Prophecy (1979)

Directed by

John Frankenheimer

Genre

horror film, science fiction film, monster film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 42m

Rated

PG

Rating

5.5 of 10 from 148 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

An environmental agent and his wife investigate a paper mill polluting a river. The pollution causes mutations in local wildlife, including a bear that goes on a rampage.

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What happens

Prophecy is a 1979 American science fiction monster horror-thriller film directed by John Frankenheimer and written by David Seltzer. It stars Robert Foxworth, Talia Shire and Armand Assante. Set along the Androscoggin or Ossipee River, the film follows an environmental agent Dr. Robert Verne and his wife Maggie filing a report on a paper mill in the river, not knowing that the paper mill's waste has polluted the river, causing mutations to man and beast alike. One of these animals, a local bear, runs amok in the wilderness. A novelization of the film, written by Seltzer as well, was also published, with the tagline "A Story of Unrelenting Terror". (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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