The GOAT meets regular old goats – well, quasi-Satanic regular old goats, anyway – in Him (now streaming on Netflix, in addition to VOD platforms like Amazon Prime Video), a nasty slab of satirical horror about football and false idols. Tyriq Withers (the I Know What You Did Last Summer remake) and Marlon Wayans star in the directorial debut of Justin Tipping, who co-writes with Zack Akers and Skip Bronkle, who apparently had A) a bevy of ideas for provocative visuals, and B) almost as many things to say about the culture of worship surrounding American sports stars. The film arrives as the term “elevated horror” has transitioned from praise to pejorative, so it better be EXTRA thoughtful and coherent, right? Well. About that.
HIM: STREAM IT OR SKIP IT?
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