The Prey is a 1983 American slasher film directed by Edwin Brown, and starring Debbie Thureson, Steve Bond, Lori Lethin, and Jackie Coogan. It follows a group of campers in the Rocky Mountains who are stalked and murdered by a disfigured assailant. It was the final film credit of Coogan, who died in 1984.Inspired by such films as The Hills Have Eyes (1977), it was written by director Brown and his wife, Summer, for Essex Productions, a studio specializing in adult films. Brown was previously a producer on one of their features, the softcore thriller Human Experiments (1979). Filming of The Prey took place in late 1979 in Idyllwild, California.

The Prey was acquired for distribution by New World Pictures, and released theatrically in the United States in November 1983, about four years after it was completed. It was concurrently shown on premium television in Canada, and was later released on VHS by Thorn EMI in 1988. In 2019, Arrow Films completed a restoration of the film and released it on Blu-ray, marking the film's first home media release in North America since 1988. Contemporary critical opinion of the film has varied, with its sparse dialogue and pacing being points of criticism. Other film scholars have praised its languorous pacing, which accelerates considerably in the final act.