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Post by stefancrosscoe on Jun 11, 2017 11:51:48 GMT
"She Lives. Don't Move. Don't Breathe. She Will Find You."The kind hearted Dr. Robert Verne (Robert Foxworth) and his wife Maggie (Talia Shire) decides to leave the big city and it's many sad tragedies, and instead head towards the wilderness, where they soon learns that there are far more dangerous and terrifying stories to be found, and they all seem to lead up to a nasty rivalry that has been going on for quite some time, between a tribe of natives and a nasty money grabbing corporation. I got this on DVD back in 2007, and it was total riot, and I could not believe how bad the reviews was, as this movie kicked some serious butt. We have fantastic creature, (that must have been one of the main inspirators for the Manbearpig from South Park) as it looked like one nasty monster bear. The acting is really good, considering that is has been labeled as a "b-movie", and where Armand Assante steals the show as the fierce John Hawks, who wants to stop the big money corporation from taking more advantage of the wilderness, before it is too late. Sadly, it kind of already is, as this monsterous creature keep on murdering people and animals, all over the place, and in some parts it is chilling, like when the search party is, well in a desperate need of help from yet another search party, or when several people are trapped underground, trying to wait out the horrible beast, and one of them decides to check if the situation is clear, only to become another fallen victim to the horrifying and vengeful force, that haunts the people of the forest. All in all, I think this one is far better than its bad reputation, as it comes with good special effects, a cool looking monster, solid acting, chilling/effective score, several nasty but also hilarious killer scenes, like the infamous sleeping bag incident and much more.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 11, 2017 22:32:17 GMT
I rented this thinking it was the Christopher Walken movie. Seem to recall ending up preferring this one.
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Post by lostinlimbo on Jun 13, 2017 10:12:06 GMT
I remember it being heavy handed on the politics, and preachy on its ecological message, where it would slow down the narrative's momentum. Eventually it does succumb to its own silliness with some amusing moments, as we watch people flying across the screen. I thought the beginning was fairly tense, and surprisingly unnerving though.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 16, 2017 17:28:43 GMT
I remember the sleeping bag death.
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Post by Lebowskidoo 🦞 on Jun 21, 2017 22:46:34 GMT
Saw this on TV back in the 80's, loved Leonard Maltin's description of the monster as looking like a cross between a giant sausage and a grizzly bear. It has real suspense and is a classy production. THIS movie is given credit for the now booming film industry in British Columbia, being one of the first major US studio movies to film there. I recently bought this online to show some friends and they all loved it, it's almost a forgotten classic.
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Post by Lebowskidoo 🦞 on Jun 23, 2018 16:54:24 GMT
Here's a fairly good photo of the Prophecy mutated-bear!
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Post by Deleted on Jun 27, 2018 14:29:51 GMT
A sometimes laughable (bwa ha ha, that sleeping bag moment) but frequently entertaining schlocky horror movie that does go heavy on the ecological message, complete with self-righteous posturing from Robert Foxworth and Armand Assante. I think the opening is quite effective.
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Post by rogerthat on Jun 27, 2018 20:18:15 GMT
A sometimes laughable (bwa ha ha, that sleeping bag moment) but frequently entertaining schlocky horror movie that does go heavy on the ecological message, complete with self-righteous posturing from Robert Foxworth and Armand Assante. I think the opening is quite effective. The sleeping bag moment is of my favorite scenes in the movie.
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Post by Primemovermithrax Pejorative on Jun 28, 2018 5:09:30 GMT
There were other feature films that shot in BC before this. The Groundstar Conspiracy, McCabe and Mrs Miller (and a European film starring Oliver Reed was made in 1966, The Trap). Hollywood presence in BC goes back to the 1920s.
Kevin Peter Hall who was the Predator alien was inside the bear costume.
Foxworth objected to the raccoon scene (no film watchdog or animal cruelty laws in Canada--Food of the Gods 1976 and First Blood are also notorious films for animal abuse).
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Post by Deleted on Jun 28, 2018 17:28:56 GMT
On a related note, I picked up the book last Friday.
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Post by taylorfirst1 on Jun 28, 2018 17:39:26 GMT
Decent mid-budget monster movie.
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Post by Lebowskidoo 🦞 on Jun 28, 2018 20:40:43 GMT
There were other feature films that shot in BC before this. The Groundstar Conspiracy, McCabe and Mrs Miller (and a European film starring Oliver Reed was made in 1966, The Trap). Hollywood presence in BC goes back to the 1920s. Kevin Peter Hall who was the Predator alien was inside the bear costume. Foxworth objected to the raccoon scene (no film watchdog or animal cruelty laws in Canada--Food of the Gods 1976 and First Blood are also notorious films for animal abuse). No, it wasn't the very first ever US film made in BC, but it was the first at the beginning of the big Hollywood North production era that we know of today. They realized how much cheaper it was and that BC could look like a lot of different places on film.
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