He was letting his acting chops shine through as he aptly encapsulated the dark-hearted and highly-perturbed character. Radcliffe, and I hate to say it, actually did a tremendous job as the guilt-riddled boyfriend. Initially, the pacing and the tone of the film are fantastic. Although I really wanted this film to succeed or at-least be a cult-hit, there were some outstanding factors that damned this film from it’s inception. Add the substantial cast including Daniel Radcliffe, Heather Graham, James Remar and Max Minghella, and it’s all the more reason that this should have been a sure fire it. Hell bent on finding the truth surrounding his girlfriend’s tragic murder, Ig stubbornly employs the horns power to exact his ultimate revenge.Ĭonceptually speaking, this should have been one of the best films of 2014. As Ig traverses his town he comes to learn the power his horns hold, a power which makes people confess their darkest secrets and give into their most sinful impulses. Hill was able to paint a tapestry of prose, leading his readers through a supernatural setting rife with fantasy, mystery and romance as we follow Ig Parrish (Radcliffe), a stereotypical 20 something year old slacker with nothing really going for him in life besides his too-good-for-him girlfriend, Merrin (Juno Temple).įrom parents to police, Ig is being fingered as the prime suspect in the brutal rape and murder of his beloved lifelong sweetheart. Drowning in a haze of alcohol and sorrow he soon finds himself sprouting horns, but these are no ordinary horns. Joe Hill’s novel, the namesake and source material for this film, didn’t achieve it’s International Best Seller status with a lazy climax and muddled finale.

This is yet another example of a highly marketable and unique movie concept done wrong. Despite Daniel Radcliffe’s valiant effort to shed his boyish image, he ultimately fails to take the devil by the “Horns” in this good-idea-done-wrong horror-comedy.

Horns by joe hill summary