Horns (2013)

In the aftermath of his girlfriend's mysterious death, a young man awakens to find strange horns sprouting from his forehead.

Director:

Alexandre Aja

Writers:

Keith Bunin (screenplay), Joe Hill (based on the novel by)

Stars:

Daniel Radcliffe, Juno Temple, Max Minghella

4 wins & 4 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Daniel Radcliffe	...	Ig Perrish
Max Minghella	...	Lee Tourneau
Joe Anderson	...	Terry Perrish
Juno Temple	...	Merrin Williams
Kelli Garner	...	Glenna Shepherd
James Remar	...	Derrick Perrish
Kathleen Quinlan	...	Lydia Perrish
Heather Graham	...	Veronica
David Morse	...	Dale Williams
Michael Adamthwaite	...	Eric Hannity
Nels Lennarson	...	Wallace Sturtz (as Nels Leonardson)
Don Thompson	...	Al O'Hara
Jay Brazeau	...	Father Mould
Alex Zahara	...	Dr. Renald
Kendra Anderson	...	Nurse Delilah

Storyline

After Iggy's long-time girlfriend is murdered and the whole town agrees he is the killer, he awakens one morning with horns and the townspeople soon confess their sins. Once knowing the sins of the people, he is facing the true killer of his beloved girlfriend.

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Plot Keywords:

horns | female nudity | sex scene | crying woman | seductive behavior | 

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Taglines:

Love hurts like hell

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Genres:

Comedy | Crime | Drama | Fantasy | Mystery | Thriller

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated R for sexual content, some graphic nudity, disturbing violence including a sexual assault, language and drug use

Did You Know?

Trivia

Despite playing former middle school classmates, Michael Adamthwaite is 8 years older than Daniel Radcliffe.

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Goofs

The film is set in Washington state (witness the car license plates), but when Ig drives into town near the start of the movie, we can see a branch of the Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce on the right side of the street.

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Quotes

[first lines]
Ig Perrish: [narrating] Everyone in town always took me for an outsider. I didn't care. The only thing that mattered was her. She was my garden of Eden. And God knows how beautiful it was until that night. You know, no one is born evil. The devil himself was a fallen angel. But sometimes when you go through hell, the only way out is to walk deeper into the fire.

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Alternate Versions

The UK cinema version reduces a rape scene and a very strong gory image to achieve a 15 rating.

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Connections

Featured in Late Night with Seth Meyers: Kerry Washington/Michael C. Hall/Joe Hill (2014)

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Soundtracks

Personal Jesus
Written by Martin Gore (as Martin Lee Gore)
Performed by Marilyn Manson

User Reviews

Expected a very little, but delivered very hugely.

The first word I said after the watch was 'unbelievable'. That means the movie is not bad, but how come I missed it for this long. This is the best dark-fantasy movie I have seen recently. But earlier, I thought it would be like the movie 'Tusk' which made me a little uncomfortable to watch. So in the end, what's the difference between the tusk and/or the horn. Both come in a pair and animals have it to defend themselves from the threat. When I watched that movie, I lost interest in this. Yep, it is a silly reason and now I feel bad for that.

This movie dominated by the British cast, especially for having Daniel Radcliffe and Juno Temple I thought it was British film, actually it was not. It was a Canadian-US jointly produced, adapted from a book of the same name and directed by 'Mirror' director. The story was so good, not genuine, though explored the theme very well. For every few minutes later, the narration was taking a turn and that made the plot to get lot tighter before heading for the concluding part.

Maybe this the best movie of Radcliffe that I've seen after his goodbye to 'Harry Potter' movie series. I don't think he's a chocolate boy type, but this kind of movie suits him well. I think he should get muscles for more movie like this, but his height is another negative factor. The film was entirely shot in Canada, the photography was great, music as well as performances. Even those settings like woods, tree house feels kind of wet English and Scottish atmosphere that fits for a devilish mythical charactered movie like this. I regret for reviewing it so delayedly, but anyway I did it and over it, so I hope you watch it very soon as well if you haven't seen it yet.

7/10

Details

Official Sites:

Official site [Japan]

Country:

USA Canada

Language:

English

Release Date:

3 October 2014 (USA)

Also Known As:

Horns

Filming Locations:

Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Box Office

Opening Weekend USA:

$107,544, 2 November 2014

Gross USA:

$173,948

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$3,875,442

Company Credits

Production Co:

Red Granite Pictures, Mandalay Pictures

Technical Specs

Runtime:

120 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1