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2.5/10   262 votes
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Writers:
Edwin Brown (writer)
Summer Brown (writer)
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Release Date:
November 1984 (USA) more
Genre:
Tagline:
It's not human, and it's got an axe!
Plot:
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. more | add synopsis
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Just run like hell you idiots! more (34 total)

Cast

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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
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Additional Details

Runtime:
80 min
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Aspect Ratio:
1.85 : 1 more
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Certification:
Australia:R | UK:18 | USA:R | Norway:18 (video premiere) | Norway:(Banned) (1986-2003) (cinema release)
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Trivia:
The film was shot over the course of two weeks. more
Goofs:
Audio/visual unsynchronized: Characters' voices don't match lip movement; numerous instances within the first 5-10 minutes. more
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Referenced in WIthIN (2005/I) more

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4 out of 7 people found the following review useful.
Just run like hell you idiots!, 25 October 2004
3/10
Author: SickBoySimon from Brentwood, USA

Foolish hikers go camping in the Utah mountains only to run into a murderous, disfigured gypsy.

The Prey is a pretty run of the mill slasher film, that mostly suffers from a lack of imagination. The victim characters are all-too-familiar idiot teens which means one doesn't really care about them, we just wonder when they will die! Not to mention it has one too many cheesy moments and is padded with endless, unnecessary nature footage. However it does have a few moments of interest to slasher fans, the occasional touch of spooky atmosphere, and a decent music score by Don Peake. Still, it's business as usual for dead-camper movies.

There are much better films in this vein, but over all The Prey may be watchable enough for die-hard slasher fans. Although one might be more rewarded to watch Just Before Dawn (1981), Wrong Turn (2003), or even The Final Terror (1983) again.

* 1/2 out of ****

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