Step aside, inspirational sports dramas—HIM is here to haunt your locker room. In a genre-bending collision of blood, body horror, and football glory, the latest trailer for HIM unleashes a nightmarish vision of ambition, masculinity, and manipulation. Produced by Oscar winner Jordan Peele and directed by Justin Tipping, this fall’s most twisted psychological thriller is anything but a game.
With a terrifyingly unhinged performance from Marlon Wayans and a breakout turn by real-life athlete Tyriq Withers, HIM looks ready to dismantle the myth of the American sports hero one horrifying play at a time. Set to release in theaters September 19th, HIM reveals a disturbing undercurrent beneath the glitz and glory of professional football.
The Storyline
Tyriq Withers stars as Cameron Cade, a rising quarterback on the brink of NFL stardom—until a violent encounter with an obsessive fan leaves him with a potentially career-ending brain injury. Just when his dreams seem dashed, he receives a lifeline from none other than Isaiah White played by Wayans, an eight-time championship-winning QB turned media demigod.
Isaiah invites Cam to train at his remote luxury compound—shared with his enigmatic influencer wife Elsie White, played by Julia Fox—but things quickly spiral. What begins as mentorship curdles into manipulation as Cam is dragged into Isaiah’s twisted world of toxic training, identity erasure, and physical disintegration. In a sport obsessed with performance, what part of yourself must die to become HIM?
A Trailer Drenched In Symbolism And Blood
The newly released trailer delivers a grotesque blend of athleticism and dread. Withers’ Cam strides down a bloodstained football field in a Christ-like pose, flanked by faceless cheerleaders. A haunting image that reframes sports worship as religious zealotry. Wayans, cloaked in charisma and menace, is shown flashing Super Bowl rings like holy relics while his eye bleeds crimson, signaling a fall from grace or something far more sinister.
As the footage cuts between violent drills, drug injections, and unsettling hallucinations, one question remains — is Isaiah building a champion, or breaking a man?
More Than A Sports Movie: The Horror Of Identity
HIM isn’t just a twisted take on sports culture—it’s a meditation on identity, pressure, and control, disguised in cleats and shoulder pads. Much like Peele’s Get Out and Us, HIM uses genre as a scalpel, peeling back the layers of what it means to be consumed—by fandom, by fame, and by the idea of greatness itself.
Cast & Crew
Alongside Withers and Wayans, HIM features Julia Fox, Tim Heidecker, Jim Jefferies, and the film debuts of MMA fighter Maurice Green, rapper Guapdad 4000, and experimental artist Tierra Whack. Behind the camera, the film is co-written by Zack Akers & Skip Bronkie and Tipping himself. It’s produced by Peele’s Monkeypaw Productions, the studio behind Nope, Us, and Candyman.
Save The Date: September 19
With HIM, Jordan Peele once again proves that horror is the perfect lens for dissecting cultural mythologies—and this time, it’s the gladiator arena of American football that gets tackled. Mark your calendars: HIM hits theaters nationwide September 19th, and if the trailer is any indication, audiences are in for a blood-soaked, brain-bending ride. Watch the new trailer for HIM above and prepare for a sports horror experience like no other.