It’s straightforward to fail to remember that there was a time in horror in which a prosperous film could not quickly be assumed to spawn a dozen sequels. If time is a flat circle, then this listing must be a flat circle, too. Played with macho gravitas and sly humor by Matthew McConaughey, then in the center of the McConaissance, Cohle was the unpredictable wildcard to Woody Harrelson's extra conventionally buttoned-up Marty Hart.