Have any of you ever seen Prophecy? John Frankenheimer’s creature characteristic (written by The Omen’s David Seltzer) is among the most outlandish, ridiculous, monster motion pictures I’ve ever seen. Mainly, it’s about mutated animals alongside the Androscoggin River in Maine. There are big salmon, man-eating raccoons, large tadpoles, and even Katahdin, a deformed, monstrous bear contaminated with fungicide. It’s outrageous in the absolute best manner, and a given for me on account of my sheer love of the Nineteen Seventies and Nineteen Eighties model of eco-horror. Apparently sufficient, even Quentin Tarantino is a fan. The perfect information but? Prophecy is streaming free on Paramount+.
Try a trailer and synopsis under:
Per Paramount+: Robert Foxworth and Talia Shire star as a physician and his spouse, who journey to Maine to analysis the affect of the lumber business on the setting. They start to analyze mysterious occasions: freaks of nature and weird and human deaths.
I’ve all the time had a smooth spot for eco-horror, particularly when branded with animals run amok. I really like a Cocaine Bear as a lot as the subsequent man, but it surely simply doesn’t hit the identical with out the conspicuous folly of man. Whether or not it’s logging, pesticides, over-fishing, or chemical waste, horror is uniquely poised to magnify (although not all the time) the horrific affect we’re having on our pure world and the implications we would face due to it.
I used to be thrilled, then, to see that Quentin Tarantino, as a part of his New Beverly evaluation collection, is as a lot a fan of Prophecy as I’m. Whereas his evaluation is peppered with that trademark Tarantino hedging—it’s trash, however enjoyable trash—there’s clear admiration for the monstrous ursid horror.
Try a snippet of Quentin Tarantino’s evaluation under:
“John Frankenheimer’s Prophecy is just about a bit of shit from the phrase go, however the extra it goes, the extra pleasant this piece of shit will get, until it may possibly formally be categorized beneath that beloved class, pleasant piece of shit.”
You’ll be able to take a look at Quentin Tarantino’s full, archived ideas right here. Prophecy screened at Tarantino’s New Beverly in early 2020 as a part of a trilogy of eco-terror that featured Orca and Nightwing for one of many biggest curated screenings I’ve ever encountered. Prophecy might not scare you all that a lot, however it’s completely value in search of out on Paramount+. I promise you’ll have a good time.
What do you assume? Do you agree with Quentin Tarantino (or me)? Are you a fan of Prophecy? You’ll want to test it out on Paramount+ and let me know what you assume over on Twitter @Chadiscollins.
