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  83. Index 512 reviews in total
  84. 221 out of 390 people found the following review useful:
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  86. It Follows breathes new life into a dying genre
  87. 10/10
  88. Author: Andrew Gold from United States
  89. 2 June 2015
  90. This is probably the best horror movie I've seen in the past decade. It Follows is a throwback to classic late '70s - '80s horror films and draws many comparisons to John Carpenter's style, from the music to the cinematography, and rather than appearing like a carbon copy or rehash of Halloween, director David Robert Mitchell executes this odd premise with such flair and finesse that you can't help but be refreshed by its cleverness. Everything about it works, from the brooding pace to the relatable characters, effortlessly sucking you into this gloomy world where STDs can pass on entities that follow you around no matter where you are. This is where most of the suspense comes from, because instead of relying on blood and shock value, It Follows is subtle and thought provoking - you never know where this thing is and it moves so slowly that you don't know when it will appear, and this uncertainty in waiting is what real suspense is all about.
  91.  
  92. One aspect that stands out, apart from the brilliant writing and directing, is the musical score by Disasterpeace. It's absolutely gorgeous in the most ominous, haunting way you can imagine. It's retro but not dated - heavy on synths and low on bombast, it sets the eerie tone of the movie right from the get-go and elevates the film's effectiveness into the stratosphere. Even as a standalone listen the music is brilliant, but when juxtaposed with the bleak imagery and unnerving atmosphere, it's downright masterful.
  93.  
  94. It Follows is not an overtly scary movie. It's a slowburner, and the emphasis on mood over jump scares makes it all the more terrifying. The acting is spot-on, the cinematography is glorious, the pacing is perfect - it's a breath of fresh air into the horror genre that has been on life-support for a while now. I can go on and on, but the thing to remember is that It Follows is not for everyone. If you're expecting this to be a paranormal slasher or something of the sort then you probably won't enjoy it. It's purely psychological, and these days, psychological horror is making a huge comeback. Last year we had The Babadook and this year the movie to beat is It Follows. Both movies are by new directors - Jennifer Kent and David Robert Mitchell respectively - which means they have their entire career ahead of them to rejuvenate the genre to the heights it used to reach. It Follows is a masterpiece in every respect and an absolute must-watch for horror fans that thought the genre was completely drained of originality. I can only imagine where horror will progress from here.
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  97. 238 out of 455 people found the following review useful:
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  99. A Modern Horror Classic
  100. 8/10
  101. Author: SushiStoner103 from Australia
  102. 19 April 2015
  103. Inspired by 70's and 80's horror, it follows is a refreshing psychological horror film with a simple premise and a chilling concept. The cinematography is electrifying, every shot is beautiful and the score holds brilliance, it carries a very obvious John Carpenter vibe to it. The tension is raw, avoiding cheap jump scares and relies on music. Its eerie atmosphere is extremely effective keeping you inches above your seat for the majority of the runtime. The characters are interesting, providing depth and emotional attachment, most modern horror films seem to forget the importance of character development, its nice to see the genre hasn't completely lost it yet. There are several jumps scares, but they work, as they are not carried with unnecessary piecing music jolts but with the use of disturbing and sudden imagery.
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  105. The only errors I could detect were the unconventional editing style, the transitions were a little dodgy lacking fluency, this left the film to appear choppy at times but this flaw can be easily forgiven. Its outstanding cinematography and soundtrack make up for this. The film leaves a daunting stain of disturbing after effects that follow you for a long while, with a constant reminder to always check behind your back. An exceptional low budget indie horror film, strongly recommend.
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  108. 69 out of 121 people found the following review useful:
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  110. Innovative horror that gets deep under the skin
  111. 8/10
  112. Author: Roman James Hoffman from United Kingdom
  113. 13 July 2015
  114. Jay (Maika Monroe) is a young, attractive girl coming-of-age who lives in the suburbs and, like pretty much every other young person, is finding out who she is through trial, through error, and with her friends for company. She is seeing a guy, Hugh, who acts a little odd sometimes but otherwise seems nice and trustworthy so one night she consents to his advances and they share an awkward but intimate moment in the back of his car. However, her post-coital bliss is cut short when Hugh inexplicably chloroforms her. She wakes up tied to a wheelchair in a derelict building where Hugh is rambling an apology about how he is doing this to her to show her that it's real, that it sometimes takes the form of someone you love to mess with you, and that she has to sleep with someone to pass on the curse. She is convinced he is mad…until she sees "it".
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  116. The rest of the film sees "it" stalking Jay. Fortunately, she is able to demonstrate the reality of "it" to her friends who band together around her, without the help from any adult authority, as they try to understand the nature of this thing and how they can help her friend given her reluctance to merely pass it along by sleeping with another poor unsuspecting horny teen.
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  118. Honestly, the culmination of the first act of the film, in the derelict building, came as a complete surprise: the scene showed me a fresh vision of horror which was genuinely scary and discomforting despite my jaded tastes. The slowness of the preceding scenes matured into a crushing, intense uncertainty when I realised that it wasn't what I expected from a horror and felt, for the first time in a long while, a sense of not knowing what I was watching.
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  120. The rest of the movie doesn't quite live up to this chilling reveal. To be frank, I can't think of how it could. Rather, the themes and references that led to the reveal are unpacked to flesh out the film's universe. We see multiple scenes of urban decay and adult authority figures are conspicuous by their absence. In addition, the refreshingly natural colour palette (not that grungy green which seems to characterise most horror movies these days) and a creepy score create a palpable sense of alienation and loneliness which mirrors the characters' confusion as they attempt to battle this malevolent force in the middle of the standard sexual and identity confusions of youth.
