The First Football Horror Film Kicks Off At CinemaCon With Monkeypaw’s ‘Him’​on April 2, 2025 at 11:50 pm

The Monkeypaw-produced Him was a mystery no longer as of Wednesday at CinemaCon, where the first trailer for the Justin Tipping-directed sports horror movie was shown.

The movie starring Marlon Wayans, Tyriq Withers, Julia Fox and Tim Heidecker follows a promising young football player who joins an isolated compound to train under a dynasty team’s aging quarterback. From the trailer, which has Wayans’ acerbic coach’s voice-over, it appears it’s some sort of Satanic compound with goat images, people drench in blood and alluring, scantily clad women.

The first look shows football stadium with Wayans’ v.o.: “Do you want this? I said, do you want this? Training, lifting, running, sweating, intense. Talent is how hard you are willing to work, no days off, mostly we grind. I am never good enough. I am never good enough.” Two helmeted players knock heads. And things get weird, supernatural, and the first football horror film is here.

“You have to ask yourself what are you willing to sacrifice. Then it’s football with flashes or horned creatures, monsters, ghost, and its clear. You sacrifice a lot.”

The pic comes out September 19 timed to the 2025-26 NFL season.

Said Withers before the footage rolled, “We were intrigued about live sports with horror, something that felt memorable, unique and burrows under the skin.”

Added Wayans, “It’s not like Rudy … but it’s a sports movie with a twist.”

Emphasized Withers, “You have never ever seen Marlon like this ever, ever, ever.”