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Prophecy (1979)

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A log company's waste mutates the environment, creating a giant killer bear-monster.

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Maggie
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John Hawks
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Isely
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Ramona
George Clutesi ...
M'Rai
Tom McFadden ...
Pilot
Evans Evans ...
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Mia Bendixsen ...
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Johnny Timko ...
Boy
Everett Creach ...
Kelso (as Everett L. Creach)
Charles H. Gray ...
Sheriff
Lyvingston Holmes ...
Black Woman (as Lyvingston Holms)
Graham Jarvis ...
Shusette
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Storyline

A Savage beast, grown to monstrous size and driven mad by toxic wastes that are poisoning the waters, spreads terror and death on a Maine countryside. Written by <kdj@ozemail.com.au>

Plot Summary | Plot Synopsis

Taglines:

She Lives. Don't Move. Don't Breathe. She Will Find You. See more »

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Sci-Fi | Horror

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PG | See all certifications »

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22 August 1979 (France)  »

Also Known As:

Prophecy: The Monster Movie  »

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$12,000,000 (estimated)
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Trivia

Horror author Stephen King is particularly fond of this film. See more »

Goofs

Generally, and especially when giving chase, bears do not run on their hind legs. See more »

Quotes

Isley: All that's left is in baskets.
[the bodies of the campers were dismembered and Isley and his workers come to the Indian village going after John Hawks thinking he had something to do with it]
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Soundtracks

"Just A Little Bit Of Funk"
by Lionel Job and Delwin Gillman
Performed by Southroad Connection
Courtesy of Fourth World Productions
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Very underrated
6 January 2003 | by (New Jersey, USA) – See all my reviews

Maybe it's because the setting of the movie- New England- is where I spent many an idyllic vacation with my family, but to see this creepy-looking mutant bear running around in the forest is really terrifying. John Frankenheimer directs a nighmarish film that should not be seen alone.

I saw "Prophecy" on a double bill with the original "Friday the 13th," another bloody romp in the forest. The Jason film was second on the bill, and would've been unimpressive on its own, but was rendered especially impotent to this viewer after having all the bejeezus scared out of me by "Prophecy."

Highly recommended!


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