Him Review: A Flimsy Football Horror Movie

Movie review: 'Him' hits hard but doesn't look deep

Football is America’s brutal and barbaric billion-dollar pastime, never more so than in Justin Tipping’s horror movie “Him,” which positions the sport as a bloodthirsty cult. But, we already knew that, right? We’ve long been aware that American football exploits…

Him Review: A Flimsy Football Horror Movie

Put Jordan Peele’s name on the poster as a producer and you’re guaranteed butts in seats. However, Justin Tipping’s Him doesn’t have nearly the thematic ambition of the Peele-directed Nope and Get Out. The sports-centric thriller occasionally verges on horror territory, but it never tips over into the eerie (let alone the terrifying) despite numerous attempts. While it has a few fun visual flourishes, it’s a barely-competent movie, held together…

Him Review: A Horror Movie Fumble

If I were Jordan Peele and I had just lost the bidding war to the script for Weapons, and someone on my management team said, “At least we have Him!”, I would have parted ways with them too. From Peele’s Monkeypaw Productions comes a new horror movie that enters the world of athletics. Justin Tipping co-writes and directs this film about Cameron Cade (Tyriq Withers), an up-and-coming football star who gets to train with the football player he id…

Is Him R-Rated? Everything We Know About Jordan Peele’s Sports-Horror Movie

Jordan Peele is back with another boundary-pushing project, and this time, he’s stepping into the uncomfortable territory of sports horror. His upcoming movie, titled Him, has landed an R-rating, and fans are buzzing with excitement to see how it will fuse football and psychological terror. The mind-bending concept is what makes this feature so fascinating because no one has heard horror and football in the same breath, but that’s about to chang…