Unique but uninspiring

Rating: 5/10 (2 September 2015)

"It Follows" intrigued me as it had an interesting premise of a sexually transmitted demonic creature that follows its victims until it catches them and subsequently kills them. The attention of the creature is passed through sexual intercourse and follows the "carrier",appearing as random people, or even loved ones. Once the "carrier" dies, the creature follows the next person in the "chain", so no one is ever truly safe.
The concept had a lot of promise, however the execution came off as lackluster. "It Follows" does not rely on cheap jump scares and tension is key to the plot, however considering it is a horror movie, it wasn't particularly scary. Yes the creature and the many forms it took were unsettling, but I never really found myself in a state of fear.
The main character Jay, portrayed by Maika Monroe gave a convincing performance, however the other "background characters" came off as one dimensional and somewhat useless. My main gripe was the behavior of the character Greg who refused to believe in the creature's existence, even after the beach scene in which Jay is lifted in the air by her hair and a door is broken open by seemingly no one. I find the fact Greg refused to believe the creature existed rather odd, considering the events that had occurred right in front of him.
Overall this movie is decent enough to watch if you have nothing else to do. However, to consider this movie a testament to horror as some user and critical reviews have suggested would be overestimating it. It didn't do enough to keep interest, and aside from the main character, the rest were rather dull.
If you're looking for a scary psychological horror then look again. If you're looking for a slow burning suspense film with boring characters and a premise that feels incomplete and not capitalized on, then look no further.