A refreshing take on the horror genre

Rating: 7/10 (6 May 2015)

There was a considerable amount of hype surrounding this movie after its limited releases, which gradually snared my attention. There was only one problem...I couldn't find it anywhere! Screenings of this film were few and far between so my excitement for it started to build and build. When I finally saw it, I was not let down, but then again, it was nothing more than I expected. The film is good fun with an interesting premise, a skilled bunch of actors, and a few intense, creepy, and creative scenes. The main cast was picked well and delivered believable performances, at least for a modern horror film. Horror films these days seem to contain mainly cardboard cut- out characters with an uninteresting story and generic jump scares. It Follows' scares are few and far between but are used well and timed just right. The style of the film is very noticeably 70's/80's horror, which is a nice throwback, what, with the long, uninterrupted shots and screeching, haunting soundtrack. One of my favourite things about the film is the main antagonist itself. The follower. Thanks to great make-up and disturbing presentation, each variation of the follower is just as startling and frightening as the last. Overall, It Follows succeeds to be a unique, unsettling, and entertaining film which was worth the wait for me.