Attack of the B's!

Prey (1978), Norman J. Warren

An alien lands on Earth. Not just any alien, but an alien hungry for human flesh. He happens upon an isolated lesbian couple living on some sort of farm(?) in a remote area of the English countryside. The butch of the couple, Jo, is extremely domineering, and it is hinted at that she will stop at nothing to get rid of anyone who attempts to come between her and her femme partner, Jessica. It's made abundantly clear that Jo is quite obsessive, and their isolation is by her choosing. It's also made obvious that Jessica is just not that into Jo, but she is young and naive, and probably a bit easily lead. She yearns to get out into the world and see what it has to offer. So of course, when this random "attractive" dude comes along, it's going to be a problem.

Alien man starts killing and eating all the livestock. Jo, apparently a dumbass, blames it on a fox. They go on a quest to kill said fox, to no avail. While Jo and Jessica are in the house sulking, alien man hunts down the fox and brings it back to the house. Inexplicably, the girls decide this is a great opportunity for a major rager! Since alien man doesn't have any party clothes, they decide to dress him up in women's clothing, which apparently then makes him irresistable to Jo. Or maybe it was the bubbly? A game of hide and seek is suggested. What Jessica doesn't know is that Jo plans on stabbing alien guy with a large knife. Well, she doesn't. Even though I wish she did.

Anyways, the next day alien guy almost drowns in this really disgusting looking lake. It looks like raw sewage. He did not take swimming at man-eating alien college I guess. This is shot in slow motion. It was probably the coolest part of the whole movie, even though it looks like they are swimming in diarrhea. Jessica decides that if they get naked, it might make him feel better! So they do, and alien guy gets a little too riled up. And by that, I mean he Hulks out, turns into a man wearing a cat nose prosthetic, and bites out her esophagus. JO. IS. PISSED. She tries to avenge her girlfriend's death (but like I said, she is kind of a dumbass), and gets eaten in the process. Good! No more incessant whining! Oh, and just so you really don't have to watch the movie, it is alluded to that alien dude eats some children next.

For only being 78 minutes long, this movie really dragged on. They wrote most of the movie while it was being filmed, and it shows. I thought the way in which the relationship between the women was shown was leaning toward homophobic. Maybe I am looking into things too much, but it was a turn-off for me.

Grade: C