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