"Horns" is A Sharp and Highly Original Love Story

This vastly one of a kind movie strikes the senses with curiosity, intrigue and displays how love is as old as time itself.

First spawned to the public at Toronto's 2013 International Film Festival, and then to the U.S. on Halloween, then yesterday on DVD. Screen writer Keith Bunin brilliantly transformed Joe Hill's book into a bizarrely fantastic romantically dark modern day Romeo and Juliet mysterious love fest.

Daniel Radcliffe, aka, Harry Potter displays his acting prowess in this four star flick. Ig Perrish (Radcliffe) hooks up with his childhood crush, Merrin Williams, marvelously portrayed by Juno Temple. Williams and Perrish's naked bodies collided in ecstasy. Their cerebral thoughts and words weaved wonderfully into their physical attraction toward each just as well.



The story wastes absolutely no time in racing to conflict. Williams (Temple) is found raped and brutally murdered in the woods. Perrish (Radcliffe) is the prime suspect and his best friend Lee Tourneau characterized by Max Minghella whose a lawyer has managed to keep Perrish out of jail. Evidence left at the scene of the crime points to Perrish. He immediately becomes the small towns out cast and the media will not leave him alone.

"Horns" gets a bit goofy when Perrish grows horns and everyone in his presence has to display their dark side, no matter how twisted or perverted it might be. While the media and the law are trying to get Perrish to admit to Willaims murder, he continues to announce his innocence and find the actual killer.

Though Williams is dead at the beginning of the story, the flash-backs of her and Perrish transforming from adolescence to adulthood is displayed with aplomb. As the conclusion of "Horns" begins to form, the question still remains. Perrish, a heavy drinker wonders if he might have indeed killed Williams in a black-out stupor.

Before the viewer knows for sure who killed Williams, three main suspects including Perrish are among those who indeed stole Williams life. Besides finding out for sure who the killer was, the story unravels even more secrets and has a very enriching conclusion.