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Prey (1977)

October. 05,1977
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5.2
| Horror Science Fiction

The day after a weird green light is seen in the English sky, a strange young man stops at the country home of two lesbian housemates. It turns out that the man is an alien, and a hungry one.

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Listonixio
1977/10/05

Fresh and Exciting

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JinRoz
1977/10/06

For all the hype it got I was expecting a lot more!

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Erica Derrick
1977/10/07

By the time the dramatic fireworks start popping off, each one feels earned.

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Billy Ollie
1977/10/08

Through painfully honest and emotional moments, the movie becomes irresistibly relatable

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augustian
1977/10/09

This is one of Norman J. Warren's better films, although having seen the Norman J. Warren Coffin Box DVD Collection, that is not much of a recommendation. This film is a strange concoction of sci-fi, horror, zombie, lesbianism and probably a few other genres. The film was shot in a matter of days on a low budget, very much on the hoof: the film was shot as it was being written. It had to be finished quickly because the mansion was due for demolition. Anders' alien face was laughable, looking like something that you get from a joke shop at Halloween.The main cast is only three characters: Anders the alien (Barry Stokes), and the lesbian couple, Jo (Sally Faulkner) and Jessica (Glory Annen). The interaction between the three characters is handled quite deftly, with Anders getting close to Jo to the annoyance of Jessica, but then during the film it all changes with Jo becoming suspicious of Anders while Jessica suspects Jo of foul play and then falling for Anders. The growing antagonism between Jo and Jessica plays right into Anders' hands.This film originally ran for about 85 minutes but it was cut by the BBFC and then further cuts were made possibly to get more showings during cinema show times. The only full version seems to be the North American VHS. I have seen several DVD editions and they are all missing several minutes of footage. The main omission is at 28 minutes when Jessica and Anders are talking about being scared and then Jo joins them to talk about music. Jessica goes to her bedroom to fetch something and Jo goes to talk to her and they argue. Jessica makes some cocoa in the kitchen then she shows Anders to his room. This sequence is about three and a half minutes. There are two smaller omissions: at 37 minutes, a 10 second clip of Anders sitting in a chair is cut and at 72 minutes a further 8 seconds are cut in which the alien is eating flesh and Jo is running down a corridor. The omissions actually give the film a bit more urgency. The French DVD is also the short version despite the cover saying 85 minutes.Overall then, a quirky film for fans of quirky films. It really is a pity that as far as I am aware, no DVD edition has the missing footage as an extra.

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Aaron1375
1977/10/10

This film is certainly different. I have never really seen to many films like it. It does have areas that play out like the film Xtro, but for the most part there are very few films I have seen that remind me of this. You have an alien with vague motives, you have two lesbian lovers...one a cute and naive number, and the other a bit of a jealous obsessive one with dark secrets of her own. You have nudity, you have some gore and while watching this you are wondering to yourself, "Where the heck is this going?" Granted, I kind of knew, but at times they threw me for a loop.The story has an alien landing and killing a couple. He takes the guise of the male and proceeds to hide out on the property belonging to a girl and her female companion. Turns out they are a couple of strange lovers and you have a very strange film. The alien at times looks so uncomfortable as they keep giving him tea and try to give him vegetables. He is not much of a vegetarian suffice to say. He finally finds something he likes when they give him some booze. For the most part this one just focuses on the three characters and things begin to get really strange.The film is okay, but it could of used more here and there and less too. I mean, there is a scene where the alien is in the water, and he clearly has no water on his planet and you get this prolonged slow motion rescue type scene. The dark secret of the one lesbian in the end proves to be almost pointless.So an okay movie, in that while watching you are wondering how is this going to end. Well it ended about how you would expect it too considering what the alien was doing while alone during most of the film. At one point I was thinking maybe he was just trying to achieve perhaps another goal, but no...he was going after what I thought he was. Still, not many films feature such bizarreness from the other non-aliens to get there.

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Woodyanders
1977/10/11

An strange man named Anders (an effectively awkward and freaky performance by Barry Stokes) seeks refuge at the remote rural country cottage of bitter, man-hating, domineering lesbian Josephine (a deliciously spiky and venomous portrayal by the lovely Sally Faulkner) and her sweet, timid lover Jessica (an appealing turn by the cute Glory Annen). Unbeknownst to the ladies, Anders is really a lethal and predatory cannibalistic alien who's on a surveillance mission to find a food source for his race. Director Norman J. Warren, working from a compact and compelling script by Max Cuff, relates the arrestingly peculiar story at a slow, yet steady pace and does an expert job of creating and maintaining a tense, edgy and uncomfortable atmosphere that ultimately culminates in a grisly and terrifying conclusion with an extremely chilling last line. Moreover, Warren delivers a pleasingly abundant amount of in-your-face hideous graphic gore, tasty female nudity, and sizzling soft-core sex to further spice things up. The central narrative offers a weird and pointed critique on prim'n'proper English manners that reaches its gloriously off-center apex with a supremely uneasy and unnerving costume party sequence. The three leads all do strong work with their sharply drawn characters, with Faulkner a stand-out as the spiteful and possessive Josephine. Better still, there's no obtrusive silly humor to detract from the stark severity of the refreshingly grim and brutal horror. Derek V. Browne's fairly slick cinematography astutely nails the pervasive isolation and vulnerability of the sylvan setting while Ivor Slaney's shivery score does the spine-tingling trick. Well worth a look.

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dgci-net
1977/10/12

I'm glad I didn't go out and buy, or even rent this movie, but watching the low-resolution version on MovieFlix.com was enjoyable enough.Glory Annen played the best character, the somewhat vapid lover of the older lesbian. Trapped in a relationship that doesn't really excite her that much, and wanting to learn more, she plays a key role in bringing the "newcomer" into their lives.This movie was nothing special, fairly typical, if a bit kinkier than usual, Brit fare. But it was entertaining enough to watch it all the way through, which is more than I can say for a lot of films I've watched lately. A mildly interesting plot, a totally hokey alien, enough skin for the prurient, something to make a bowl of popcorn and watch when you have naught else to do.

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