Most original horror film concept falls just short

Rating: 6/10 (28 April 2015)

It Follows offers perhaps the most unique and refreshing concept in horror/thriller films in the past few years. This film has an unexplainable ability to suspend the viewer's disbelief of fictional concepts by masking them with the unknown. The concept of this film is not secret by any means, and is spelled out quite early in the film in a remarkably perfect manner. The simple explanation given to us in the parking structure scene about the concept of "It Follows" is all the film needed to say, and is all it did say.
The unfortunate problem with this film comes as it shows the characters make choices that are remarkably poor. The audience is taken out of the brilliant concept and thus removed from the suspense of the film due to them questioning the logic and reasoning of the characters.
Many viewers and critics will love this film because of the first half perfection and the unique and refreshing idea. I for one, was angered for these same reasons, as the second half and the conclusion were not even in the same hemisphere as the first act of the film.
*POSSIBLE SPOILER?*
The entire film's concept can be debunked by these three words: Fly to China. Change the opening sequence of the film to show that like the character says in the garage: "It's slow, but it's not stupid" by being smart enough to get on a plane. THEN you have a real problem. :)