Hunter Hunter

R

Released Dec 18, 2020

1 hr. 33 min.

Horror

Mystery & Thriller

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HUNTER HUNTER follows a family living in the remote wilderness earning a living as fur trappers. Joseph Mersault (Devon Sawa), his wife Anne (Camille Sullivan), and their daughter Renée (Summer H. Howell) struggle to make ends meet and think their traps are being hunted by the return of a rogue wolf. Determined to catch the predator in the act, Joseph leaves his family behind to track the wolf. Anne and Renée grow increasingly anxious during Joseph’s prolonged absence and struggle to survive without him. When they hear a strange noise outside their cabin, Anne hopes it is Joseph but instead finds a man named Lou (Nick Stahl), who has been severely injured and left for dead. The longer Lou stays and Joseph is away, the more paranoid Anne becomes, and the idea of a mysterious predator in the woods slowly becomes a threat much closer to home.

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Critics Consensus

Bloody and brutal, Hunter Hunter is a hard-hitting survivalist thriller that ratchets its tension with precision.

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Gerald H

Wonderful. Pure horror burning itself into your soul because of its relentless realism.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

04/10/24

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Ricky R

Terrible movie. The plot is unartistic in the character building, everything is a lengthy burden to even spend more than 5minutes on. Do yourself a favor if you're looking for any excitement or climax or thrills or substance this isn't the movie for you.

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

03/04/24

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Lori B

Original & Intense! Great story & acting. Go in knowing as little as possible. Highly recommend!

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

02/05/24

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Jamie S

This movie is a slow burn, but the last 15 minutes of this movie are super intense and will keep you engaged

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

02/04/24

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Randi C

Good movie. Starts off as a slow burn, but not so slow that you lose interest. Sawa is a seriously underrated actor in my opinion. The twist in this movie because apparent towards the end and it's a good one and the last 10 or so minutes are in your face and will shock you if you're not expecting it. 3.5 stars because although I did enjoy this movie quite a bit, I feel like the first half of it was a tension build (as it should be) and then it takes a turn, slows down for a minute and then all of the action comes on at once. It's in your face and rushed. Still a good movie, I feel like the latter half should have been played out more.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

01/18/24

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Jeffrey P

A fairly adequate wilderness thriller despite being on the slower side, kept waitiing for something to happen to accelerate things and nothing did. Too much time on the conflict with wolves, bears and deers; not enough on the human conflict. Nice ending.

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

11/11/23

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Shawn Linden

Director

Camille Sullivan

Anne

Devon Sawa

Mersault

Summer H. Howell

Renee

Nick Stahl

Lou

Gabriel Daniels

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Richard Whittaker

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When that needle drop ends, souls have been broken. That's what makes Hunter Hunter an extraordinary entry in the modern horror canon.

Rated: 4/5

Jan 4, 2021

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Randy Myers

San Jose Mercury News

Though more meat is needed on its narrative bones, Shawn Linden's backwoods horror creepfest is a mean-spirited parable about finding out who the ultimate monster is - beast or man?

Rated: 2.5/4

Dec 31, 2020

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Christy Lemire

FilmWeek (KPCC - NPR Los Angeles)

It's a very spare slow-burn, and [writer-director] Sean Lindon achieves a lot here... I was impressed by this little movie.

Dec 22, 2020

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Jessica Scott

Nightmarish Conjurings

Redefining the big bad wolf, this gut punch of a film is suspenseful, unnerving, and brutal.

Oct 17, 2022

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Keith Garlington

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“Hunter Hunter” is a movie that quietly lures you in by building an interesting family dynamic worth investing in. The characters feel authentic which makes their tense and eventually frightening story resonate.

Rated: 4/5

Aug 17, 2022

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Brian Orndorf

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Sneaks up on viewers with strong writing and a deliberate choice to not take it easy the participants in this suspenseful movie.

Rated: B+

Jul 11, 2021

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Synopsis

HUNTER HUNTER follows a family living in the remote wilderness earning a living as fur trappers. Joseph Mersault (Devon Sawa), his wife Anne (Camille Sullivan), and their daughter Renée (Summer H. Howell) struggle to make ends meet and think their traps are being hunted by the return of a rogue wolf. Determined to catch the predator in the act, Joseph leaves his family behind to track the wolf. Anne and Renée grow increasingly anxious during Joseph’s prolonged absence and struggle to survive without him. When they hear a strange noise outside their cabin, Anne hopes it is Joseph but instead finds a man named Lou (Nick Stahl), who has been severely injured and left for dead. The longer Lou stays and Joseph is away, the more paranoid Anne becomes, and the idea of a mysterious predator in the woods slowly becomes a threat much closer to home.

Director: Shawn Linden
Executive Producer: Peter Bevan, Neil Elman
Screenwriter: Shawn Linden
Distributor: IFC Midnight
Production Co: Julijette, Particular Crowd, MarVista Entertainment
Rating: R
Genre: Horror, Mystery & Thriller
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Dec 18, 2020, Limited
Release Date (Streaming): Dec 18, 2020
Box Office (Gross USA): $32.2K

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