It follows...

Rating: Null/10 (17 May 2016)

It follows. Wherever you go, it's going, too. It can be everyone. A stranger. A friend. Even family. And if it follows you once, it will follow you to your death.
Right from the beginning you know that 'It Follows' is not a typical Horror movie. Without further explanation, the movie pushes you right into the action, which in the eye of the ignorant audience might seem weird but yet arouses curiosity. Even though the concept is simple, the movie is terrifying throughout. Just like "It" comes slowly but surely closer, the movie itself has a slow build up which in the end results in a well-made climax. The menacing atmosphere throughout the movie is endorsed by a fitting stress-producing cinematography. But 'It Follows' is despite one or another jump scare in no way a shallow horror-shocker, but rather offers a lot of hidden subtext for every Hobby movie-analyzer. Admittedly, one or two jump scares are in the movie, but combined with a well-build tension they make ones hair stand on end. The movie plays with simple fears, but also provides a threatening nature, that enthralls everyone. Not only the protagonists will develop some kind of paranoia but also the viewer will find himself scanning the setting of the movie more precisely. You will inevitably be thrilled every second of this movie and even try for yourself to find away out of this hopeless situation. Sadly some questions will stay unanswered but that doesn't hurt the movie in any way. In my opinion every great horror movie needs this kind of mysteriousness and perplexity in the end.
'It Follows' is a movie for every horror lover. Without any unnecessary shockers or disgusting elements, the movie offers a atmospherically threatening experience that will take everybody's breath away. A lot of hidden subtext and symbolism draws through 'It Follows', which provides the movie depth, that you rarely see in other horror movies. 'It Follows' is an example, that others would do well to follow.