A real horror movie - not just a lame visual spectacle...

Rating: 7/10 (21 August 2015)

Being a huge fan of sci-fi, fantasy and horror, and all the other subgenres of speculative fiction, I have to say I enjoyed this film very much. It could have been just another silly visual spectacle that seems to be so common with films of this type these days, sci-fi movies are pretty much action movies, and fantasy films are mostly Disney-esque, and of course horror films are pretty much just slasher films only, filled with gore and not really scary at all.
Now I'll have you know first off, that I was by no means terrified by this film, I have seen way too many horror films for really anything to have much of an effect on me. So for me, it's not the fear that's so gripping about good horror movies, it's the excitement and facing the unknown. Yep, this is a supernatural horror film, which to me is what horror is supposed to be. I think horror works best when it uses sci-fi or fantasy elements, such as alien monsters or fantasy creatures such as Ogres. That being said, this was not like the average horror film of this era, this is more of a throwback to the horror films from the good old days. Yeah, it's that good. It's not a slasher film, and really all of the characters in the movie are pretty likable, something not very common in horror movies in a while. It seems like there's always some jerk character that's a jock bully, and you already know he's gonna get killed because he fits that stereotype, you can just assume he'll be the first character that the monster kills.
Thankfully, this film has no such character. Every character in the show is pretty likable. And the music is way cool too. I really don't know if the movie would have done so great if not for the music. It was really cool. I marked this review a spoiler one, and here's why, the monster is a -- well, we don't have a clue what it is. It could be an alien, imp, bogeyman, goblin...the truth is, it's never revealed. But it's drawn to sex, whatever it is, whoever she has sex with gets killed and then it goes after her again. But she's safe as long as she keeps passing it on, by having sex.
The creature is invisible, except to those who it's after or has been after. In fact, it can have a variety of appearances. Yeah, it seems to be a shapeshifter. In fact, it once shapeshifts as this dude's mom and then rapes him. So the last thing he sees before he dies is mom raping him. Yeah, that scene gets an A+ for its' disturbing shock value. Anyway the monster...well...it keeps coming, it...follows. And yes, that's why the movie's called that. But don't judge the movie by its' somewhat silly title. I honestly remember I laughed last year when I first saw the trailer for it, I figured it was just gonna be another stupid lame teenager horror film. And yes, the characters are teenagers mostly but that's beside the point. It's a great film, I watched the DVD just yesterday and I think if you like traditional horror films, you'll like this.