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Movies to Avoid: My Take on Universal Picture's Upcoming Horror Film 'The Hunt'

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What is your opinion about Universal Studios' decision to release a movie in 2019 about "killing deplorables" in which liberal elites hunt and kill conservatives for sport? I think Universal Pictures (a Comcast company) is doing what every entertainment-based business does: it’s trying to make a lot of money by exploiting the current cultural  zeitgeist. In the case of this particular film,  The Hunt,  producer Jason Blum (the guy behind the  Paranormal Activity  and  The Purge  franchises) is taking conservative paranoia and dislike for liberals and distilling it into a revenge fantasy film in which a right-wing would-be victim (played by  GLOW’s  Betty Gilpin) turns the tables on the liberal elites that are kidnapping and hunting (for sport) innocent men and women who are self-described “deplorables.” I strongly suspect that writer-producer Damon Lindelof and director Craig Zobel probably intend to make  The Hunt  as a horror movie that also comments o