge in which you choose 3-5 movies based on that Thursday’s theme and explain why you chose those movies.<\/p>\n

Today’s theme is Folk or Urban Legend (Halloween Edition), so here are my choices!<\/p>\n

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Willow Creek (2013)<\/strong><\/h3>\n

I have not seen this movie. But it’s directed by Bobcat Goldthwait and has gotten some pretty good reviews. A man (Bryce Johnson) and his girlfriend (Alexie Gilmore) camp in the woods to capture firsthand evidence of Bigfoot. – IMDB. I know this blog is all about rom-coms\/movies, but I love all things cryptid and adore anything and everything Sasquatch. Just knowing this movie exists makes me want to watch it ASAP! Hopefully, the shaky cam footage doesn’t make me ill.<\/p>\n

ETA (08.15.26): I have finally seen this movie! It’s a decent Bigfoot found-footage movie. A bit slow here and there, but very unsettling at the same time.<\/p>\n

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The Blair Witch Project (1999)<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Another found footage movie! Based on the Blair Witch folklore in Burkittsville, Maryland, the one thing I remember about this movie is the hype. The marketing was pure genius, duping many into believing that the Blair Witch and the “found footage” of the missing filmmakers were real. I think I appreciate this movie much more now than I did when it first came out, and it’s still one of the strongest of the found-footage genre.<\/p>\n

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The Mothman Prophecies (2002)<\/strong><\/h3>\n

More cryptid-ness! Loosely based on the book of the same name by John Keel, Richard Gere plays a man who realizes that sightings of a creature called the Mothman are omens of impending disaster and tragedy. I recently visited Point Pleasant, WV, to check out the Mothman Museum and statue, and it was, of course, amazing. The movie itself is worth a watch, even if it’s not what I would call scary. But it’s a decent flick, and if you have time this month to watch it, why not?<\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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