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Stars: Danny Trejo, Adrian Paul, Nick Chinlund, Kevin Grevioux, Fahim Fazli, Cleveland Berto, Reka Rene, Cleo Anthony, Masika Kalysha, Essam Ferris | Written by Matthew Hensman, Gustavo Sainz de la Peña | Directed by Cire Hensman, Matthew Hensman

Originally filmed as simply The Prey, The Prey: Legend of Karnoctus, had the unwieldy subtitle added to help distinguish it from everything from Norman J Warren’s exploitation gem Prey to the 80s slasher The Prey and the more recent Cambodian riff on The Most Dangerous Game also titled The Prey. The film starts in a cave somewhere in Afghanistan as something large and furry gives US forces a helping hand by taking out a couple of Taliban soldiers.

Elsewhere in the area, a US squad is on patrol, but the fireworks are being provided by a well-armed group of mercenaries including Vega, Gunnar, Tagger and Reid. But they’re not working as security contractors,...

A Fun 80’s Style Action/Monster Film by The Hensman Brothers U.S. Soldiers on patrol in a war-torn Afghanistan become trapped in a cave after barely surviving a rebel ambush, as they search for a way out they are hunted down by a deadly creature the locals call Karnoctus! This awesome practical FX creature feature has …

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Danny Trejo stars in the upcoming monster movie The Prey: Legend of Karnoctus, which has wrapped filming and is now live on Indiegogo to raise funds for a marketing campaign. In the 80s-style action/monster movie, “U.S. Soldiers on patrol in a war-torn Afghanistan become trapped in a cave after barely surviving a rebel ambush, as […]

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There are a few types of movie that will never go out of style. Zombie horrors, romantic thrillers with inappropriate age gaps between the leads, dire comedies where attractive twenty-somethings pretending to be teenagers have lots of sex, and monster movies where a band of hardened soldiers travel to a part of the world that the Us considers uncivilized and are picked off one by one by a CGI monstrosity.

The Prey: Legend of the Karnoctus is another of the latter, and a new trailer provides us with a good idea of what we can expect from it. The story sees a platoon of American soldiers in Afghanistan searching for the Taliban like it’s 2006, only to become trapped in a cave wherein resides an unstoppable monster that begins stalking the grunts and killing them in bloody messes, until it’s down to aging badass Vega (Danny Trejo) to take...

Here we go again, Arrow Video has unveiled their September release lineup and it's a doozy. Fans in the Us have a trio of new special editions to look forward to, while UK get one helluva box set. First of all, both North American and UK will get a brand new edition of Wes Craven's The Hills Have Eyes Part 2 and video store stalwart, The Prey. Us/Can fans only will have a chance to own Aldo Lado's classic giallo, Who Saw Her Die? for the first time on Blu-ray. The big release this month is the UK-only Mario Bava box set that includes nine of the master's classics. I know I'll be importing that one, for sure! For more details and images, check out...

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Netflix holds rights in Brazil, Portugal, Latin America, Spain.

Toronto-based genre specialists Raven Banner has boarded international sales rights to Ghost Killers Vs Bloody Mary and will commence talks with buyers in Cannes this month.

Fabrício Bittar’s horror comedy tells of Four YouTubers with expertise in paranormal activity who attempt to tackle the mystery of a ghost that haunts a high school bathroom.

Bittar produced the feature along with Danilo Gentili and Warner Bros Brasil. Raven Banner holds North American rights. Bittar co-wrote the screenplay with Andre Catarinacho and Danilo Gentili.

Netflix holds rights to the Clube Filmes production in Brazil,...

International title will be 2 Miles Below.

Toronto-based Raven Banner has come on board to handle international sales on the coal mine survival thriller Mine 9.

Eddie Mensore directed the film about the plight of nine Appalachian coal miners who struggle to survive after a methane explosion leaves them trapped underground with a one-hour supply of oxygen.

The cast includes Clint James, Terry Serpico, Mark Ahworth, Kevin Sizemore, Drew Starkey, Erin Elizabeth Burns, and Elizabeth Houston star.

Raven Banner will market the film internationally as 2 Miles Below when they open talks with buyers around the world. In the Us, Mine 9...

