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form y separately published work icon Prey single work   film/TV   horror   thriller  
Note: The authorship details for this film vary from source to source. The credits in the promotional trailer only list John Soto as the writer, but IMDB asserts producers Robert Lewis Galinsky and Elizabeth Howatt-Jackman contributed to the script, while Wikipedia adds director George T. Miller and cinematographer Andrew Topp to the list of authors.
Issue Details: First known date: 2009... 2009 Prey
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'In April 1987, two North Americans disappeared in the West Australian desert on a 4WD holiday. They were never seen alive again. Their abandoned vehicles and unused supplies were found in sand dunes near an Aboriginal sacred site less than an hour away from the closest town. Two years later, in May 1989, the two men were both found dead of natural causes, on the same day, 1,000 miles apart back in North America.

'Twenty years after the original incident, 3 couples who set out on a surfing trip are lured into the same desert area, by a strange local whose master needs fresh victims to consume. Preconceived assumptions about friendship, undiscovered sexual liaisons, and false leadership come apart as the three couples realize that the vacation is over.'

Source: Wikipedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prey_%282009_film%29). (Sighted: 22/6/2012)

Notes

  • The trailer for this film is available to watch via YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mAHE6CUfpZA (Sighted: 22/6/2012)

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Works about this Work

Falling Prey to Such Shlock Horror Would Be a Foolish Act Jake Wilson , 2009 single work review
— Appears in: The Age , 14 May 2009; (p. 20)

— Review of Prey John V. Soto , 2009 single work film/TV
Horror Writer Won't Give Up the Day Job Debbie Guest , 2007 single work column
— Appears in: The West Australian , 25 June 2007; (p. 7)
Falling Prey to Such Shlock Horror Would Be a Foolish Act Jake Wilson , 2009 single work review
— Appears in: The Age , 14 May 2009; (p. 20)

— Review of Prey John V. Soto , 2009 single work film/TV
Horror Writer Won't Give Up the Day Job Debbie Guest , 2007 single work column
— Appears in: The West Australian , 25 June 2007; (p. 7)
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