Completely pathetic. Here's why...

Rating: 1/10 (13 June 2015)

Hi there people,
This is MY personal opinion and review of this film, which may or may not upset some people (particularly Americans).
Let me give you a little background first - I have been watching horror films for well over 34 years, it's definitely my favorite genre - yet I do agree that the genre has become stale, stagnant and completely reliant upon cliché's in the past 10 years or so. Where did this all start? :
I blame Wes Craven, and the movie Scream (1996), seriously that was the first time I saw a horror movie and really started to wonder what was going on with the genre, it's film makers, and the people who were so willing to buy into it.
Since Scream's release back in 1996, I have not really enjoyed many "mainstream" horror films, and would quite realistically say that maybe 2-3 out of 60 have been bearable.
Now, this brings us to It Follow.
Let me start by pointing out my reasons for a 1 star scare:
1. Ridiculous characters, who seem to not want to do the obvious thing that would help themselves.
2. A plot which is relatively boring and pretty much just follows (no pun intended) a group of whining "teens" around a road trip from one place to the next.
3. The "curse" (if you will call it that) in the film is very badly researched, nothing is really explained about it's origin, or what can be truly done to defend against it.
4. Acting.... You cannot call it that really, it was soap-opera level at best, and I know this was a horror film, but come ON!
5. Predictable. This films was incredibly predictable, and remained so from the beginning and throughout. Nothing was left to the viewer's own mind, it was all spilled out for them from the beginning, and that which was not was hinted at so blatantly that a FIVE year old could have guessed it.
6. Very cheesy "cash-in" on the classic 80's vibe. The film tried to portray an 80's vibe throughout, but it came off as just looking bad. The 80's was a tremendous time for horror films (most of which were far superior to this trash), and this was not a "throwback" or "nod" to the films of that era, it was a goddamn insult. A try-hard affair.
Now, did I like anything about the film?
Not particularly - the only redeeming quality I can actually say the thing had going for it was it's score. This, however , was also over-used, but was lovely at times.
Summary: David Robert Mitchell - please do not direct another film , and if you do chose to - please don't do another horror. America does not need an "80's horror film revival", the 80's were perfectly fine without one, and you are so young you probably do not even RECALL the best of that era. Please, if you make more films (and they are indeed labeled as horror) try to come up with a style which is unique, and of it's own, something which viewers can be captivated with, which is not copied by previous masters of the genre (which you are not).