There’s an intriguing premise with the potential for entertaining moral conundrums at the center of Death of a Unicorn. First, corporate lawyer Elliot Kintner (Paul Rudd) hits a mysterious creature.

Of all the mythical creatures, the unicorn is the most popular. Shops are littered with unicorn toys; there are countless stories featuring the spiral-horned horse, and there has even been a cake ...

“Death of a Unicorn,” A24’s latest absurdist horror-comedy, has divided audiences ever since its premiere at South By Southwest film festival March 8. On paper, it certainly checks all the boxes one ...

A scene from 'Death of a Unicorn' courtesy of VVS Films A scene from 'Death of a Unicorn' courtesy of VVS Films ‘Death of a Unicorn’ explores the dark side of the enchanting myth, demonstrating the ...

A father, Elliot (Paul Rudd), and his teenage daughter, Ridley (Jenna Ortega), head out on a trip together; their relationship is prickly, indicating some family trauma we don’t yet know. After ...

Of all the ways to discover that unicorns exist, hitting one with your car is maybe the least appealing. Yet that’s what happens at the beginning of “Death of a Unicorn,” writer and director Alex ...

With a title like Death of a Unicorn, your expectations might be unrealistically high or very low (depending on how you feel about the mythological horned creatures). Either way, writer/director Alex ...

The blood in “Death of a Unicorn” comes in two colors: the familiar shades of red for humans and a deep purple for the mythological creature of the title. Writer and director Alex Sharfman’s splurchy ...

Let’s get this out of the way: Death of a Unicorn is a wild ride that goes places I did not expect. Few studios are as bold as A24 when it comes to pushing the boundaries of storytelling, so it makes ...