"The Hunt" was bound to be controversial with its plot about wealthy liberal elites taking revenge on the pro-MAGA deplorables who perpetuated an internet conspiracy theory that they host elaborate parties where they hunt conservatives for fun. "Manorgate" causes Athena, a high-ranking corporate executive, and her friends to lose their jobs.

The rocky road to "The Hunt" being released indicates just how much of a fractured time it was when the movie came out. When the trailer came out, filmmakers received death threats and President Trump, while not directly referencing the title, tweeted that violent and racist "Liberal Hollywood" "create their own violence, and then try to blame others," and purposefully make films "in order to inflame and cause chaos" (via X ). He had previously lash

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