Review of Prey

Prey (1977)
7/10
Alien Gay
25 August 2016
It's hard to root for the person most deserving of the young girl's affections in this film. Should it be the borderline psychotic jealous lesbian lover who may have possibly murdered a previous suitor or should you root for the carnivorous alien invader who has little interest in hanky panky and just wants to eat swans, foxes, chickens and policemen? I thought, upon reading the synopsis, that this would be a seventies bore fest, but I was really, really wrong. Apart from providing us with four murders near the start of the film, things take a turn for the surreal when the alien is dressed in drag and forced to take part in a game of hide and seek while aggresso-lesb is waiting to kill him with a switchblade. Madness.

Although just a three character play, this film keeps you interested by having at least two of those characters to be totally mental. The alien doesn't do a great job of being human (his chosen name is Anders Andersson!) and it's a good laugh to see him trying to fit in, badly. On the other hand the more aggressive of the lesbian lovers is almost Dennis Hopper/David Lynch film crazy, and may be the most interesting character here.

Well worth a watch, and as an added bonus, there's a ten minute lesbian love in and sporadic nudity after that. Good stuff.
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