1965·Adventure·1h 36m
7.1
★
A group of men are on safari. One of the party refuses to give a gift to a tribe they encounter. The tribe is offended, seizes the party, and one-by-one, kills all but one of the safari members in various creative and horrifying ways. The last surviving member is given "The Lion's Chance" by the tribal leader to be hunted down by a party of tribal warriors.
Directed by Cornel Wilde
snake
elephant
hunter
chase
africa
lion
safari
south africa
tribe
rifle
antelope
survival
murder
tracker
on the run
man hunt
spear
warrior
african bush
human prey
19th century
great white hunter
big game hunter
tribal ritual
african music
tusk
hunter are hunted
tracking
traffic ivory
fight for survival
dangerous game
african drums
killing elephants for ivory
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Cast
Cornel Wilde
The Man
Gert Van den Bergh
Man #2
Ken Gampu
Leader of the warriors
Patrick Mynhardt
Safari overseer
Bella Randles
Little girl
Sandy Nkomo
Warrior
Crew
Cornel Wilde
Director
Cornel Wilde
Producer
Popular Reviews
12 reviews
Sam Burk
8.0★ · 02/08/26
While watching The Naked Prey, there wasn’t much that I didn’t love. It was tense, well paced, and surprisingly meditative despite its vicious nature. It asks a lot from the viewer when it comes to their suspension of disbelief, but I think the movie is self-aware and doesn’t take itself too seriously. It’s your typical “man survives in the wilderness against all odds” movie, and it works for what it is. I love when movies can lack dialogue but make up for it in other ways, and this is a prime example. I should watch more movies on a whim because I found out about this movie just yesterday, and I really enjoyed it.
While watching The Naked Prey, there wasn’t much that I didn’t love. It was tense, well paced, and surprisingly meditative despite its vicious nature. It asks a lot from the viewer when it comes to their suspension of disbelief, but I think the movie is self-aware and doesn’t take itself too seriously. It’s your typical “man survives in the wilderness against all odds” movie, and it works for what it is. I love when movies can lack dialogue but make up for it in other ways, and this is a prime example. I should watch more movies on a whim because I found out about this movie just yesterday, and I really enjoyed it.
Giulian_cmli
8.0★ · 01/03/26
Bro thinks that he is in Minecraft 🥀
Bro thinks that he is in Minecraft 🥀
Loveday
6.0★ · 08/03/25
A very visually stunning film, very immersive in that respect. I think I need a glass of ice water after this, because I really felt the heat (tbf it is also summer rn).
A rather complicated presentation of the African peoples. In some ways I can see how they were trying to be respectful (compared to some films from a similar era), but at the end of the day it's kinda still a bit ermmm for several reasons.
The little girl was so sweet I actually teared up I can't lie.
It was nice to hear though that Wilde on set tried to be as careful as possible when it comes to keeping the animals safe. I believe all footage of animal death was archival, and the only animal to be killed on set was a snake. The story goes that the snake and the lizard were fighting, Wilde could see one was winning so he stepped in to save the lizard and got bitten by the snake. The crew they killed the snake to help Wilde (who had to be flown to hospital), but the snake was't really killed FOR the film. Low standards, but you never can tell with films of this era. They were pretty brutal.
A rather complicated presentation of the African peoples. In some ways I can see how they were trying to be respectful (compared to some films from a similar era), but at the end of the day it's kinda still a bit ermmm for several reasons.
The little girl was so sweet I actually teared up I can't lie.
It was nice to hear though that Wilde on set tried to be as careful as possible when it comes to keeping the animals safe. I believe all footage of animal death was archival, and the only animal to be killed on set was a snake. The story goes that the snake and the lizard were fighting, Wilde could see one was winning so he stepped in to save the lizard and got bitten by the snake. The crew they killed the snake to help Wilde (who had to be flown to hospital), but the snake was't really killed FOR the film. Low standards, but you never can tell with films of this era. They were pretty brutal.
A very visually stunning film, very immersive in that respect. I think I need a glass of ice water after this, because I really felt the heat (tbf it is also summer rn).
A rather complicated presentation of the African peoples. In some ways I can see how they were trying to be respectful (compared to some films from a similar era), but at the end of the day it's kinda still a bit ermmm for several reasons.
The little girl was so sweet I actually teared up I can't lie.
It was nice to hear though that Wilde on set tried to be as careful as possible when it comes to keeping the animals safe. I believe all footage of animal death was archival, and the only animal to be killed on set was a snake. The story goes that the snake and the lizard were fighting, Wilde could see one was winning so he stepped in to save the lizard and got bitten by the snake. The crew they killed the snake to help Wilde (who had to be flown to hospital), but the snake was't really killed FOR the film. Low standards, but you never can tell with films of this era. They were pretty brutal.
A rather complicated presentation of the African peoples. In some ways I can see how they were trying to be respectful (compared to some films from a similar era), but at the end of the day it's kinda still a bit ermmm for several reasons.
The little girl was so sweet I actually teared up I can't lie.
It was nice to hear though that Wilde on set tried to be as careful as possible when it comes to keeping the animals safe. I believe all footage of animal death was archival, and the only animal to be killed on set was a snake. The story goes that the snake and the lizard were fighting, Wilde could see one was winning so he stepped in to save the lizard and got bitten by the snake. The crew they killed the snake to help Wilde (who had to be flown to hospital), but the snake was't really killed FOR the film. Low standards, but you never can tell with films of this era. They were pretty brutal.
Bill
6.0★ · 04/01/25
In the latest installment of “Watching a Grandpa movie with someone’s Grandpa”, we learned that regardless of time, location, creed, culture, or age; capitalists are morons.
Things I liked: this is a beautiful movie - the landscapes are stunning. I also love a movie where you don’t need to understand any of the words to comprehend not just the plot, but even the spoken word’s meaning.
Questions I had: man, why are we so shit at fake blood? Like, these men look like the got stabbed with a spear full of Firetruck Red Sherwin Williams on clearance…
Things I liked: this is a beautiful movie - the landscapes are stunning. I also love a movie where you don’t need to understand any of the words to comprehend not just the plot, but even the spoken word’s meaning.
Questions I had: man, why are we so shit at fake blood? Like, these men look like the got stabbed with a spear full of Firetruck Red Sherwin Williams on clearance…
In the latest installment of “Watching a Grandpa movie with someone’s Grandpa”, we learned that regardless of time, location, creed, culture, or age; capitalists are morons.
Things I liked: this is a beautiful movie - the landscapes are stunning. I also love a movie where you don’t need to understand any of the words to comprehend not just the plot, but even the spoken word’s meaning.
Questions I had: man, why are we so shit at fake blood? Like, these men look like the got stabbed with a spear full of Firetruck Red Sherwin Williams on clearance…
Things I liked: this is a beautiful movie - the landscapes are stunning. I also love a movie where you don’t need to understand any of the words to comprehend not just the plot, but even the spoken word’s meaning.
Questions I had: man, why are we so shit at fake blood? Like, these men look like the got stabbed with a spear full of Firetruck Red Sherwin Williams on clearance…
David Brook
7.0★ · 10/12/15
My review: http://blueprintreview.co.uk/2015/10/the-naked-prey/
My review: http://blueprintreview.co.uk/2015/10/the-naked-prey/