Carpenter would be proud

Rating: 9/10 (5 April 2015)

Have you ever wished that you could bring your covers to the movie theater in an attempt to hide from your fears? No? Well you do now. It Follows is a brilliant 80's horror film that wasn't made in the 80's. The film starts by giving you a glimpse of what this "monster" can do to people (in a very gruesome manner mind you) as we meet our main protagonist portrayed by Maika Monroe coming off The Guest stardom as a normal everyday teen in the suburbs of Detroit. She makes some rather poor decisions and is now being stalked by a force unknown. I think what hits the hardest for the scare factor is that most of us, have at some points in our lives had the same exact type of dream about a terrifying presence stalking us to no end. The film takes many advantages of a slow moving monster by having overwhelmingly good shots hiding the monster out of sight until just the right moment which is only one of the many positives this film has. Another great idea is by placing the film in Detroit (My home town) as it leaves open for many interesting and strange environments. The only negatives with the film I see is the rules of the monster don't make total sense as there are many plot holes surrounding the monster as a whole but I passed over it seeing that you really actually don't know the rules completely and i think the director made sure of that. The talented Director David Robert Mitchell makes a distinct choice by placing the film in a unknown time frame, making you question this reality and making the film just the more unnerving. He makes the film seem like just one big dream you will never wake up from and that may be why i love it so much. To make this film as terrifying and hard hitting as possible, you must know as little as possible to get the full feel for it like I did. If you consider yourself a horror buff or a purist to the art form of horror film making you must see It Follows. A-