Apatros Review Ep-0192: The Prey [1985] ("Death in The Shadows")

AR-0192: One of those obscure Eurothrillers that has remained a cult item in its native country [in this case the Netherlands] but now largely forgotten about in the English world, this is a rather cut-&-dry tale of a young woman who suffers the hit-&-run death of her mother, only to find out she is not her true mother, her quest to find her biological parents putting her in the crosshairs of the killer, who is desperate to tie up some loose ends before he is caught for a related crime...

Fairly standard thriller plot handled in an unexceptional manner, but the movie does have one interesting card to play - the intense atmosphere of nostalgia of 1980s European life - which despite the routine nature of the rest of the movie is irresistible to those who experienced it firsthand. Trust me, I know. I was actually there in the actual 1980s [Yugoslavia in the very late 1980s, to be precise]. If you're after a quick copy, the Mill Creek "Pure Terror" set has the film included, but it is a rip of the American VHS [which truth be told adds to the atmosphere...].

My Grade: C [Average]

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