10 More Horror Movie Villains Who Encountered Something Worse

4. Athena Stone - The Hunt

Day of the Dead
Universal

In the polarising satirical horror film The Hunt, Athena Stone (Hilary Swank) is the leader of the central group of wealthy elites who kidnap working-class folk - or "deplorables," as they call them - and hunt them for kicks.

And as Athena's complacency left her assuming that said deplorables didn't pose much of a threat to her, she evidently got far more than she bargained for with gutsy captive Crystal (Betty Gilpin).

During their final confrontation a fight ensues, with each impaling the other with the blades of a food processor, before Crystal finally delivers the killing blow to Athena.

And to rub salt in the wound, as Athena bleeds out, she realises two crushing things: Crystal is a far more well-read person than her classicism let her realise, and she also mistook Crystal for somebody else entirely - another person named Crystal who made a social media post that offended her.

Crystal didn't just physically defeat Athena, she intellectually outmanoeuvred her too. What a thing for her to realise in her final moments of life.

 
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