The Prey: Legend of Karnoctus

Complete trash. Low budget, cheap movie. Bad actors, bad script, And for you fans expecting something more from the "stars" in this film, Danny Trejo and Aaron Paul just under 1 minute participation at the beginning. Just a joke.

I wanted a refund in the first 60 seconds. Anybody having anything to do with this movie should be ashamed of themselves. The dialogue is stupid, unoriginal and predictable. The monster is a bad Halloween costume. I probably won't admit I watched it.

I loved this movie!! . So proud of these guys for creating something with meaning!!! Pay attention to the hidden message in the movie!! The Hensman brothers kick A$$!

My husband and I rented this movie through Directv. I wasn't sure of what to expect but we were pleasantly surprised. This was an old style monster/horror movie not a CGI style movie you usually see today. It was a bit campy and we loved the casting! Along with the suspense there was a bit of humor too. It was very fun to watch!

Here's the thing, I will NEVER dog a movie where I can see the moviemakers put their love into it. You can tell based on the fact that the movie is dedicated to a few people who passed away before the finish of the project. You can also tell that this movie was made with some serious ups and downs. And even after all the adversity, it is remarkable that they made something that isn't any worse than a typical Marvel movie. It is about a ragtag bunch of soldiers, led by a young Jon Voight look-a-like, who stumble upon another ragtag bunch of mercenaries (?) who have hidden stolen Afghan gold. The trick is that they need to hide it in a cave and extract it later. That is the plan. Unfortunately, the cave happens to be haunted by Karnoctus. Forgive the fact that, it's not that people don't know about that cave. NOR does Karnoctus is locked in the cave for some reason. NOR does the opening sequence of a drug den attacked by the cave beast would inspire more Afghanis to go hunting. Perhaps that was what that scene of a cave clearing of corpses imply. IF you've watched movies such as "Pitch Black" or "Overlord" much of this will be familiar. Horror/military. There is some moments of comedy which adds to the comic book sensibility. Much of it added by the effortlessly glib Danny Trejo. But for the most part, much of it becomes too serious. And the ending comes fast. In other words, the pacing is off. Again, I will never destroy the efforts of a no-budget production. They had their hearts in the right place, but it just seems so...made for late night cable t.v.

After getting attacked in an ambush, a group of soldiers finds themselves stranded in a cave with a rouge group of soldiers secretly smuggling gold out of Afghanistan and are forced to team up together to get out, complicated by the discovery of a strange mystical beast living in the caves hunting them one-by-one. Overall, this one had a lot to like about it. Among the better features here is the rather intriguing setup that provides this one with a lot to like about the various figures coming into contact with each other. The series of interactions with the military troop coming into conflict with the rebels that push them into the caves where they come into contact with the mercenaries running through the caves smuggling out the gold found in the area that they stole gives this a rather intriguing interconnected setup. That this gives us a great sense of who they are and what they're doing in the area which brings about a solid sense of mistrust that carries them throughout the film. This setup serves as a fine means to introduce the film's main positives in its action and creature feature stalking being mixed into the whole affair. The opening scenes of the mercenaries stealing the gold in the middle of the village has a lot to like with the gunfight featuring some impressive aspects to showcase their skills as they manage to take out the entire group of locals in one go. The later scene of the convoy being attacked in the same village that leads them into contact with the stolen mercenaries brings a rather fun air to it and with a solid series of scenes confronting and battling against the creature all provide some thrilling action here. With that taken care of, the film's horror elements are quite fun and chilling with the context of what's going on. The discovery that it's able to induce hallucinations lowers their inhibitions and trust with each other enough to the point that it can attack from the shadows unseen and destroy the victim makes for some fun sequences, much like the escalating series of discoveries inside the cave that brings about a greater sense of the danger it possesses. That leaves the main attacks here to be somewhat shorter than expected but the frenzied energy and brutality shown off in these sections makes for a highly impressive series of scenes here, all holding this up nicely. There isn't much to knock this one down but it does have some issues. The main drawback here is the main creature here which does tend to come off with a few minor detriments that mainly come from the lack of information given about it. There's little here about what it really is, where it came from, or any of the behavioral tactics it has so this thing just comes off like a complete mystery. Considering the unfamiliarity present with the creature, that manages to keep everything here so mysterious that it never makes much sense. As well, there's the general chaos and confusion created when it attacks due to the shaking camera in place during this section which causes it to be hard to make out at times, which all told manage to be the issues that bring this one down the most. Rated Unrated/R: Graphic Language and Graphic Violence.

This movie rocks! I usually do not like these types of movies but my husband dragged me to it and I was pleasantly surprised! I was gripped throughout the entire movie. I give it a thumbs up!