The prey in the movie "The Lobster" are those who are killed on blind dates in the movie, which is set in a fictional near-future society where the marriage of its inhabitants is strictly controlled and regulated. According to the rules, singles are to be centrally removed to a hotel where they have to find a matching partner within 45 days, with losers being transformed into an animal of their choice and exiled to the forest. To extend the 45-day period, the singles in the hotel also go out into the forest to hunt other escaped singles.