{"id":3565,"date":"2014-10-23T20:49:59","date_gmt":"2014-10-24T03:49:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dailyfilmfix.com\/?p=3565"},"modified":"2014-10-23T20:49:59","modified_gmt":"2014-10-24T03:49:59","slug":"review-horns","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dailyfilmfix.com\/?p=3565","title":{"rendered":"Review: HORNS"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>\"\"<\/a>Daniel Radcliffe continues to prove to us that not only can he act, but he\u2019s willing to take risks to make us forget his beloved alter ego. In \u201cHorns\u201d he plays Ig Perrish, a radio DJ who may have killed his girlfriend Merrin (Juno Temple). Released on bond, Ig spends most of his time drinking and avoiding the press that are determined to get an interview with him now that he\u2019s an accused killer. But when he wakes up one morning with horns growing out of the top of his head, things begin to turn around for Ig. Maybe he can do a little demonic detective work and find his gal\u2019s killer.<\/p>\n

This satirical tale reminded me of what would happen if \u201cTwilight\u201d had been crossed with \u201cHeathers.\u201d Radcliffe does a convincing American accent. His almost hunky performance even made my girl suggest that maybe one day he could beef up enough to play James Bond. When she said this while we were watching \u201cHorns,\u201d I just couldn\u2019t get the wacky idea out of my head. The weird thing is that it is certainly a possibility. Radcliffe, Daniel Radcliffe has to be one of the most interesting actors under age 30 working today, and he\u2019s just 25.<\/p>\n

Anyway, \u201cHorns\u201d is adapted from a novel by Joe Hill, who just happens to look a lot like another horror writer who sometimes goes by the name Richard Bachman. And there\u2019s a reason for that, Hill is Stephen King\u2019s son. And \u201cHorns\u201d feels a lot like a King film. I\u2019d like to see more Joe Hill brought to the screen.<\/p>\n

Finally, \u201cHorns\u201d also benefits from a great score that prominently makes use of Bowie, EELS, The Wanton Bishops, and this great song \u201cShut Up I am Dreaming of Places Where Lovers Have Wings\u201d by Sunset Rubdown. This is one hip, grim fairy tale.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Daniel Radcliffe as a devil? You gotta be kidding…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[19],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3565","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-reviews","no-thumb"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyfilmfix.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3565","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyfilmfix.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyfilmfix.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyfilmfix.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyfilmfix.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3565"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/dailyfilmfix.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3565\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3569,"href":"https:\/\/dailyfilmfix.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3565\/revisions\/3569"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyfilmfix.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3565"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyfilmfix.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3565"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyfilmfix.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3565"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}