Don't understand the hype

Rating: 3/10 (16 March 2018)

After seeing all the positive reviews and high ratings for 'It Follows' I started to doubt my perception or if indeed I'd watched the same film everybody else did. However, I've decided to stick with my original opinions and thoughts about this movie and thought it'd be interesting to share them since they differ from the general opinion presented in most reviews.
I watched 'It Follows' shortly after it was added to Netflix UK and had no expectations, since Netflix's horror section is saturated with B-rated movies that are hardly worth watching. Whilst I understand the idea of a sexually transmitted entity is somewhat original and has never been done before (from my recollection), it's also ridiculous. It was presented as being a terrifying and serious thing, but I couldn't take it seriously and that immediately destroys any sense of fear or anxiety, which is important to feel when watching a horror film.
Putting aside the idea of the entity itself, the plot was practically non-existent. The main female character contracts the entity at the beginning of the film and the rest of it is her feeling sorry for herself (she should try taking responsibility for her own actions - she's the one that had unprotected sex with a stranger) and expecting everyone else around her to fix her problems. What REALLY ticked me off and was the point where I completely wrote the film off is when she selfishly sleeps with her "best friend" a.k.a the sweet guy that lives across the street that's been crushing on her since they were kids, transmitting the entity to him and resulting in his death. Here's a question, WHO DOES THAT? How the hell is an audience supposed to root for a person that would do that?
I can't understand what's so appealing about this film. Granted, I'm writing this review after having seen it some months ago, but I clearly remember the end credits rolling and thinking, "Is that it?" Having seen a lot of horror films, I'll be the first to hold my hands up and admit it takes A LOT to scare me, but this didn't have me on the edge of my seat even once. It's pretty hard to be afraid of some mysterious invisible entity that seems to move at a snails pace and that is so easily out-manoeuvred (the main girl seems to live with it successfully for long enough, as do the many people before her that manage to pass it on). Perhaps there may be some finer details such as the music or direction that was better, but none of it that was significant enough for me to remember it positively.
My advice would be, if you decide to watch this movie DON'T go in with high expectations based on the reviews, because it's really not as good as that. For some odd reason people seem to have jumped on the bandwagon with this one and everyone sings its praises, when in reality it's no different than any other mediocre B-rated movie with poor acting, no story and zero creativity or intrigue.