In my post Halloween, candy hangover I stumble from site to site to see what was shaking over the weekend. And when I come across stuff like this that doesn’t require much reading; just a healthy gander at some awesome imagery, I feel I must share the anticipation and the wanting of more.

Hunter Prey is a twisty thriller that will remind you a little bit of Enemy Mine and (surprisingly) of Treasure of Sierra Madre. Director Sandy Collora’s tale of shifting loyalties among a group of aliens and their prisoner – stranded after a crash on an alien world – brings to mind classic movies about desperate, selfish men in who would rather die than work together to survive. When somebody has exterminated your whole planet, what do you do? One of Hunter Prey’s characters is the only remaining member of his species, and a large part of the film is about whether he’s justified in trying to exterminate the species that committed genocide against his own.

Shot on a shoestring budget in the land of Mexicans, it’s obvious that the strength here is going to be on set and character design. The Enemy Mine meets Treasure of Sierra Madre angle already has me sold so I look forward to tracking this down when I can. Apparently the film is complete and the film makers are looking for a distribution deal – maybe sometime next year it’ll hit the festival circuit? The guys at io9 (thanks for the summary and stills!) really liked it, so I anticipate good things.

see a few more images under the seats…

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