Turkey Shoot story

movie: Turkey Shoot (1982) · 1982-10-14

The story features a concentration camp in a futuristic, totalitarian society which offers the opportunity for rich adventurers to hunt human targets for sport with legal immunity.

9 total · 6 major · 3 minor

ThemeLevelMotivation
facing being hunted like an animal major The prison camp manager Thatcher selected five prisoners to be human prey in a deadly 12-hour hunt in which they were to be stalked and killed by the armed hunters.
forced labor camp major The film is set in a near-future totalitarian state in which "social deviants" are sent to mass prison camps for re-education and behavior modification.
human vs. captivity major Social deviants desperately wanted to get out of a mass prison camp where they were supposedly being reeducated and reformed.
hunting people for sport major The prison camp manager Thatcher selected five prisoners to be human prey in a deadly 12-hour hunt in which they were to be stalked and killed by the armed hunters.
social oppression major The film is set in a near-future totalitarian state in which "social deviants" are sent to mass prison camps for re-education and behavior modification.
totalitarian dystopia major The film is set in a near-future totalitarian state in which "social deviants" are sent to mass prison camps for re-education and behavior modification. The film followed some of the social deviants in the camp as their tried to resist or ultimately give in.
cruelty minor Thatcher and the prison camp guards treated their prisoners brutally and showed no sympathy for their plight.
homosexuality in society minor The practice of homosexuality was a capitol offense in this society.
ruthlessness minor Thatcher and the prison camp guards treated their prisoners brutally and showed no sympathy for their plight.