Without all the frills...just the fears

Rating: 10/10 (11 April 2015)

It Follows delves back into the horror genre to a time when subtlety and score can be more terrifying than shock and gore. There are moments when characters simply look up at the sky, watch a squirrel on a telephone wire, or view a vacant yard with nothing but the sound of the wind - a false sense of calm to bring feelings of dread. The film score is synthesized with a mix similar to Charles Bernstein (A Nightmare on Elmstreet) and Vangelis (Blade Runner), and there are nods in style to Halloween (1978) and A Nightmare on Elm street (1984). Much like his first film, The Myth of the American Sleepover, director David Robert Mitchell takes the necessary time to introduce his characters and give them depth before placing them in harms way. It is a horror film as flawless and as terrifying as it can get, without all the frills...just the fears. Highly recommended.