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The realities surrounding the league and the pressures athletes face make the sport ripe for the frightfest “HIM,” its makers say.

By Emmanuel Morgan

In the early stages of creating “HIM,” a new psychological sports horror movie that has Jordan Peele as one of its producers, the filmmakers began researching some of the training elements football players use during practice. They soon learned about the JUGS machine, a contraption with two motorized tires mounted atop a three-legged stand that rapidly shoots footballs at players to catch.