The opposite of The Virgin Suicides.
I went into this blind, and I don't know why but my instinct was that it was going to be a werewolf or something kind of monster stalking people in a cabin or something. So glad I was wrong, even though I do like some of those movies also.
It Follows felt really original and different. Even a common trope like a slow walking killer is framed differently. It won't defy physics and appear on the other side of the house in a minute. It'll appear some amount of time later, in the next town when you've let your guard down. I also really liked the lack of a clear time period.
It Follows
It doesn't think, it doesn't feel, it doesn't give up.
Rating
4.8 (2)
Release Date
2/4/2015Runtime
101 minsOverview
A young woman is followed by an unknown supernatural force after a sexual encounter.
Status
ReleasedOriginal Language
EnglishBudget
$2,300,000Revenue
$23,374,076Homepage
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How It Feels
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A methodically paced supernatural threat that plays on the vulnerability of youth and the horror of being hunted by something inevitable and unknowable. It's an exercise in sustained dread rather than jump scares, a creeping anxiety that never quite lets up.
Mood
Dread-soakedUnsettlingParanoidTense
Themes
MortalityIsolationBetrayal
Tone
Earnest
Pacing
Slow-burn
Look
NaturalisticHigh-contrastLong takes
Structure
Linear
Heads up
Sexual contentGraphic violence
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