In this episode Willie and Tim discuss John Frankenheimer’s tale of mercury poisoning, paper production, and mutated bears: Prophecy.

Key topics include the career of John Frankenheimer, his friendship with Robert Kennedy, his personal problems coming to a head around the release of Prophecy, paper mills, the differences between the movie and the novelization, Armand Assante, the outbreak of Minimata disease in Japan, sleeping bag deaths, “Hollywood North”, and the relationship between Prophecy and the “Canuxploitation” films of the 70’s and 80’s.

Episode Breakdown

:32 Intro and bad Doctor Sleep jokes

5:00 Mortal Kombat 11

8:05 Detention on Nintendo Switch

11:52 Prophecy discussion

43:10 Channel Zero

46:45 Our top 5 seasons of television

1:16:38 Next time on Horror Movie Yearbook

1:19:38 Bye Bye

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