Him
Him
After suffering a potentially career-ending brain trauma, Cameron Cade receives a lifeline when his hero, legendary eight-time Championship quarterback and cultural megastar Isaiah White, offers to train Cam at Isaiah's isolated compound that he shares with his celebrity influencer wife. But as Cam's training accelerates, Isaiah's charisma begins to curdle into something darker.
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TLDR -> So if you’re here for touchdowns or jump scares, this movie will feel like a prank. But if you’re drawn to secret societies, the darker side of celebrity, and the idea that reality is just a polite hallucination, Him might be your kind of weird.
GOOD WATCH!!
Let’s get this out of the way: Him is not about football. Unless you consider football a metaphor for punting your soul across the field of fame while wearing cleats made of unresolved trauma. This is a coming-of-age tale, but not the kind where someone gets a scholarship and a pep talk. It’s more like: “Who am I, really? And how much of myself do I have to sacrifice to become the person I pretend to be?”
Also, this is not horror. Not in the traditional “run, scream, repeat” sense. It’s horror-adjacent—like waking up in a mansion full of beautiful people who smile too much and never blink. It’s psychological, dramatic, and dipped in surrealism like a fever dream wrapped in velvet. Honestly, we need a new genre for films like this: “Ritualistic Fame Spiral with Bonus Cult Vibes.”
The performances? Surprisingly strong. It’s refreshing to see actors break free from their usual roles and dive headfirst into the abyss. They commit. Even when the plot starts whispering in Latin and the lighting suggests someone’s about to summon a demon—or a record deal.
The ending? Not my favorite. It felt like the director lit a candle, blew it out, and said “figure it out.” But it didn’t ruin the ride. It just left me staring at the credits wondering if I’d been initiated into something.
So if you’re here for touchdowns or jump scares, this movie will feel like a prank. But if you’re drawn to secret societies, the darker side of celebrity, and the idea that reality is just a polite hallucination, Him might be your kind of weird.
Personally, I believe there’s a shadow world behind the glitz—one where fame comes with rituals, masks, and maybe a blood oath or two. If that makes me strange, so be it. I found Him fascinating, unsettling, and worth the watch.
Just don’t expect closure. Or football. Or sanity.