After aiding an infant that has been gnawed on by a rat, Dr. Robert Vern (ROBERT FOXWORTH) decides city life is for the birds. With secretly pregnant musician wife in tow (TALIA SHIRE), he accepts a new job examining bizarre health issues that are appearing in a part of rural Maine that is suspiciously close to a paper mill that likes to dump mercury into the water. Well, rats are one thing but ferocious, mutated animals are another, and whereas oversized salmon may seem like a perk, what the contaminants are doing to the local bear population is cause for major concern. The begrudged Indian camp lead by granite faced Irish-Italian ARMAND ASSANTE believe the monstrous creature that’s bitch slapping campers to death is the resurrection of a legend known as Katahdin, a creature who is a combination of all of God’s creations. Poor preggers TALIA who chomped on some of the super salmon is suspecting her in utero offspring may be a freakazoid too. After finding an adorable mutant bear cub trapped in a fishing net, the Dr. and company decide to high tail it out of there with the evidence, but mutant momma mercury bear is having none of it and chases them down in a land locked man-against-nature tribute to JAWS. With its earnest ecological pontification and ultra serious tone, PROPHECY is gleefully unaware of its actual identity as a throwback to the 1950s era rubber-suit monster movies. This remarkably PG rated, blood-soaked offering is a tad long-winded for sure, but whenever the momma beastie makes an appearance, it’s pure B-movie magic. Lumbering about hopelessly like a slimed BARNEY the dinosaur, this pissed off cousin of GRIMACE, though painfully filmed in ultra darkness to hide it’s ineptitude, steals the show every time and is even rumored to be the inspiration for SOUTH PARK’s Al GORE nemesis ManBearPig!

INDELIBLE SCENE(S):

• With apologies to Mr.Vorhees, ManBearPig is responsible for the very best sleeping bag death ever put to film!
• Ultra-hilarious raccoon attack, this scene deserves legendary status!
• Giant tadpole resembles GODZILLA foe HEDORA (the smog monster) as a child
• Cute lil’ BabyManBearPig takes a bite out of TALIA’s neck
• Injured guy strapped to overturned vehicle is decapitated
• Mysterious new creature emerges to cue credits and beg for a sequel that has yet to emerge