The Prey (1984)

Six campers jaunt off to North Point, where they're promptly stalked and killed by a ghoulish man who ultimately is just looking for a little love.

Director:

Edwin Brown

Writers:

Summer Brown (screenplay), Edwin Brown (screenplay)

Stars:

Debbie Thureson, Steve Bond, Lori Lethin

Cast

Complete credited cast:
Debbie Thureson	...	Nancy
Steve Bond	...	Joel
Lori Lethin	...	Bobbie
Robert Wald	...	Skip
Gayle Gannes	...	Gail
Philip Wenckus	...	Greg
Jackson Bostwick	...	Mark O'Brien
Jackie Coogan	...	Lester Tile
Connie Hunter	...	Mary Sylvester
Ted Hayden	...	Frank Sylvester
Garry Goodrow	...	Sgt. Parsons
Carel Struycken	...	The Monster

Storyline

Six campers jaunt off to North Point, where they're promptly stalked and killed by a ghoulish man who ultimately is just looking for a little love.

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Plot Keywords:

hanging | police officer | teen | breast suckling | cave | 

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Taglines:

It's not human, and it's got an axe!

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Genres:

Horror

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Certificate:

R

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

November 1984 (USA)

Also Known As:

...und der Tod wartet schon

Filming Locations:

Utah, USA

Company Credits

Production Co:

Essex Productions (III)

Technical Specs

Runtime:

80 min 95 min (uncut)

Sound Mix:

Mono

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

When the film was purchased for distribution by New World Pictures 15 minutes of footage was edited for the release. New World rarely released films that were longer than 80 minutes fearing that audiences would lose interest the longer the film ran. Among the scenes cut from The Prey was an opening sequence showing the gypsy village being destroyed by the forest fire.

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Goofs

Characters' voices don't match lip movement; numerous instances within the first 5-10 minutes.

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Connections

Referenced in Going to Pieces: The Rise and Fall of the Slasher Film (2006)

User Reviews

If you like the early Friday's, then you'll like this.

Horror film makers had it right in the 80's. Maybe they weren't the most talented directors and they probably had one movie to their credit, but what they did, they did a pretty good job of. The Prey is a typical 80's effort for horror films. But what makes films like this so fun and actually quite scary is the location. The forest is a perfect setting for horror films. It is actually too bad that more films don't utilize the forest more. But if you think of some of the good scary films from the early 80's, they utilized a forest in some way. Think of Evil Dead, Friday the 13th's and even films like Sleep Away Camp. There is something sinister and mysterious about a dark forest, late at night. You never want to walk alone in the woods. Even now later in life, no one wants to.

What is good about this film is some of the mystery and the gore is great. You can tell this film wasn't blessed with a huge budget, but what it had it did quite well with. I'm not saying that this is classic cinema, even in a horror genre, but it is scary and it is effective with what it wants to be. And if you can ever find this on the shelf at any video store, rent it. You just might have some fun. If you are one of the people that think Urban Legend and I Know... are scary films, then check out a real film that knows how to frighten you. This is one of those films.