Death of a Unicorn Is 5 Pounds of Purple Poop In a 10-Pound Bag

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This review originally published on March 11, 2025 out of the SXSW Film Festival. We are recirculating it now timed to Death of a Unicorn’s theatrical release.

The rich having been looking enormously appetizing lately, so you have to really fuck up for your movie about eating them to feel unsatisfying. But so it goes with Death of a Unicorn, an upcoming horror comedy that dipped by the SXSW Film Festival for a premiere ahead of its theatrical release on March 28.