Review of Horns (2013) by Jeffrey C — 05 Apr 2016

Not really a fan of Daniel Radcliffe, but I have to admit that Alexandre Aja can do Horror in a way that few modern directors can.

If nothing else, he successfully made Radcliffe's version of Iggy into a character you could actually sympathize with - not least of which because he seems to be the only character in the film who is actually humble enough to admit that he's not a good person without the coercion of the titular cranial protrusions.

Where the film could have improved was that it tried to be more genre than Joe Hill's original story would allow it to be. If the film is anything like the book at all, then Joe Hill's novel was more metaphorical morality text about the nature of transference - that is to say, how human beings project their guilt, negativity and self-loathing onto other supposedly worse parties in an attempt to feel better about themselves - and how this in itself is morally unjust.

Still, even though I hated The Woman In Black, if Daniel Radcliffe is going to follow Elijah Wood down the path of Horror iconography in the latter part of his career then I for one support the decision because both actors are exactly what my beloved obscure genre needs.