One minute, you're deliriously happy and hopelessly in love; the next minute, your world turns upside down and the world you once knew is suddenly a much greyer place. Such is the world of Ignatius "Ig" Perrish, a young man whose life is completely up-ended after the brutal murder of his girlfriend, for which pretty much everyone in town holds him responsible. Based on the novel by Joe Hill, Horns follows what happens when Ig wakes up one morning to discover that horns have begun to grow out of his head, and with them the power to track down the person responsible for his girlfriend's death.
For the cinematic release of Horns, starring Daniel Radcliffe and Juno Temple, Lionsgate have released one more clip from the film, which is pretty much the first couple of minutes of the film itself. In terms of establishing a sense of metaphor, and the specific shift in Ig's world (as well a minor religious nod), it's actually pretty sound. And the pair of Radcliffe and Temple look pretty good together, so what may seem a fairly innocuous snippet from the film actually does carry something of the visual style and intention across to viewers. Even its apparent single take shifting into a new scene and altered perspective gives it some degree of slight stylistic flair. Have to give it to director Alexandre Aja for that.
Also, I suppose you could give it the benefit of the doubt and say it's worked in a lift from Blue Velvet, so it's got that going on, too.
Horns is in cinemas now, so maybe you want to take yourself along to see it before indulging in something a bit harder for your Halloween weekend.
And be sure to check out I'm With Geek's review right here.
For the cinematic release of Horns, starring Daniel Radcliffe and Juno Temple, Lionsgate have released one more clip from the film, which is pretty much the first couple of minutes of the film itself. In terms of establishing a sense of metaphor, and the specific shift in Ig's world (as well a minor religious nod), it's actually pretty sound. And the pair of Radcliffe and Temple look pretty good together, so what may seem a fairly innocuous snippet from the film actually does carry something of the visual style and intention across to viewers. Even its apparent single take shifting into a new scene and altered perspective gives it some degree of slight stylistic flair. Have to give it to director Alexandre Aja for that.
Also, I suppose you could give it the benefit of the doubt and say it's worked in a lift from Blue Velvet, so it's got that going on, too.
Horns is in cinemas now, so maybe you want to take yourself along to see it before indulging in something a bit harder for your Halloween weekend.
And be sure to check out I'm With Geek's review right here.
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