Passable

Rating: 6/10 (1 March 2015)

I feel for horror film makers. It must be really difficult to make something different and original, though ultimately that is down to the amount of material being produced by horror writers. It Follows follows a pretty typical formula of a curse that needs to be passed on for the cursed to free themselves from the consequences. Having sex with the next victim is a twist but doesn't really add enough to make the film original or thrilling enough to warrant more than an average film. That said, some of the delivery is good. Even if the material is familiar we all like to be scared and the score and the tension does build effectively in some key scenes. So whilst no horror classic, It Follows does tick some boxes and is worth a viewing by any horror aficionado. Though I expect infrequent horror goers may come away a little more satisfied.