Death of a Unicorn

Death of a Unicorn (2025)

Timing: 1:47 (107 min)

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Release date

2025-03-27

Country

United States

Production

A24, Square Peg, Ley Line Entertainment, Secret Engine, Monoceros Media

Genre

Horror, Fantasy, Comedy

Budget

$15 000 000

Revenue

$16 423 464

Website

https://a24films.com/films/death-of-a-unicorn

Director

Alex Scharfman

Actors

Paul Rudd, Jenna Ortega, Will Poulter, Richard E. Grant, Téa Leoni, Sunita Mani, Steve Park, Anthony Carrigan, Jessica Hynes, David Pasquesi
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Scenario

Alex Scharfman

Producer

Tyler Campellone, Drew P. Houpt, Lars Knudsen, Alex Scharfman, Tim Headington, Theresa Steele Page, Lucas Joaquin, Theresa Page, Ari Aster, Paul Rudd

Operator

Larry Fong

Composer

Dan Romer

Artist

Audition

Avy Kaufman

Editing

Ron Dulin
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• While studying at college, director and screenwriter Alex Sharfman worked part-time at the Parts Labor Films studio, where he met producer Lars Knudsen. Knudsen and Ari Aster (an American director and screenwriter) subsequently founded the production company Square Peg. Working at the studio, Sharfman observed Robert Eggers working on his horror film “The Witch” (2015) and finishing the screenplay for the horror film “Nosferatu” (2024). He was deeply impressed by what he saw and decided to make a film based on an original screenplay rooted in ancient legends about unicorns.
• Preparing for filming, Alex Sharfman thoroughly studied myths about unicorns, starting with ancient Roman historians and the Old Testament. He also studied depictions of unicorns on tapestries from the collection of the Met Cloisters in New York. These tapestries, by an unknown master who lived on the cusp of the 16th century, served as the basis for the film’s visual style. Jenna Ortega, who played Ridley, even called them a starting point for understanding the film. According to Sharfman, one shot’s mise-en-scène, in which Odell, played by Richard E. Grant, leads Elliott (played by Paul Rudd) and other characters into the wilderness during a unicorn hunt, replicates a scene from one of the tapestries.