With Jordan Peele attached as producer, Him instantly comes with the expectation that this psychological sports horror might be intricately crafted enough to dig more deeply into its themes — the price paid for fame and glory among them. After all, most sports-related movies are hopeful ones. But it isn’t a film directed by Peele, and so the layered execution and storytelling prowess are lost in what is, essentially, a thematically muddled horror that lacks the cohesion necessary to bring its story together.

Directed by Justin Tipping from a screenplay he co-wrote with Skip Bronkie and Zak Akers, Him has a lot to say about the world of football. The obsessive fans that border on cultish, the dismissiveness with which injuries are treated, and the pressure that comes with being the g

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