"The Shining" + "A Nightmare on Elm Street" = "It Follows"

Rating: 8/10 (9 August 2016)

What a dichotomy between professional critics and general audience. I'm starting to think professional critics exist for a reason - they surely provide much deeper insight to this movie than almost anyone commenting "It Follows'"message boards.
As I was reading message boards I quickly realized a few people came to know what "It" really presents. This is a horror movie which, if watched superficially, doesn't give much impression. This is not "SAW" type of a movie. This is more like Kubrick's "The Shining" masterpiece which had a major impact on director David Robert Mitchell in making of "It Follows".
So if you were able to enjoy and more importantly understand "The Shining" you're be able to enjoy "It Follows". This is primarily a psychological horror movie.
So what is the point of the movie? What does "It" represent? If you want to figure that on you own, stop reading now. "It" is the metaphor for emotional scars caused by family and sexual partners. "It" is not a super-natural entity but a real emotional struggle which exists solely inside someone's heart and mind. How do you make a movie when you want to bring closer all the ugly pain which intoxicates us the from inside and keeps attacking like a monster almost never fading out? You make a super-natural surreal mystery movie which focuses more on giving you chills and making you feeling really unpleasant than making you jump.
And that's why critics are right: "It Follows" is exceedingly dreadful experience. Distorted 90's synthesizer music ads much to the dreadful ambient. Soundtrack is one of the best I've ever heard. Camera work and all other gimmicks, including acting, are on the expected level for a two million dollar budget movie. But these are really not important - music, concept and ambient is what furnishes unpleasant feelings and makes "It Follows" a decent "Nightmare on Elm Street" plus "The Shining" spin-off.
In conclusion: this movie is a valuable contribution to discussion on how sexual relationships can bring about bad feelings. If you're looking for a quaint and disturbing movie experience which covers a most serious topic, there you have it. Don't read message boards and don't take rating seriously. It might steer you away from a gem.