Exclusive: Fledgling UK firm Lightbulb Film Distribution has picked up Busan and London Film Festival survival-thriller The Prey, which has been described as Cambodia’s first $1M-budgeted action movie.

Lightbulb acquired the foreign-language title last week from Raven Banner at their first market, the Efm in Berlin. Set in the Cambodian jungle, the well-received genre pic is writer-director Jimmy Henderson’s follow-up to Jailbreak, Netflix’s first Cambodian acquisition.

Gu Shang Wei and Vithaya Pansringarm (Only God Forgives) lead cast with fight choreography handled by Lucy and Doctor Strange stunt performer Jean-Paul Ly. In The Prey, undercover Chinese cop Xin is on a secret international mission when a surprise raid puts him in a remote jungle prison where the visitors are wealthy thrill seekers and prisoners are pawns in a high stakes game of human hunting human.

“We’re delighted to be bringing The Prey to UK audiences later in the year,...

Co-founder of Annex Entertainment will attend Efm.

Michael Da Silva has joined Raven Banner as manager of sales and acquisitions and will attend the Efm in Berlin next week with the Toronto-based team.

Da Silva is the co-founder of Annex Entertainment, where his focus was on financing and acquisitions.

Prior to that, he spent several years at the Canadian international sales company Cinemavault, where he managed acquisitions including Darkness On The Edge of Town, and Estonian Oscar-nominee Tangerine.

Raven Banner’s Efm slate includes Jimmy Henderson’s The Prey, Cambodia’s first million-dollar action film about an undercover Chinese cop...

Xyz Films represents North American rights.

Toronto-based Raven Banner has picked up international sales rights to Cambodia’s first million-dollar action film The Prey and will launch sales at the Efm in berlin next month.

Xyz Films represents North American rights to the film, which capitalises on the popularity of Jailbreak, the first Cambodian film acquired by Netflix that was directed by Jimmy Henderson from a screenplay by Michael Hodgson.

Henderson returns as director on The Prey and reunites with Hodgson and co-writer Kai Miller on the story of Xin (Gu Shang Wei), an undercover Chinese cop who gets arrested...

Greetings, everyone! Welcome to what is the final Blu-ray and DVD recap of 2018, as it seems like we have no major genre home media releases coming home next week on Christmas. That being said, the year is ending on a strong note, as we have a number of essential titles hitting various formats this Tuesday.

Scream Factory is keeping busy with their Collector’s Edition releases of Dracula: Prince of Darkness as well as John Carpenter’s Starman (two of my personal favorites!), and Arrow Video has put together a stellar Special Edition of Bloody Birthday for this week as well. As far as recent theatrical titles go, The House With a Clock in Its Walls, The Predator, A Simple Favor, and Venom all arrive on various formats this Tuesday, and if you’re a completist, there’s a 4-film collection of the Predator movies that 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment has assembled,...

Jimmy Henderson, the man who brought us the exuberant “Jailbreak” is back with “The Prey”, a movie that – as an old advert used to claim – “it does what it says on the tin”; it has in facts all the ingredients of the classic action movie that the fans of the genre expect. “The Prey” had its World Premiere at Busan International Film Festival, was screened at the BFI London Film Festival and is now doing the Festival run and it is expected to have a good commercial future life.

Newcomer Gu Shang Wei plays Xin, an undercover Interpol operative who is investigating a phone scam that is spreading in China and seems to be based in Phnom Penh. When Cambodian Police raids the operation’s headquarter and arrest everybody, Xin has to go along with it in order to keep his cover. The bunch of arrested criminals are sent to...

The 1981 Slasher Classic Bloody Birthday will be available on Blu-ray December 18th From Arrow Video

The Bad Seed meets Halloween in this deliciously twisted early 80s slasher offering directed by Ed Hunt (The Brain) and starring the always loveable Lori Lethin.

Debbie, Curtis and Steven may seem cute as buttons. But their angelic facade conceals the wicked, murderous streak given to them having all been born under the same solar eclipse. With the grown-ups around them blissfully unaware of their little darlings homicidal tendencies, the evil brats begin to bump off the adults one-by-one. By gun. By arrow. By cake. Bye-bye!

