Death of a Unicorn is a wildly fun and creative creature horror that delivers plenty of exciting thrills, fantastic performances, humorous satire, gory deaths, doses of Lovecraftian horror, and surprisingly touching moments making this one hell of an A24 acid trip that I believe a lot of people will enjoy. A father (Paul Rudd) and daughter (Jenna Ortega) accidentally hit and kill a unicorn while enroute to a weekend retreat, where his billionaire boss (Richard E. Grant) seeks to exploit the creature's miraculous curative properties. A24's new dark fairy tale, Death of a Unicorn , has some fantastic star power behind it -- and not just Jenna Ortega And Paul Rudd. Death of a Unicorn : Directed by Alex Scharfman. With Jenna Ortega, Paul Rudd, David Pasquesi, Anthony Carrigan. A father and daughter accidentally hit and kill a unicorn while en route to a weekend retreat, where his billionaire boss seeks to exploit the creature's miraculous curative properties.