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Accompanied by his pregnant musician wife(Talia Shire), a dedicated inner-city doctor(Robert Foxworth) travels to the American Indian-populated forests of Maine in order to study environmental conditions. Foxworth and Shire discover a giant killer bear-creature that was spawned by the waste from a nearby paper factory.

"Prophecy" is one of John Frankenheimer's more inferior pictures. The film came out a few years after the release of "Black Sunday," Frankenheimer's last great movie. Frankenheimer and screenwriter David Selzter apparently wanted "Prophecy" to be a socially conscious thriller. Seltzer interweaves intense political issues such as abortion, Native American rights, urban poverty, and, in particular, environmental pollution, into the story. In the end, the picture simply becomes another forgettable horror film that harks back to the low-budget monster movies of the 1950s. Some of the dialogue between the characters sounds unrealistic. A number of the death scenes are more hilarious than frightening. The music is completely out-of-place in some parts of the film.

"Prophecy" is not entirely without merit. Some parts of the movie are very suspenseful. The acting is fairly good for a film of this genre. Shire does her best with the inferior script. Armand Assante also gives a fine performance as an American Indian who is fighting the business corporations that are moving into the Maine forests.

"Prophecy" is nothing more than a forgettable time killer.

bear's a wimp- he should've done that to THEIR faces
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).

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. Upon arrival, they find themselves in the middle of a dispute between loggers (led by Richard Dysart) and indians (led by Armand Assante). One evening, Foxworth and Shire are assaulted by a crazed raccoon! Later while fishing, Foxworth sees a duck get swallowed by a five foot long salmon! Does he grab Talia and run back to the plane? Nah, he scratches his head and moves on. Then, he discovers tree roots growing above ground and a twenty pound pollywog! Does THIS force him to reconsider his mission? Nope, he's dead-set on getting to the bottom of this mystery. Foxworth discovers that the paper mill has been pumping mercury into the river for twenty years, causing hideous mutations like the terrifying tadpole and Armand Assante indians. Meanwhile, a dad and his two kids are camping, when suddenly, something huge and ugly attacks! The next thing they know, dad and sis are screaming and junior is flying through the air in his sleeping bag, exploding against a boulder like a down-filled H-bomb! Foxworth, unaware of this, presses on. Talia finds a mutated bearcub in a net and they simply must keep it as evidence. Then, one night while investigating, Foxworth and company are attacked themselves! We finally see the giant, winnie-the-goo, and man is it frightening! Fifteen feet of hairy, drippy, bone-crushing terror! Run away Rob Foxworth! Run away! Too late! The creature is snorting and sniffing it's way through the campsite, looking for it's cub! Oh my! Can our heroes possibly defeat this ecological horror? Watch in wide-eyed wonder! Recommended for fans of fifties mutant movies and the legions of Robert Foxworth followers out there ...