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I don't know why people actually liked this movie just for a bit? Maybe because of the big breasted teens? There is NO plot, almost nothing is happening and it drags on and on. I'm a big B-movie fan and I don't care if the acting or the fx are bad (sometimes it makes movies even more fun!) but nothing is happening in this movie. So AVOID this one! I warned you!

What a waste of celluloid. The acting is atrocious, the direction appalling. The script and story line are so transparent and obvious that after a five minute introduction, set your dvd to 16x and you'll get the rest of the movie in a further five minutes, and miss nothing. The only surprise was that after the first bit of flesh there was no more. I can only surmise that the actresses involved decided to prevent their reputations getting further destroyed.

Five L.A. teens make the mistake of accepting an anonymous invitation to attend a backwoods rave called 'Straight to Hell' and, wouldn't you know it, that's just what the local sect of Satanists had in mind when they lured them there! Before you can say trite morality lesson, the kids (who've apparently burned too many brain cells as is) are run off the road by a van and chased around in the woods by hooded, masked cult members who want to sacrifice them to gain immortality. After the token black fifth wheel is snuffed out, the survivors (plus a young woman who escaped an earlier sacrifice attempt) stumble onto a very small town inhabited by (surprise!) more Satanists and it's time for round two.

Don't waste your time with this irritating semi-throwback to 1970s drive-in horror films. The movie doesn't look bad, a few of the actresses are pretty hot and it has one effective plot shift near the middle, but those things are a dime a dozen in horror films and not nearly enough to sustain interest during the entire length of this stupid, boring movie.

You know you're in trouble when you can spot continuity errors in the opening sequence of a film (check out the disappearing bra) without even looking for them. "Devil's Prey" is otherwise a well-shot movie, but it's just hokum of the ninth degree. The devil worshippers are a joke compared to the satanic cults in other horror films (and, although they clearly outnumber the heroes, they persist in attacking them one by one), and I hope Patrick Bergin knows that, after a role like this, his career has little hope of reviving. (*1/2)

As somebody else stated so well, this is a complete waste of time and money. B-movies can be very entertaining indeed but there is nothing here that appeals to me. Over-exposure of breasts, depicting drug use in a way that is far from reality and poor acting - none of those mentioned appeals to me, sorry. If it appeals to you perhaps this flick is for you. Was there even a plot? I cannot remember myself noticing it if there ever was one. I consider this one to be a complete failure as regards making a college flick with goals set on appealing to young people.

2/10 - my advice is stay away from this one!

I love horror films and blonde hotties. I got this to see Jennifer Lyons but was disappointed to see no breasts and she was not too sexy nor could she act! This movie was ridiculous after the rave party It went on and ON CHEAP and predictable Didn't look to bad but the rest of the movie and the killers were played out fast. People running around tring to kill for what reason? Devils Cult? The ending was pretty good but this movie took too long to get to the end.. And Jennifer didn't look that great

I gave it a 2 because the actors were OK, the actresses quite pretty and they seemed to make at least a half-hearted effort.

The rest of the movie however is awful. There's little suspense other than the odd shock, the plot is poor, the script awful and the production value horrendous.

I've tried really hard to be generous with this one but have found it difficult. It's also quite perturbing to see Jerry O'Connell's brother in this movie as there are flashes when one thinks it's him, but then the realisation seeps in that it's just someone who looks like him!

Avoid. Don't even waste your money on renting this one.

Not much to say about this film. Why do they make these? And for whom? Typical "horror" film with a non-existent plot and awful acting. And the beginning, although the best part of the film with loads of good looking babes, is exceptionally pointless. A group of teenagers go to a party outside city and are later on chased by satan worshippers. Makes you shake your head in disbelief. Not much of a tension anywhere in the film. And the chemistry between the leading roles doesn't work. I don't even want to tell anything about the rest of the film, because someone might be surprised about the turnaround in the plot. I personally could not watch the whole movie because I started feeling nausea. But this movie can be used as a test. If someone can watch it, he/she could have a future in...Hollywood?

This is one of the greatest horror movies I have seen this year... It made me feel that I was back in the 1980's... You could almost feel the pain and fear of the young people who is hunted and used for a higher purpose... It is great to see that it is still possible to make movies this way...

Or whomever you think is more likely to listen. Are you into horror movies? Do you like seeing people fight for their lives? In movies that is of course. Than this might just be for you.

