SELTZERS BEST- FRANKENHEIMERS FOLLY

Prophecy was one of the first adult novels I ever read and remains one of my favourites- Seltzer creates a sense of believable horror and as near a truly original monster as could be hoped for, modern mutation meeting tribal history.

The film, however, is flat out dull and the blame lies squarely with the director, who was to later admit his dependency issues made this experience a blur for him.

His changing of the monster from a truly unique nightmarish chimera into something that looked like a badly burned mange ridden bear shows how little
he grasped the core of the story, and the attack scenes show a bizarre lethargy and lack of care or effort.

So many great ingredients badly undercooked and turned into a mediocre serving of bland 'horror'.

A real pity that someone even half interested didn't get to helm it.