Director Alex Scharfman tells IndieWire about some of the (real) references for the horned monsters in his A24 film.

In a landscape of flowers and fruit trees, richly dressed hunters pursue a unicorn, portrayed as a white horse with a horn ...

Legends from around the world tell of the unicorn's magical powers, including purifying water with its horn. This has lead to the beast being associated with immortality. The rumors of the unicorn ...

Additionally, the film is visually stunning. Sweeping shots of the Canadian Rockies, the complete understanding Ridley experiences when touching the unicorn’s twisted horn and the unicorns themselves ...