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* 1995 horror film ''TheProphecy''.

* 1995 horror film ''TheProphecy''.

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->''It is not an offspring of witchcraft or Satan. It was created by man. It will grow to be 15 feet tall. It will have huge eyes, webbed hands, hooked claws. It will walk upright. And it will mindlessly, mercilessly, kill every living thing it meets.''

'''''Prophecy''''' is an ecological horror film from the year 1979. It was directed by John Frankenheimer and it stars Robert Foxworth, Talia Shire and Armand Assante.

It is a story of a medical doctor Rob Verne who is sent to Maine to ivestigate a dispute between Native Americans and the local papermill. Taking his wife with him, he discovers that the area is heavily contaminated by [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Methylmercury methylmercury]] and encounters the mutations it has caused.

Especially one certain bear...

If you were looking for the ChristopherWalken movie, go see '''''''[[TheProphecy The]]''''' [[TheProphecy Prophecy]]''.
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!!This film contains the examples of:

* TheArcher: John arms himself with a bow and arrows for the last stretch of the film.
* AnAxeToGrind
* BarrierBustingBlow: This bear doesn't give a shit about your "walls" and "roofs".
* ChainsawGood
* CorruptCorporateExecutive: Isley. Though he sees [[MyGodWhatHaveIDone the folly of his ways]] when he is shown what the pollution has done to the local wildlife.
* DidNotDoTheResearch: Native Americans of Maine didn't live in teepees.
* DontGoInTheWoods
* EverythingsWorseWithBears: Did we mention the giant mutant bear?
* EyeScream
* GroinAttack
* HollywoodNewEngland
* HorribleCampingTrip: Small subplot deals with a family who ventures into the woods and never return.
* InfantImmortality
* InformedAttribute: Ramona's bravery.
* JumpScare
* LetsSplitUpGang
* MamaBear: The literal one.
* MightyWhitey: At the end of the movie, heroic white doctor Rob Verne is able to kill the mutant bear with a bow and arrow... after John used it repeatedly to utterly no avail.
* MisplacedWildlife: Maine actually don't have any grizzly bears in it.
* MomentKiller: Tender moment between Rob and Maggie is interrupted by a crazed raccoon.
* {{Mutants}}: Some animals due to pollution.
* MySecretPregnancy: There's a subplot consisting Maggie's sudden pregnancy and her attempts to tell Rob about it.
* OffWithHisHead: Two people get their heads bitten off.
* OminousFog
* OneWordTitle
* OrIsIt
* RainOfBlood
* RedemptionEqualsDeath
* SceneryPorn: [[strike:Maine]] New Columbia sure has nice forests.
* ScreamDiscretionShot
* SpaceWhaleAesop: [[GreenAesop Don't let the papermills pollute the nature]], because it creates killer mutant bears that will come after you.
* TheStoic: John Hawks.
* SuperPersistentPredator
* SuperWindowJump
* ThereIsNoKillLikeOverkill: When the bear is finally taken down, Verne goes for its throat to just make sure it's dead.
* TooDumbToLive: The decision to take the bear cubs to M'rai's camp. Even if they were mutated, anyone with common sense should know that the mother bear will set out to look for them.
* TrailersAlwaysLie: Trailers (and [[CoversAlwaysLie the poster above]]) give an impression that the monster is a MixAndMatchCritters -kind of thing, which it was set about to be early on. Frankenheimer decided to go with a mutated bear instead.
* TwoFaced: The bear.
* VaporTrail
* WetSariScene: Provided by Ramona when the gang escape the bear through a river.

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It is a story of a medical doctor Rob Verne who is sent to Maine to ivestigate a dispute between Native Americans and the local papermill. Taking his wife with him, he discovers that the area is heavily contaminated by [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Methylmercury methylmercury]] and encounters the mutations it has caused.
Especially one certain humongous mutated bear...

It is a story of a medical doctor Rob Verne who is sent to Maine to ivestigate a dispute between Native Americans and the local papermill. Taking his wife with him, he discovers that the area is heavily contaminated by [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Methylmercury methylmercury]] and encounters the mutations it has caused.

* TheArcher: John arms himslef with a bow and arrows for the last stretch of the film.

* HorribleCampingTrip: Small subplot deals with a family who ventures ino the woods and never return.

* CaliforniaDoubling: The movie popularized the use of Canada for portraying USA in film.

* FakeNationality: Plenty of the Native Americans are played by US or Canadian actors.

* [=~Hey, It's That Guy!~=]: [[{{Rocky}} Adrian]], [[Film/{{Transformers}} Ratchet]] and [[Film/JudgeDredd Rico "The LAW!" Dredd]] are chased by {{Predator}}.

* {{Novelization}}

* SimilarlyNamedWorks

* StockFootage: Some animal footage is taken from documentaries.

* NauseaFuel: The bear was so absolutely revolting it had people puking in the theaters. [[SarcasmMode Ushers on cleanup detail kinda disliked this movie.]]

* HellIsThatNoise

* {{Narm}}: The raccoon attack and [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aty2bKKp4CI the exploding sleeping bag]] later on.