Prophecy (1979) coming from Scream Factory

[Rzzzz]

Oh yeah, Phantasm is like Citizen Kane compared to this...

[Mikezilla3k]

Originally Posted by Rzzzz

Oh yeah, Phantasm is like Citizen Kane compared to this...

You make it sound like Phantasm was bad.....

[Mose Harper]

Originally Posted by 1924

Holy crap a creature feature directed by John Frankenheimer? Though appparently it sucks ass?

I'd say it's objectively bad.
I was disappointed watching it again recently.

Yet despite that, I have this on pre-order and really am looking quite forward to getting it, and will probably even watch it again before the year is up.
One thing that didn't help was the early standard def encoding, which was distractingly bad in some spots.

I wish it were a better film, but it still has a lot that an old monsterkid can enjoy.
Some things in it are LOL bad (a couple of the kills are hilariously abrupt), but I just can't not like it.
A lot of that might be nostalgia, but if someone enjoys the 50's atomic monster genre, this works as a pretty natural descendant of those.
I love the tour of the paper mill. It's the equivalent of the "educational" scene in almost every Universal film where the scientist gives a mini-lesson to the other characters (audience surrogates).

[Rzzzz]

Originally Posted by Mikezilla3k

You make it sound like Phantasm was bad.....

No way. I love it....

[Mikezilla3k]

Originally Posted by Rzzzz

No way. I love it....

[Monterey Jack]

Originally Posted by Mystic

There was a lot of competition in terms of the other Horror films released that year in 1979. There was a famous Newsweek magazine article about it something along the lines of "1979- Summer of the Horror film"

[Mystic]

Originally Posted by Monterey Jack

Thank you for finding that. I had a copy of that issue for a couple of years way back when, and couldn't remember the title of the article. Thanks for jogging an old fart's memory.

[Monterey Jack]

Watching the terrible 1980 horror movie The Children last month, there was a copy of that issue on the seat of an abandoned school bus at one point.

[Mystic]

Originally Posted by Monterey Jack

Watching the terrible 1980 horror movie The Children last month, there was a copy of that issue on the seat of an abandoned school bus at one point.

That was a terrible movie, the trailer was scarier than the film - LOL. I think there's some sort of irony at work there, in terms of that scene in the film.

[Slob]

Originally Posted by Mystic

There was a lot of competition in terms of the other Horror films released that year in 1979. There was a famous Newsweek magazine article about it something along the lines of "1979- Summer of the Horror film". I remember the buzz around the Dracula film, Alien,etc., but the one I remember the biggest buzz was around Phantasm. That's the one everyone was talking about, at the time, at least among everyone I knew. I remember Prophecy as being underwhelming in comparison to most of the other horror films released that year, and something of a misfire considering all the talent involved with the film. Years later I still view it as a mediocre film, although it has its redeeming qualities, and I've always remembered the monster bear attack on the campers in the woods, particularly the infamous sleeping bag death scene.

What this movie most reminds me of is the girl I was involved with at the time. This has caused me to have a "rose colored glasses" nostalgic view of Prophecy that is more about her than the movie. I dragged her to all these horror movies. Bless her heart she always went with me. She eventually got tired of it. We got into a fight over going to see The Fog when it came out.

[Aclea]

Originally Posted by Mose Harper

I wish it were a better film, but it still has a lot that an old monsterkid can enjoy.
Some things in it are LOL bad (a couple of the kills are hilariously abrupt), but I just can't not like it.
A lot of that might be nostalgia, but if someone enjoys the 50's atomic monster genre, this works as a pretty natural descendant of those.
I love the tour of the paper mill. It's the equivalent of the "educational" scene in almost every Universal film where the scientist gives a mini-lesson to the other characters (audience surrogates).

Nailed its appeal for me perfectly.

[ravenus]

Stephen King gives this one a lot of nostalgic love even as he pokes fun at it in his book Danse Macabre.

[ravenus]

Originally Posted by Mikezilla3k

This scene is gold:

[Show spoiler]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D8Sr_VBZNKo

Haha, but I think I'll stick with Humanoids from the Deep

[bsend]

Originally Posted by Monterey Jack

Watching the terrible 1980 horror movie The Children last month, there was a copy of that issue on the seat of an abandoned school bus at one point.

[Show spoiler]Death by essentially hugs

was pure gold

[Monterey Jack]

Originally Posted by bsend

[Show spoiler]Death by essentially hugs

was pure gold

[Show spoiler]

[Mystic]

Originally Posted by Slob

What this movie most reminds me of is the girl I was involved with at the time. This has caused me to have a "rose colored glasses" nostalgic view of Prophecy that is more about her than the movie. I dragged her to all these horror movies. Bless her heart she always went with me. She eventually got tired of it. We got into a fight over going to see The Fog when it came out.

As I get older, I certainly view more and more things through the "rose colored glasses" of nostalgia. Not that its a bad thing. The girls I dated in the late '70s and early '80s were actually into Horror films, in the sense, that they didn't mind going to see them at the theater or drive-in. Apparently, among the ladies, it was cool or hip to go to these kind of movies. But my memories of that era is that I saw most of the horror films of that period with a cute girl on my arm, and those were definitely wonderful times. These days my lady will stubbornly watch a horror film at home with me, and she tends to favor the pre-1970s films, which I'm fine with.

[RalphoR]

Prophecy is still one my favorite movies. If I didn't have a pile of movies in front of it I'd watch it tonight. Jonny Quest disc 3, Lost In Space Season 2 disc 6, Tangled 4k, 47 Meters Down: Uncaged, Dracula '79...then Prophecy The Shout! cover looks good (but not as good as the Dracula slip cover).

[The Geek]

Originally Posted by ravenus

Haha, but I think I'll stick with Humanoids from the Deep

Your loss amigo.

[Phillip c. Niethe]

Every time I see this thread I think of Christopher Walken... that's a better Prophecy film

[ronnie21]

review is up on this site.. [picture got a 4.. so it must be ok..