Something different. Enjoyable and frustrating.

Rating: 6/10 (28 February 2015)

'It Follows' was a nice change from the usual tripe we are being spoon fed by Hollywood at the moment, well certainly in this genre anyway. Just being different was enough to make me watch it in the theatre however just because it's different doesn't mean it's amazing.
The film seems to be set in an alternative universe to our own. The world building was probably one of the best things about this movie yet we learn only from observation as nothing is explained to the audience through clumsy exposition, news broadcasts, news papers etc. Its definitely got a late 70s early 80s feel to the movie but with technology hints such as a touch sensitive eReader device with dual screens, modern looking cars in the background, 1 mobile phone seen once and even fizz drinks cans had the modern ring pull. Everything else is dated technology by our standards.
I had no real problems with the characters, everyone done a pretty good job with their support roles but aside from our main characters Jay, Paul and Greg there's not a lot of character development really but my real issue was with the demon/ghost. I felt it was given a very ambiguous power set and lack of back story. The demon walks you down, literally rapes the life out of the victim mangles the body and will do this in public it seems yet the fact that it must have killed publicly before never seems to be reported or talked about even as rumour or folk tales. It's also a little inconsistent with how long it takes for it to catch up with our protagonist victim, surly after the car crash she would have been caught? Why was the demon standing on the roof of her house when it had already demonstrated that it could use doors or smash it's way into buildings? What happened in the pool? It seems our ghost likes to do things for dramatic effect rather than be effective at what it's supposed to do.
Aside from the director just expecting the audience to 'just go along with it' and not ask any questions about time, distance, where, how and why, the film keeps you interested. I was looking forward to seeing how the movie would finish. I might have missed something but I didn't fully understand the final encounter plan.
BRILLIANT film score, interesting hook, visually gorgeous and genuinely unique. I'd say go see it.
I personally had issues with the film but the great thing about opinions is you have them also so go watch the movie yourself and make up your own mind on it.
DON'T HAVE CASUAL SEX!