Prey

Unspooled

Paul Scheer & Amy Nicholson

Film Reviews, Tv & Film

4.6 • 4.7K Ratings

🗓️ 6 November 2025

⏱️ 70 minutes

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Paul and Amy take aim at Prey, dissecting its bold reimagining of the Predator mythos, the stripped-down approach that sets it apart from the average sequel, and how the film brings new life and meaning to an iconic universe. You can join the Unspooled conversation on Paul’s Discord at https://discord.gg/ZwtygZGTa6 Follow Paul and Amy on Letterboxd for more of their movie hot takes! https://letterboxd.com/paulscheer/ https://letterboxd.com/theamynicholson/ Paul’s book Joyful Recollections of Trauma is out now! Find it at https://www.harpercollins.com/products/joyful-recollections-of-trauma-paul-scheer Check out more of Paul's writing on his Substack https://substack.com/@paulscheer Episodic Art by Kim Troxall: https://www.unspooledart.com/ Learn more about the show at Unspooledpod.com, follow us on Twitter @unspooled and on Instagram @unspooledpod, and don’t forget to rate, review & subscribe to us on Apple Podcasts, Spotify or where you listen to podcasts. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	The year is 2022.
0:04.3	I think this creature is a hunter.
0:08.4	Looking for the strongest best.
0:12.1	What do you know?
0:16.5	He killed your whole party.
0:20.4	No.
0:22.6	I didn't kill everyone.
0:24.5	The movie?
0:25.8	Pray.
0:29.6	Hello everyone and welcome to unspolled. Yes and welcome to Unspool.
0:39.3	Yes, welcome to Unspool. This is a podcast about good movies, critical hits, fan favorites, must-seas, and...
0:46.3	We have covered the AFI top 100. Now, we are checking out movies from three major lists.
0:51.5	The Letterbox top 250 films with the most fans, the IMDB top 250,
0:56.6	and the New York Times, 1,000 essential films. And we'll also be chasing our own curiosity,
1:03.3	too. And occasionally, when we don't do any of that, we just focus on what is coming out in the
1:09.3	theaters, which is what we are doing today as we
1:13.1	discuss, pray, the semi-sequel to Predator Badlands.
1:19.5	Wow, I love the way you say Badlands.
1:21.5	Hello, I'm Amy Nicholson.
1:23.1	I'm the film critic for the Los Angeles Times.
1:25.5	And this movie reminded me of a tiny story from my life, my freshman year of high school. I had just been put into this all-girls Catholic school. I didn't know anybody. I was super shy. We had this English assignment to write a mashup of two classic short stories. And so I decided to do Call of the Wild and Most Dangerous Game. and it was this really bloody grisly story told from the point of view of the wolf that was killing a bunch of people.
1:47.2	Whoa! call of the wild and most dangerous game. And it was this really bloody, grisly story told from the
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