#Hunted 2020 series
The entirety of Hunted contains a wealth of nuances about women and the patriarchy while telling a story of her triumph and survival with nature on her side.Hunted is a British reality series that began airing on Channel 4 on 10 September 2015.
As she runs through the forest, it symbolizes that she has joined the wolves and the woman who defeated a group of men centuries prior to her existence. When it comes to her hour of need, a wolf comes to her rescue just like in the fairytale she was told as a child. Eve begins to experience this fact early on when her boss tries to undermine her capabilities as an employee, a stranger tries to coerce her into having drinks with him, and "The Handsome Man" kidnaps her with the intent of filming her getting assaulted. Related: Horror Has ALWAYS Been Political - You Just Weren’t LookingĪccording to her mother, wolves do not pose a threat to women, but men do. The tale sets up Eve's entire story arc and foreshadows how she will defeat "The Handsome Man." To which, her mother responds that there are not, but there are men. When wolves showed up to assist her, she defeated the men and stated, "the company of wolves is greater than that of man." A young Eve asks if there are still wolves. According to the tale, she sang to the forest and God to plead for her survival. In the very beginning of the movie, Eve's mother tells her a story about a woman who was going to be sacrificed to feed a group of men. In comparison, the wolf holds more significant weight in Hunted, as the movie's inspiration is drawn from "Little Red Riding Hood." It is a subtle and overt nod towards his death that is also utilized to further tie Eve and the woman in her mother's story together. The crow lands on the head of "The Handsome Man," which symbolizes that he will die by the end of the movie. When the bird appears, it is an omen of death. For a brief instance, a crow is featured in the tale. The wolf isn't the only symbolic animal popular in horror that came from her mother's story. Hunted begins and ends with this animal imagery to help create a sense of connectivity between the black dog omen to "The Handsome Man", as well as the helpfulness of the wolf in his defeat.
#Hunted 2020 movie
It is also used as a means to establish that wolves and dogs will be a consistent theme in the movie rather than a throwaway taken from her mother's story. Hunted uses the animal with the same kind of symbolism, as it warns Eve of "The Handsome Man" who will manipulate and kidnap her later that day.
In horror movies, they are a common motif used to foreshadow future events. Traditionally, black dogs and wolves are an omen of evil ahead.
Her screams are of triumph, and pay homage to the woman who would rather live among wolves than men. When she runs through the woods screaming, it refers back to her mother's story where a woman sang to God and the forest, which saved her from the vile men who wished to consume her flesh. In Paronnaud's movie, the wolf is on Eve's side and provides her with the upper-hand in killing "The Handsome Man" before he has time to do any more harm toward her. In "Little Red Riding Hood," a man comes to save the girl from a wolf. Related: Slasher Season 4: Why The Show Will Be Better On Shudder (Not Netflix) When the dog bites the man, it subverts the iconic Brothers Grimm fairytale that Hunted is inspired by. This is a deeply symbolic moment that leads to her prevailing against her attacker, but results in a strange ending where Eve appears almost feral. The entire movie is meant to commentate on women's anguish as insignificant, as well as the ways that they are often treated in patriarchal societies.įollowing the paintball scene, Eve and "The Handsome Man" fight to the end in a home development construction zone when a police dog comes to assist her. Instead, they continue their game of paintball and ignore her, even shooting her with a blue bullet out of complete disregard for her existence. It is very clear that Eve is fighting for her life against a vicious villain, but none of the men come to her aid. While it may have been used as a means to juxtapose her fight for survival with a calming color, it is far more likely that the situation of the paintball fight speaks toward the blissful ignorance that's depicted among the men. The color blue is meant to indicate calmness and serenity when used in movies, but Eve's situation is nowhere near that. A group of men storm into the forest one shoots her with a blue paint bullet. Perhaps the most strange is the paintball fight that suddenly breaks out in the midst of Eve's battle against "The Handsome Man" (Arieh Worthalter).
The last few scenes of Hunted contain several bizarre incidents.
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