''Prey'' is a 2019 American horror film directed by

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and written by David Coggeshall and Khalfoun. It stars

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and

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Jason Blum Jason Ferus Blum "Jason Ferus Blum was born in LA in 1969 to Shirley Neilsen, an art professor, and Irving Blum, an art dealer" (; born 1969) is an American film and television producer. He is the founder and CEO of Blumhouse Productions, whic ...

is serving as a producer through his

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banner and Ashok Amritraj is producing through his Hyde Park Entertainment banner. The film was released via

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and select theaters on September 27, 2019, by Cinedigm.

Plot

After being put on a supposedly uninhabited island as a form of behavioral rehabilitation, a high school senior finds that he is not alone on the island, and that getting discovered could be deadly.

Cast

as Toby Burns ** Joey Adanalian Young Toby *

as Madeleine ** Vela Cluff as Young Madeleine * Jolene Anderson as Madeleine's mother * Anthony Jensen as David Burns, Toby's father * Phodiso Dintwe as Cameron * Jerrica Lai as Kay

Production

On June 9, 2016,

and Hyde Park Entertainment announced

would be directing the film with

and

set to star.

Filming

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on the film began in June 2016 in

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, on the island of

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, with the underwater scenes being shot on a soundstage. Three weeks of extensive reshoots were done in 2017 in

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. According to Miller, different endings were considered, but were dropped during re-edits.

Release

''Prey'' was released direct to

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and select theaters on September 27, 2019. The film was released on

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on November 5, 2019.

Reception

''Prey'' has on

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based on reviews, with an average rating of .

References

External links

* 2019 films 2010s teen horror films American horror thriller films Blumhouse Productions films Demons in film Films produced by Jason Blum Films set on uninhabited islands Universal Pictures films 2010s English-language films 2010s American films {{2010s-horror-film-stub