Nothing special, though maybe with a twist or two you may not expect. Especially if you let the story just wash over you, without really thinking about you.

Fun and games until there is an accident. Which by the way and having watched the movie: what a coincidence right? Or maybe not! It was a script that was written, right? All kidding aside, this is straight horror to a degree, where the characters seem gullible and lo and behold without a cell phone. Which was something normal back when the movie was made. Not that they don't find an excuse for people not using them nowadays (battery, reception and so forth) ... just be aware what you are getting yourself into. Nothing more and nothing less.

How does this strike you for originality? In Satan's Cheerleaders a bunch of kids get stuck in a town full of Satan worshippers. In Devil's Prey, a bunch of kids get stuck in a town full of devil worshippers. Without the campy approach and the B list actors that made Satan's Cheerleaders entertaining, this film doesn't really have anything to offer. Just one long boring and derrative flick where everybody and everyone seems to be going through the motions.

Rated R; Sexual Situations, Nudity, Violence and Profanity.

Five teenagers are kicked out of a rave. While driving away, they accidentally hit a young woman (Elena Lyons) with their car. She isn't too badly hurt, and informs them she is on the run from some sort of cult. Pretty soon, they are all being pursued by devil worshippers.

This teen horror flick looks good and moves quickly, but it has too many tiresome cliches that killed the genre in the first place (the ethnic minorities don't last long, promiscuous girls must be punished, etc.) and it is gratuitously unpleasant. For example, there is a sex scene that doesn't show anything - the nudity is provided by intercut scenes of a topless girl being stabbed repeatedly, and which has nothing much to do with the rest of the film. Who wants to see that? Besides such pointless moments as these, there are a few thrills to be found and, like many teen horror movies these days, the cast is made up of TV stars, and they do a capable job.

Ripoff of a dozen or so 70's drive-in flicks about teenagers falling prey to town that seems populated by only devil worshippers. Decently paced with an appealing enough cast and some thrills and chills, but way too familiar to be effective. I kept expecting Yvonne DeCarlo to jump out somewhere. Rated R; Nudity, Violence, Profanity, and Sexual Situations.

I was certain I was in for a rough ride of gore a-plenty horror with the scare factor turned up to maximum. What I got was a story that went in the wrong direction.

Devil's Prey (hereon "DP") started off almost brilliantly. A group of twenty-somethings running from a cult of Satan worshippers intent on making these innocents part of their ritual slaughter. Unfortunately the plot soon goes off-track.

The Satanic cult, known as "The Shadows", take off their masks and cloaks way too early, revealing not a bunch of evil dark-side doers, but instead a handful of stupid psychos who make up as they go along what the devil "wants of them".

Besides the cameraman seemingly being obsessed with naked dancing women's breasts at a rave party, the overall general camera work is almost as jumpy as "The Blair Witch Project", especially in the action scenes. As a result of this, a couple of times I was unable to pick up at first who stabbed who, and was often left wondering how a member of the group received their injury.

Plot holes also majorly scarred DP. The younger of The Shadows at first appeared to be the leader, telling his side-kicks to prove themselves. By the middle of the movie he has not only turned into a side-kick himself, but is a newbie to the cult.

However terribly put together DP was, it is only fair to follow criticism with praise. What looked at first like a horrible "I know what you did last summer" clichéd sequence actually turned out in a proper logical way. But that's about it.

Devil's Prey is a movie that begins with a lot of potential, but goes in the wrong direction, turning into a messed up dud. It has a very nice start, flows well (despite the plot holes), but makes you wish it was more. I liked the epilogue at the end, though!

I bought this movie to see Elena Lyons as a star in the film and she did an excellent job, of course. I'm a fan of horror movies of all type, but this type of film is becoming old, it's no Friday the 13th. It's the famous teen horror movies where someone is chasing-someone to kill someone-thing. It was made pretty good, effects and filming of it was quality. The actors were good. It was far from being scary. Overall it was decent for this type of film, worth renting if there's nothing on TV.

I dig this kinda movie way more than the big budget Hollywood horror films, and it's just as spooky. A bunch of masked devil worshippers chasing people around the woods is about the jist of this flick, but there's more to it, with some cool plot twists that I didn't see coming. Some great photography sequences at the rave party scene.