Mixing the killer-kid subgenre with elements of the then-booming slice-and-dice movie, 1981 s Bloody Birthday shocks and appalls with its scenes of young children shooting, strangling and bludgeoning their way through the local population. They sure don t (and can t!) make em like this anymore.

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One of the essential entries in the killer kids sub-genre of horror, Bloody Birthday will be released on Blu-ray in the Us once again on December 18th, this time from Arrow Video, and in addition to a 2K restoration, the new release will also include a new audio commentary with co-writer/director Ed Hunt and a new interview with co-star Lori Lethin.

Below, we have a look at the release details and cover art for the new Bloody Birthday Blu-ray, and in case you missed it, read Scott Drebit's Drive-In Dust Offs entry on the 1981 horror film.

Bloody Birthday Blu-ray: "The Bad Seed meets Halloween in this deliciously twisted early '80s slasher offering directed by Ed Hunt (The Brain) and starring the always loveable Lori Lethin. Debbie, Curtis and Steven may seem cute as buttons. But their angelic facade conceals the wicked, murderous streak given to them having all...

Genre festival will screen the Nordic premiere of Stivaletti’s ‘Rabbia Furiosa’.

Genre festival Night Visions has revealed the line-up for this year’s event which will run from Nov 21-25 in the Finnish capital of Helsinki.

The screenings will include Luca Guadagnino’s Suspiria, Gaspar Noe’s Climax, Yann Gonzalez’s Knife + Heart, Jim Hosking’s An Evening With Beverly Luff Linn, Quentin Dupieux’s Keep An Eye Out, Leigh Whannell’s Upgrade, Joel Potrykus’ Relaxer, Emma Tammi’s The Wind, Jimmy Henderson’s The Prey, Jonas Akerlund’s Lords of Chaos, and omnibus The Field Guide to Evil.

Supported by enthusiastic genre fans throughout the land, the Night Visions International Film Festival will celebrate its November 2018 edition by bringing a sizzling selection of highly-touted films to Helsinki, Finland. Gasper Noe's Climax, Yann Gonzalez's Knife + Heart, and Quentin Dupieux's Keep an Eye Out lead the program, buttressed by Leigh Whannell's Upgrade, Emma Tammi's The Wind and Jimmy Henderson's The Prey, not to forget The Unthinkable, which I quite enjoyed last month at Fantastic Fest. Some 41 features and nine shorts will screen at the festival, held in the heart of beautiful downtown Helsinki from November 21-25, with themed events to be hosted nearby. It's a well-run festival, as I can testify from past experience, with the emphasis on the films themselves. Check...

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BAFTA-nominated John Hannah and Bai Ling have boarded British martial arts actioner 14 Fists, due to begin filming in Winter 2018.

In 14 Fists a Chinese family on a British Council estate are terrorised by a local gang, until one day they take in a mysterious drifter. The film stars rising action talent Jean-Paul Ly, best known from Cambodian martial arts hit Jailbreak which won the coveted Guru prize for Best Action Feature Film at the Fantasia Film Festival 2017 and was recently released by Netflix worldwide.

Gaining a name both in front and behind the camera, Ly action coordinated new Cambodian thriller The Prey which premieres at the BFI London Film Festival this weekend. His next film Nightshooters, nominated for Best UK Feature at this year’s Raindance Film Festival, is releasing in December 2018 through UK distributor Ascendant Releasing, part of Ascendant Films.

Continuing this collaboration, Ascendant founder Bart Ruspoli (pictured below with...

The film is being directed by Ascendant Films’ Bart Ruspoli.

John Hannah and Bai Ling have joined the cast of Bart Ruspoli’s martial arts project 14 Fists. Ruspoli has also written the film which is being produced by his London-based Ascendant Films.

14 Fists is about a Chinese family living on a British council estate who are terrorised by a local gang until they take in a mysterious drifter.

Ascendant co-founder Freddie Hutton-Mills is producing, with financing through Ascendant Releasing, a division of Ascendant Films.

