Part of the wave of "eco-horror" movies of the late 1970s,
John Frankenheimer's Prophecy was a critical flop on
its release back in 1979 but has developed a cult audience in the decades
since.
The film stars Robert Foxworth and Talia Shire as a doctor
and his wife who investigate a series of unexplained deaths in rural Maine,
uncovering a conspiracy to silence a man-made environmental
catastrophe.
Prophecy makes its UK blu-ray debut on August 16th when it
will be released courtesy of Eureka Entertainment.
Bonus features include a new feature length audio commentary by Richard Harland Smith; a
new feature length audio commentary by film writers Lee Gambin and Emma
Westwood; new interviews with screenwriter David Seltzer and mime artist Tom
McLoughlin; original trailer.
The first print run of 2000 copies come with a limited edition slipcase and
collector's booklet featuring new writing by Craig Ian Mann.
Check out Eureka's new trailer and artwork below.
The official synopsis reads:
Robert Foxworth and Talia Shire star as a doctor and his wife who travel to Maine to research the impact of the lumber industry on the local environment. They begin to investigate a succession of mysterious and terrifying events: ecological freaks of nature and a series of bizarre and grisly human deaths. Something unimaginably horrible waits in the woods. Something unwittingly created by man, that will become an uncontrollable, merciless machine of destruction.
