- jackmeat2025年2月6日My quick rating - 5.4/10. I remember watching John Frankenheimer’s eco-horror film that takes the dangers of pollution and cranks them up to monstrous proportions when I was about 6 or 7 years old. While the creature effects might look dated by today’s standards, the film still holds up surprisingly well, particularly in its unsettling depictions of mutation. The grotesque results of chemical contamination are convincingly horrifying, lending a sense of realism to the terror. It was ahead of its time in addressing environmental concerns, tackling corporate negligence and its impact on nature long before it became a mainstream topic. The story follows an EPA investigator (Rob Foxworth) and his wife Maggie (Talia Shire) as they team up with a group of Native Americans to uncover the truth behind a series of bizarre deaths in the Maine wilderness. What they find is a nightmarish, rage-fueled mutant monstrosity courtesy of a lumber mill's toxic waste, that relentlessly stalks them through the forest. The scares are fairly straightforward: a giant mutated creature picking off its victims one by one, but the eerie atmosphere and effective tension-building still make it an engaging watch. A definite highlight (and a bit of an unintentional laugh) is the now-infamous sleeping bag kill, which predates the legendary scene from Friday the 13th Part VII: The New Blood by nearly a decade. One has to wonder if that later film drew inspiration from this moment, as both involve a person getting absolutely wrecked while trapped in a sleeping bag. While Prophecy might not be nightmare fuel for today’s horror fans, I can see how this would have been terrifying as a kid. A massive, deformed, and enraged beast, born from toxic waste and wreaking havoc in the Maine wilderness, is an effective setup for an eco-horror creature feature. It’s a film with solid intentions and some genuinely disturbing imagery, even if the execution now feels a little campy. For fans of classic monster horror with a message, it’s still worth checking out.
预言花絮
预言于1979年8月22日发布。
预言由John Frankenheimer执导。
预言的时长为1小时 42分钟。
预言由Robert L. Rosen制作。
缅因州某山区的一个造纸公司,因将有毒废物排泄至附近水域,造成当地的印地安居民中毒,病魔缠身,胎儿畸形.更糟的是,污染让一个生物长成为一个凶残可怕的巨兽,出没于山区,残杀居民,整个山林因此笼罩在恐怖的气氛之中........
预言中的关键角色有Maggie Verne（Talia Shire）, Dr. Robert Verne（Robert Foxworth）, John Hawks（Armand Assante）。
预言的评级为PG。
预言是一部恐怖, 科幻, 惊悚电影。
预言的观众评分为3.6（满分10分）。
预言的预算曾是US$1200万。
预言的票房收入为US$5400万。