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John Frankenheimer updates the mutant-monster films of the 1950s with a modern environmental twist in this well-meaning but cliché-ridden late-'70s horror film. Robert Foxworth is so earnest it hurts as a rabble-rousing ghetto doctor who packs up his pregnant wife (Talia Shire) and heads out to the Maine woods to investigate claims of environmental pollution. That's the least of his concerns when a gooey mutant grizzly goes on the rampage and he joins forces with Native American activist Armand Assante (wearing his humorless resolve like war paint) to get out of the woods. Frankenheimer is a good director saddled with a bad, blunt script, and like a pro he delivers the requisite gore and even racks up the tension in a terrific opening chase. But even he can't overcome the clumsiest collection of deformed woodland creatures to claw their way through a monster movie. --Sean Axmaker

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5.0 out of 5 stars A great, all -time Horror flick..., Nov 10 2006

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TMACKIII (Oakland, CA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Prophecy (DVD)

I was maybe 7 or 8yo when I first saw this in the theatre and I had nightmares for a while after viewing it. It has great cinematography with thrilling, intense chase scenes. Yeah, you'll laugh a few times at people getting killed in some funny ways, but it in no way negates the seriously dark nature of this truly disturbing and haunting B-movie classic.

P.S. for those of you who bash the "eco" aspect of this film - CHILL OUT.
No one has nightmares about loggers polluting lakes and it's really just a subplot to explain how the bear got deformed in the first place.

a "Leftist Laughfest"??? What's laughable is how right wingers have time to bash a 1979 horror movie for being too "leftist"... No, actually that's beyond laughable...

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5.0 out of 5 stars Mutant bears in the woods of Maine, oh my!, Aug 11 2006

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Raegan Butcher (Rain City, USA) - See all my reviews
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I saw this several times when it came out in the theater and I recently bought it on DVD. I don't understand how monster movie fans could not like this film. The monster looks pretty cool, even though it is shown too much towards the end. And how can people have reviewed it and complained that it spared too many characters? I can think of several who come to particularly nasty endings! This has always been one of my favorite movies and I think people who claim it is heavy-handed and tries to sell a "message" are over-reacting and trying to display a dismaying "i'm too hip to do anything but mock the 70's" attitude towards the supposedly far-fetched basis for the monstrosities at loose in the woods; on the contrary I always thought PROPHECY posited a rather plausible explanation for the deformities seen in the monsters. I have seen photos of the same kind of genetic damage from Minamata, Japan, caused by the same kind of industrial pollution. And I grew up in the Pacific Northwest in a definite logging industry environment and that has always made this movie resonate with me. So count me as one of the defiant few who not only sees nothing wrong with this movie but thinks it is a classic--across the board--the acting is all first rate--especially Robert Foxworth, who gives a truly committed performance; To me, this is the ultimate monster movie from the 1970's.

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2.0 out of 5 stars bear's a wimp- he should've done that to THEIR faces, April 25 2004

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Black Cat de La Bear "see that dark shape o'r... (those dark halls) - See all my reviews

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the title of this message sums it up. All 70's-80's horror flicks suck big time. This bear should have done that to THIER faces he is a bear after all. Grizzly bears(esp mutant ones) can pretty much win every fight and would maim the victim eventually. A human cutting up a bear with a knife and drowning it? c'mon, man! Watch "Grizzly" instead. Yeah it's early 70's feldercarbon, but it is very disturbing to the eye(s).

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3.0 out of 5 stars And Sometimes The Bear Gets You...
Robert Foxworth and Talia Shire are a socially concerned husband and wife, lured to the forests of Maine in order to study the environmental effects of a paper mill. Read more

Published on Mar 20 2004 by Bindy Sue Fr�nk�nschtein

3.0 out of 5 stars When giant, mutant sausage bears attack!
A medical doctor is sent into the Maine woods to do a scientist's job. Study the environmental impact the local paper mill is having on the land and people. Read more

Published on Feb 22 2004 by Chadwick H. Saxelid

4.0 out of 5 stars Whats that Huffing Sound in the Woods?
I first saw Prophecy as a 10 year old in 1979 and it scared the ** out of me and caused nightmares for a few months. Read more

Published on Feb 6 2004 by J. Hardy IV

3.0 out of 5 stars The Bear's Revenge!
This has to be one of the most unintentionally funny movies ever made! The fact that this film takes itself so seriously only adds fuel to the laughter. Read more

Published on Jan 24 2004 by Mark Stevens

3.0 out of 5 stars Actually quite a good movie.
Okay so it's early Saturday morning, say about 3am. Your flipping through the channels and all that is on are those darn infomercials. Read more

Published on Jan 17 2004 by Pha-Q

3.0 out of 5 stars A film with good intentions that suffers from cliche's.
Here we have a film that is trying to alert us to the dangers of abusing the enviorment. While there have never actually been any killer mutant animals that have resulted from... Read more

Published on Jan 13 2004 by P. Krug

2.0 out of 5 stars A Leftist Laughfest
John Frankenheimer's 1979 horror film "Prophecy" falls squarely into that nauseating Hollywood genre called "The Message Film. Read more

Published on Nov 8 2003 by Jeffrey Leach

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent picture transfer!
I was very leary about adding this to my collection because it is a dated movie and from other older somewhat B-rate movies the studios tend to not care about picture transfer... Read more

Published on Oct 16 2003 by CALLAHAN

2.0 out of 5 stars The beginning of Frankenheimer's downhill slide?
Prophecy (John Frankenheimer, 1979)

Welcome to the world of ecohorror. Prophecy, John Frankenheimer's twentieth big-screen release, was the breakout moment for the new direction... Read more

Published on Aug 11 2003 by Robert P. Beveridge

2.0 out of 5 stars Terrible
"Prophecy" might have been a good monster movie-but they forgot to create a good monster. The mutated bear creature is hysterical.

Published on Aug 9 2003

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