

In the aftermath of his girlfriend's mysterious death, a young man awakens to strange horns sprouting from his temples.
Acting
Radcliffe's committed, feral transformation post-Potter
Direction
Aja balances absurdist horror with genuine melancholy
Practical Effects
Those horns look unsettlingly real for the entire runtime

Director
Alexandre Aja
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Radcliffe insisted on wearing the prosthetic horns for the entire shoot to better embody Ig's physical discomfort.
The film adapts Joe Hill's novel, and the horned-man imagery deliberately echoes his father Stephen King's affinity for biblical symbolism.