The Prey

An alternate cut of The Prey which runs approximately 97 minutes (as opposed to the 80-minute theatrical cut) was released on home video in international markets. This version of the film eliminates much of the nature footage and several other connective transitional scenes, and features an extensive backstory chronicling the origins of the killer and the arson burning of his familial gypsy village. In interviews from the 2019 Arrow Video Blu-ray release of the film, director Edwin Brown and producer Summer Brown state that they had no involvement in writing or shooting the footage, and that an executive at Essex Productions was responsible for it, as he felt the film needed more nudity. The Arrow Blu-ray features both the original 80-minute cut and the 97-minute cut, as well as a fan-made composite of the two.

Characters' voices don't match lip movement; numerous instances within the first 5-10 minutes.

A longer version was released outside of the USA that includes a lengthy flashback sequence (originally intended to open the film) that replaces the "Monkey's Paw" campfire story. In this version, Joel tells the story of a charismatic gypsy named Marco who seduces a local woman named Mary. When Mary returns home with a hickey, she tells husband Jake that she was raped. Jake and his best friend head to the gypsy camp with gasoline cans and burn it to the ground. The only survivor is Marco's nephew, a "cursed" 7 year old giant named Leo who was hideously deformed by the fire. Although there were many additional actors in this sequence, none of them were credited.

Referenced in Video Violence (1987)