Film Review - Horns
October 31, 2014
Having made his mark in the horror genre, director Alexandre Aja inches away from pure frights (“High Tension,” “The Hills Have Eyes”) and slightly sillier endeavors (“Piranha”) with “Horns,” a complex and tonally offbeat effort that challenges the helmer in unusual ways. Star Daniel Radcliffe is game to go where this oddball tale of murder and fantasy leads, permitting Aja to explore frequently bizarre escapades featuring a horned lead character with some degree of confidence. It doesn’t always click as tightly as it should, but the ambition of the picture is refreshing, with Aja weaving the wild, violent, darkly comic world of author Joe Hill into an impressively demented feature. Read the rest at Blu-ray.com
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