A great psychological horror yarn

Rating: 7/10 (26 July 2015)

This is a nice little horror flick. There isn't much gore, instead it relies on a psychological edge. The 'it' in the title comes after the main character, very slowly but relentlessly. This is the main theme of the horror, that this force is unstoppable, eternal and very patient. As one of the characters points out it is always out there making its way gradually towards you. The afflicted can't relax as they have the nagging feeling of never knowing when or where it will catch up with you.
The film is set in some unspecified earlier decade. This I imagine is to negate the power of modern technology that would make 'it' less scary (mainly mobile phones and cheap air travel) A lot of effort has been made to make this look old without referencing any specific pop culture. The score sounds like it is performed one handed on a casio keyboard and can be distracting.
Well produced a great premise, we had hours of discussion about how we would escape it.
A good psychological horror.