A very significant horror film during a time of duds

Rating: 10/10 (22 June 2019)

To say someone is one of your favorite directors they really need to have like 2 to 3 movies. After the very recent release of "Under the Silver Lake" I can now say that David Robert Mitchell is definitely one of my favorite directors and definitely one of the finest directors working today. "It Follows" came out in 2014 and I remember going to see it in the movie theaters. I got there a little bit late so I actually missed the first 10 mins so i did initially miss the famous opening kill scene. However I watched it twice since then including last night and i realize now how much praise this film really deserves. It is masterful and refreshing. Its a rated R teen horror movie that will sit well with any crowd. Its a very unique film and is so creative that I almost had trouble truly wrapping my mind around it all even though its quite simple. Though at times intense and always creepy, I wish Mitchell showed a little more horror. A little more of the entity. Even though this movie is aimed at a younger crowd and the horror seems to only scratch the visual surface, it is still somehow quite quenching to the horror afficiando no matter how deep, scary, or gory they like their movies. The budget was around a million dollars and you can see tye budget dispersed very evenly through out. Smart directing, good execution, beautiful color schemes, a loud and dread inducing score, and young angsty teens having lots of sex. One of the best horror films of the past 10 years