Robert Foxworth, Talia Shire, Richard A. Dysart

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

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PG, 1 hr. 42 min.

Directed by: John Frankenheimer

Release Date: June 15, 1979

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DVD Release Date: January 8, 2002

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  • February 19, 2007
    It's not a complete failure...but it's pretty close. Cheesy acting, cliched plot and a script that even I could write better, Prophecy is deserving of its obscurity.

    The gooey mutant bear is pretty hip though, and that scene where it bitch-slaps the boy in the sleeping bag is am...( read more)azing.
  • June 23, 2009
    Saw this a long time ago when it was first released at the time it seemed quite good but looking at it now it shows it s age, I will always remember the end as the plane is flying off after they escape and the camera pans across the beautiful wooded scenery and another mutant bea...( read more)r pops out and roars....
  • February 13, 2009
    Very silly and weird, the bear was very fakey and funny looking.
  • December 22, 2008
    No thankyou - Not interested.
  • November 6, 2008
    Fell asleep four times on four separate attempts of watching this film!

    As alluring as the poster is and as sure as I was that I had seen this previously and would love it -- I just really was not fascinated in the least. It was hard to get through, but I refuse to let this mo...( read more)vie beat me.

    IT'S SLOW.
  • July 11, 2008
    Really scary movie for it's time. With today's standards it's almost comical, but an excellent research movie...
  • June 19, 2008
    Another one of those nasty old horror films I saw as a kid that is just stuck in my mental colon.

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  • Babyboy33915
    July 11, 2008
    I LOVE THIS MOVIE! But i will say that i was very young when i seen it and i had nightmares for years, yes years! And i haven't seen a film that had that effect since. The only other one that came close was H.P. Lovecraft's The Unnamable. "*****"

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