Hepatitis C-

Rating: 3/10 (25 April 2016)

It Follows has quite a preposterous concept to sell to the viewer. Can you follow the idea of a deadly curse being dispensed through sexual intercourse? In the horror genre, anything can happen and you must give it the benefit of the doubt. Does it work in this film? That all depends on how you like to slice your logic. In my minuscule opinion, without proper connection between mythology and reality, the story becomes downright silly in short time. I blame the execution more than the concept. The film could have certainly got away with no explanation of how things came to be if it had just been more covert about certain visual elements which only boggled the mind (uneven death scenes and the exposure of death incarnate). A story involving sexual ritual (more of this) and shadowy lurkers (and less of that) would've served the concept better. Instead, we are given too much to feed the imagination which leaves the story exposed and all its faults to hang.
And so it doesn't even scare. There's nothing to be scared of... unless you're generally afraid of strangers in a lethargic state. With no element of suspense to build the threat, the horror effect is mostly underwhelming. There is scarcely a worry of who or what is around the corner. Mystery goes totally ignored and the fear of isolation is grossly underused here. Again, better off keeping the monster in obscurity than showing its cute face is the summation of this review.
Does the soundtrack remind anyone else of an 80s sword and sorcery b-movie?