Death of a Unicorn

2025

Comedy / Fantasy / Horror / Thriller

108
Rotten Tomatoes Critics - Rotten 76% · 222 reviews
Rotten Tomatoes Audience - Upright 76% · 1K ratings
IMDb Rating 5.9/10 10 47017 47K

dark comedy blunt psychotic macabre unicorn dark fantasy

Plot summary

A father and daughter accidentally hit and kill a unicorn while en route to a weekend retreat, where his billionaire boss seeks to exploit the creature’s miraculous curative properties.

Director

Alex Scharfman Photo
Alex Scharfman

Top cast

Jenna Ortega Photo
Jenna Ortega as Ridley
Paul Rudd Photo
Paul Rudd as Elliot
Sunita Mani Photo
Sunita Mani as Dr. Bhatia
Will Poulter Photo
Will Poulter as Shepard
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23.976 fps
1 hr 47 min
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Movie Reviews

Reviewed by steveylang 6 / 10

Wildly Uneven, Lots of Good and Bad

The good- pretty cool lore and set up for the unicorns. Promising father-daughter set up, some good satire of the rich and powerful. Will Poulter is the best of the cast.The bad- The father's character development felt very unearned, most of the movie I was praying for his bloody comeuppance. The rich family was too one-note for the amount of screen time they get. CGI was noticeably mediocre but understandable for a low budget movie.With a rewrite or two, and some more money for CGI and action sequences, this could have been a sleeper surprise with genuine sequel potential as I really did like what they did with the unicorns. But because most all the characters were one-dimensional, the movie drags in the middle third as you wait for the inevitable. When it does finally happen, it's somewhat entertaining but let down by its poor CGI, so-so action sequences, and clunky plot resolution. The first two are forgivable given its budget, the third is not.I don't regret watching this movie, I just wish that it had lived up to its potential.
Reviewed by johnspringer-95440 5 / 10

Mid in every way

Death of A Unicorn is theoretically a horror-comedy underpinned by thematic denunciations of greed and environmental exploitation. The horror is essentially non-existent, the comedy is trite and predictable, and the thematic moralizing is as deep as a puddle. This isn't overtly bad or insulting; but it is stale and flaccid. The movie's one saving grace, such as it is, is a likeable cast that includes Paul Rudd, Jenna Ortega, Will Poulter and Tea Leoni. They all seem to be trying hard to make something out of a script that didn't merit their talents, and their charisma makes you want to like the movie more than it deserves.
Reviewed by johan-625-698137 7 / 10

Pleasantly surprised!

I was pleasantly surprised by this movie. I never imagined a major studio would make a horror that included unicorns as the horror element. It was refreshing to see them use that huge horn to impale people.The movie also wanted to remind us that spending time with your family is more important then spending time at the office so you can buy them lots of stuff.The cast was excellent and everyone played their parts wonderfully.I think this is a very likable movie. If you like horror and comedy in a soulful movie, then you will enjoy this movie.I have to give a shout out to the supporting cast Anthony Carrigan and Jessica Hynes.
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