14 Fists stars Jean-Paul Ly, whose credits include Cambodian martial arts film Jailbreak, which won the Guru...

Jimmy Henderson's latest action offering, The Prey, will have its world premiere in Korea at the Busan Iff. Anticipating its premiere the production released a new character composite style poster today. It is more in keeping with the action genre, this composite style, and stands in stark contrast to the more photogenic teaser poster in the gallery below.   The production will release a clip in the future we are told, so keep you eyes peeled for that too.    Front and centre are left to right Jailbreak's Dy Sonita, our hero Gu Shangwei, and one of the most recognizable faces in South Asian cinema, Vithaya Pansringram (Only God Forgives and River). The trio is followed by a smattering of villains and suggestions of action...

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The 62nd BFI London Film Festival in partnership with American Express® has announced the contenders for the Official Competition and the long list of films in the other “Strands”.

The Best Film Award recognises inspiring, inventive and distinctive filmmaking and this year’s line-up showcases the enormous depth and diversity of talent working in the global film industry today, with 50% of the films from a female director or co-director.

The Festival has also welcomed as Jury President Academy Award-nominated director of Room (Lff Official Competition 2015), Lenny Abrahamson, whose long-awaited film adaptation of Sarah Waters’ horror novel The Little Stranger will be released this September. For the first time, the winner of the Best Film will receive their award in front of a public audience at a special screening on Saturday 20 October at Vue Leicester Square.

And here is the full list of Asian entries in this rich edition of BFI...

In addition to states, several U.S. cities also offer incentives to lure producers. One of them, San Antonio, home of the Alamo, boasts an array of unique locations, including its bustling River Walk attraction, colonial Spanish architecture and an arts district. San Antonio also delivers a 7.5% rebate that’s stackable with a Texas cash grant of up to 22.5%.

The incentive is available through the San Antonio Film Commission. There are no permit fees for shooting in more than 250 city-owned properties. Plus the commission offers help with location scouting, government liaison services, crew and resource information, and casting calls.

Specifically, San Antonio’s incentive delivers a 7.5% rebate on approved spend within the jurisdiction. The rebate can be combined with the generous cash grant provided by the state of Texas, which can range up to 22.5%

Producers who want to avail themselves of San Antonio’s rebate must spend a minimum of...

After years of tracking down international criminals, a trip to a remote jungle prison will force Chinese cop Xin to become human prey to fight for his freedom — and to save his own life.

Undercover Chinese cop Xin is on a secret international mission when a surprise raid puts him in a remote jungle prison that plays by its own rules.Here, the visitors are wealthy thrill seekers. The guards are hostile puppet masters. And the prisoners are simply pawns in a high stakes game of human hunting human.

It started as just another bad day for the do-gooder cop. That day gets a whole lot worse when the diabolical Warden singles Xin out for death at the hands of affluent hunters looking for the world’s ultimate kill. After years of hunting down ruthless criminals, Xin suddenly finds himself running for his life. If Xin manages to survive this sadistic game,...

Well. This is a nice surprise to wake up to. The first teaser trailer for Jimmy Henderson's (Jailbreak) new action flick The Prey has just been released. Let us not waste time and get to the hunt below. After years of tracking down international criminals, a trip to a remote jungle prison will force Chinese cop Xin to become human prey to fight for his freedom — and to save his own life. Undercover Chinese cop Xin is on a secret international mission when a surprise raid puts him in a remote jungle prison that plays by its own rules.Here, the visitors are wealthy thrill seekers. The guards are hostile puppet masters. And the prisoners are simply pawns in a high stakes game...

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News out of Cambodia is that the team behind local action flick and international hit Jailbreak are back in the saddle for a new film called The Prey.    Jimmy Henderson will get behind the camera once again to shoot a script he wrote with his Jailbreak scribe Michael Hogdson and newcomer Kai Miller. Henderson will be joined by Argentinian cinematographer Lucas Gath (Shortwave and Suspiria 2018) behind the camera. One of Jailbreak's leading men, and that film's stunt choreographer, Jean-Paul Ly will design the action sequences for The Prey.   Jailbreak producer Loy Te is once again leading the charge with Altered Vision Films and The Prey will be distributed by Kongchack Pictures.    After years of tracking down international criminals, a trip to a remote...

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