Imagine for a moment that unicorns were real, but don't resemble the fanciful fillies illustrated in children's books of Lisa Frank school supplies. Instead, they are feral creatures, with mighty ...

A24’s gory mythical creature feature “Death of a Unicorn” is never as entertaining as its premise. Debut writer and director Alex Scharfman tries to woo audiences with a deluge of “Jurassic Park” ...

SXSW: Shoddy VFX, whether intentional or not, also hamper Alex Scharfman's indie tentpole non-starter for A24. Eat-the-rich satires go back to the supposed dinosaur days of cinema, from Luis Buñuel to ...

Death of a Unicorn opens in theaters Friday, March 28. This review is based on a screening at the 2025 SXSW Film and TV Festival. There’s an intriguing premise with the potential for entertaining ...

As a little girl, I loved unicorns. Specifically, I loved the deeply sad and surprisingly disturbing animated children’s film The Last Unicorn. The tragedy of the unicorn appealed to my young, morbid ...

Debuting director Alex Scharfman offers an amusingly dark take on one of the most beloved (and least seen) fantasy creatures in cinema, filling a unicorn-shaped hole in contemporary filmmaking. Is ...

'Death of a Unicorn' offers a wild fantasy story. Imagine for a moment that unicorns were real, but don't resemble the fanciful fillies illustrated in children's books of Lisa Frank school supplies.

Eat-the-rich satires go back to the supposed dinosaur days of cinema, from Luis Buñuel to Jean Renoir, but they're as in ...