Another Hugely Over-Hyped "Clever" Film

Rating: 3/10 (2 August 2015)

I was looking forward to seeing this film since I saw the trailers for it as it looked to be a very creepy, tense, clever, and atmospheric horror (which is what I enjoy watching). I was actually eager to watch it and there's not been many films recently I can say that about. Unfortunately, I was hugely disappointed after watching it as It Follows is a MASSIVE let down, and I can't actually believe that it has been rated so highly.
Now, people will probably say "Oh, you don't get it" or "you don't like it because there was no blood & guts"...you know, the typical childish responses you get when you criticise a "clever" film. Well, I'm not thick, and a horror doesn't have to have a ton of gore for me to enjoy, but this was just a very poor telling of what could - and should - have been a much, much creepier film.
It Follows started off well enough, setting up what I thought would be a good tone & atmosphere for the rest of the movie. It didn't pan out that way because while the tone & atmosphere were decent enough (in part), it was severely lacking in a lot of other areas such as...
1) Acting: this was VERY poor, and after the scenes with Annie at the start of the movie, some of the acting was less than convincing. Almost B-movie esk at times.
2) Thrills: a complete minimal amount of this and it was more boring than thrilling.
3) Scare/creep factor: definitely NOT a scary film and only two or three moments from throughout were creepy and gave off an uneasy feel.
4) Pace: absolutely none. The film just crawled along at snail's pace from start to end.
Oh, and speaking of the ending - what a huge disappointment that also was. I detest movies that end the way It Follows ended, but in a way it was spot on for this film as it capped off a perfectly over-hyped, slow, boring, and disappointing "horror".
Honestly, don't be taken in by the hype surrounding this film, but if you decide to watch it then good luck. I just hope you enjoy it more than what I did.