It Follows is an unnerving and insane horror film with an explosive climax that will leave you buzzed upon leaving the Theater!

Rating: 8/10 (23 April 2015)

It Follows- R, 2015 ➡️At no time in my life would I have thought that a film about STD's (By STDs I mean sexually transmitted demons 😱) could scare and unnerve me like "It Follows" did. This is director David Robert Mitchell's second effort that further proves his status as a rising star in Hollywood. It Follows is a stylish horror trip that acts as a pseudo-homage to '80s slasher films while also managing to breathe new life into a struggling genre. The film "follows" J (played amazingly by Maika Monroe) , a college student who ends up sleeping with her boyfriend and, in the aftermath, is told that she has now contracted a demon that will follow her until she is dead. She must pass this demon on or risk facing her own death and haphazardly killing everyone who has had it before her. The film drops the audience into an '80s era suburbs that is busting at the seams with something that is hard to put a finger on but is no doubt nefarious. The camera movements and long tracking shots mean there Is no break from the film and we have no choice but to watch the horror that is about to occur on the screen. Great scores stay with you long after watching a film and the ethereal soundtrack from It Follows has yet to leave my mind. Mitchell does an excellent job of maintaining suspense throughout the film and treats the audience intelligently by not succumbing to an overuse of childish jump-scares. This is one of the many flaws that plague the horror genre today because jump-scares diffuse tension instead of increasing it and come off as a cheap gimmick to get people's butts in the theaters. This film is not without flaws itself though as certain characters perform certain actions that are based in no common sense and their stupidity took me out of the film. The parents in this film are no where to be found which takes away from the believability of the film. The film is excellent at exploiting one of humanity's, especially teenager's, biggest fear which is undoubtedly the contraction of an STD. It Follows is an unnerving and insane horror film with an explosive climax that will leave you buzzed upon leaving the Theater! #8/10 #ItFollows