Creepy, but not scary. Atmospheric, no tension. Missed opportunity.

Rating: 6/10 (7 July 2015)

There are many types of horror movies: gore porn, slasher movies with jump scares galore, and the slow paced creepy and eerie atmospheric films. It seems with the success of "Paranormal Activity" and "The Conjuring", the latter style is becoming more and more popular. "It Follows" follows in the same vain.
It is slow, but well-paced, has a great accompanying soundtrack which build on overbearing sense of dread. However, what it is not is scary. The problem lies within its premise. It is unique and interesting – an STD that comes with your own personal spirit-thing that tries to kill you. It slowly and unendingly walks towards you, and if it gets you, it kills you. The emphasis here is on the word slow. It doesn't even walk at a normal speed. You could just briskly walk away from it. At no point was there tension; at no point did I fear for the main character's life. All the atmosphere in the world can't save the film if I don't think the spirit is capable of killing their intended target.