Prophecy

1979

Action / Horror / Sci-Fi / Thriller

21
Rotten Tomatoes Critics - Rotten 35% · 23 reviews
Rotten Tomatoes Audience - Spilled 35% · 2.5K ratings
IMDb Rating 5.6/10 10 6886 6.9K

monster mutant native american toxic environmental animal horror

Director

John Frankenheimer Photo
John Frankenheimer

Top cast

Tom McFadden Photo
Tom McFadden as Pilot
Tom McLoughlin Photo
Tom McLoughlin as Mutant Bear
Charles H. Gray Photo
Charles H. Gray as Sheriff
Talia Shire Photo
Talia Shire as Maggie
720p.BLU 1080p.BLU 2160p.BLU.x265
931.38 MB
1280*544
English 2.0
NR
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23.976 fps
1 hr 42 min
Seeds 5
1.63 GB
1920*816
English 2.0
NR
Subtitles us  
23.976 fps
1 hr 42 min
Seeds 16
4.59 GB
3840*1632
English 5.1
NR
Subtitles us  
23.976 fps
1 hr 42 min
Seeds 9

Movie Reviews

Reviewed by Alien_Zombie 5 / 10

A decent creature-feature until the creature-feature kicks in.

This film had the potential to be a rare echo-horror that actually tackled the subject of men tempering with nature. It was apparently inspired by a real environmental disaster in Japan and since it was directed by John Frankenheimmer, I was genuinely intrigued to check out this film that I had been dismissing for so long mainly because of the infamous exploding sleeping bag scene.It starts out nicely with a violent sequence that proceeds to set up the main characters and plot; Native Americans are demonstrating against loggers working on a paper mill and taking away their land. The protagonist is a doctor who is called to the affair as an adviser and soon finds out that the plant is poisoning the water, the fish and the people who live of the land. To make matters worse there's something in the woods feeding on loggers and campers.Now, I know this is a creature feature and the monster deserves a fair amount of screen time. It is kept in wraps throughout the film, making up for some genuinely suspenseful scenes. At first it's a mere side effect of the much bigger tragedy that the land and people are suffering. But by the end it takes over the movie, turning it into a gore fest and depriving it of its original atmosphere. All the subplots are dropped, characters vanished and the movie abruptly ends.All in all, as far as echo-horror goes this is one of the most decent and fans of b movies will certainly be entertained. More stuff to look out for is the gorgeous Victoria Racimo, a young Armand Assante, those adorable mutated bear cubs and of course, the exploding sleeping bag scene.
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Reviewed by simoncoram-06766 10 / 10

Classic of it's time

OK, it may seem a little cheesy after all this time, but if you saw it at a young age like I did this is one you can't forget. Morality, greed and horror combine in a fact based story with an excellent cast. One of my all-time favourites. Give it a try.

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