There are so many horror stories about professional sports that it’s surprising there aren’t more horror movies about professional sports. The new film produced by Jordan Peele aims to fill that gap with its story of a rising star quarterback who encounters dark forces on his road to becoming the Goat. Unfortunately, Him, directed by Justin Tipping (Kicks), squanders its potential. While it starts out promisingly, it seriously devolves in its second half into a surreal phantasmagoria that’s more gonzo than chilling. If you’re looking for a truly disturbing film about the dehumanizing effects of professional football in the corporate age, the one to see is still 1979’s North Dallas Forty.
Him certainly tries to be disturbing. Too hard, in fact. The story begins realistically enough, with the central character, Cameron Cade (Tyriq Withers, I Know What You Did Last Summer), introduced as a star college…
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