Modern horror rarely gets any better than this.

Rating: Null/10 (19 January 2018)

"It Follows" belongs to a small number of original and inventive horror movies released during the 2010s so far, turning into an immediate modern classic by paying homage to the golden age of horror during the 1980s with its incredible cinematography, the suburban setting and the chilling score. Maika Monroe has been born for parts such as this; I recently watched her in "The Guest", an incredible indie thriller which was released the very same year as "It Follows" and is just as fresh and exciting when it comes to aspects such as thrilling atmosphere, memorable storytelling and vivacious characters.
Many reviewers on IMDb appear to complain about the film's narrative, including the way the 'monsters' slowly walk up towards their victims without ever appearing to be a danger to them. I would love to see those people constantly being stalked by bloodthirsty creatures which never seize to follow you. The only flaw I could find with the film was the choppy editing, as it gave some of the scene changes an awkward feeling and took away from the narrative's fluency. Apart from that, "It Follows" is as good a horror film as you can imagine finding within its genre, especially in recent years since ongoing franchises such as Saw, Final Destination, Halloween or Texas Chainsaw Massacre have flooded the horror genre with their trashy sequels.
With the recent hype surrounding "Stranger Things" and the Hollywood remake of "It", it has been turning into a trend to pay homage to horror movies from the 1980s, and "It Follows" is an almost perfectly executed example for how to do such an homage correctly. Horror movies should not be about the scares only, and David Robert Mitchell understood this when he directed "It Follows": These movies should be about suspense, fear of the unknown, fear of what lurks in the shadows or what may be following you from afar. The film's 'monsters' embody exactly that: by letting them slowly wander towards their victims, the effect of possible jump scares gets replaced by a rising amount of tension, becoming more and more unbearable throughout the course of the film as we approach the final scenes.