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  122. What's more, as the film progresses we realise that despite being set in the present the cars, TVs, and clothes seem to be imported in from the 80s. At first incongruous, as the film progresses I saw that these choices could be seen as an homage to the slasher movies of the late 70s/early 80s, especially John Carpenter's 'Halloween', with their subtexts of the dangers of unsupervised teenagers having sex which is clearly much of what 'It Follows' is concerned with. The result is a film which appears bold and fresh, but under closer examination reveals a fertile heritage of horror which it gains much from drawing upon and referring to throughout the runtime. However, all this is so artfully executed and to such a great effect that a familiarity with this lineage is not required and, moreover, the film still has much to offer those that are.
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  124. As it seems to be the case these days, horror movies without the tiresome jump-scares or which don't regurgitate haunted houses, creepy kids, or possessed girls get a lot of abuse from certain sections of the horror audience. If you like those tropes, avoid 'It Follows'. If you like fresh, daring, and thoughtful horror which lingers long after the film ends, watch it. Now!
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  127. 20 out of 30 people found the following review useful:
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  129. Terrible
  130. 1/10
  131. Author: Bradley Hall from USA
  132. 10 August 2015
  133. *** This review may contain spoilers ***
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  135. Nothing scary about it. You never find out what exactly "It" is or what it wants or how it originated. Pretty pointless movie. It's basically a movie about passing a STD around, which apparently passing it on to someone else didn't help the problem since the original guy still saw "It". Filming was horrible too, most of the movie looked like someone was walking around with a video camera. I gave it 1 star because 0 wasn't an option. I'm flabbergasted at the people who gave this a good review. How anyone thought this movie even deserved 2 stars is beyond me. The only things I could come up with was either they had a part in the movie or they were on some hard drugs. An hour and 40 minutes I'll never get back.
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  138. 11 out of 14 people found the following review useful:
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  140. Avoid like the plague!
  141. 1/10
  142. Author: tuxedocartman from Las Vegas, NV
  143. 5 September 2015
  144. Remember in that movie, The Ring, how there was this video tape that would kill you if you watched it, and the only way to save yourself was to get other people to watch it?
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  146. I just watched It Follows, because it had a 96% Rotten Tomatoes and 83% Metacritic scores, and had good word of mouth. From what I can gather... it is literally the videotape from The Ring. The only way it could garner that kind of score is if people felt this supernatural compulsion to make others suffer as they have. Prometheus was better than this. Nicolas Cage's version of Left Behind was better than this! This is, without a doubt, the worst movie I've seen in years!
  147.  
  148. Do not watch It Follows!!! If I have to die in seven days to spare others this misery, I'm okay with that. Ugh...
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  151. 48 out of 88 people found the following review useful:
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  153. The Abstinental Bore-ist
  154. 1/10
  155. Author: James Parrish from Seattle, WA
  156. 22 July 2015
  157. *** This review may contain spoilers ***
  158.  
  159. It is ironic how a film regarding abstinence could leave me feeling so violated.
  160.  
  161. I was so excited to see this film. With an excellent trailer & critical praise, I had a feeling this feature could truly add another rare horror classic to the arsenal of independent film. "It" might even usher in a new era of non-remakes/torture porn with a retro score I latched onto from the 1st decibels. I've always been a fan of John Carpenter and acknowledged the obvious influence for composer Rich Vreeland aka "Disasterpeace". & the concept was enough to pique my interests.
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  163. Sadly, as much leeway as I gave this movie, the aspects that attracted me from the trailer were, after viewing the entire run time, wasted on a moral statement dressed competently in horror: my genre of choice. The characters were annoying, stupid, incompetent, and they mumbled every word of dialogue at such a low volume that subtitles were required to not blow the speakers out from the booming score in comparison. I understand aside from the cinematography & editing that Vreeland's music was all "It" had going for it, but the same care crammed down the viewer's throats for a self-righteous declaration was not given for a standard audio mix. I felt judged, disgusted, and downright infuriated. If I wanted a sermon, I would have gone to church. Yes, this was a horror film, but after dedicating the 90+ minutes hoping my sneaking suspicions of the message were wrong, I wanted to hurt someone (namely the writer/director). My initial review was so scathing, profane, and was quoted as being "pithy". After spending sometime online, I came across a wealth of reviews on this stinker. They were predominantly-positive and gave an inaccurate view of what this offensive, flushable HD could have been. Avoid at all costs.
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  166. 62 out of 116 people found the following review useful:
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  168. Real America
  169. 10/10
  170. Author: charlieluca from Glos, england
  171. 16 July 2015
  172. This film was amazing. Scary and gritty but most of all real. A total change from the run of the mill middle class American movies. The teen characters seemed like real people. Having a smoke without it being a big deal, showing real areas in the states with boarded up, run down houses, the type you know exist but you never see on an American film. Real teen emotion, not an add for middle class, we are so cool USA. No jocks, no cheerleaders, just real humans living a normal working class life, even after the horror starts. This was low budget and really goes to show that you don't need zillions of dollars to come up with a good script and set. The actors seem believable, the sex is teen an awkward not a try to be porn movie as portrayed in many films. Great movie all round. Best I have seen in ages.
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  175. 108 out of 208 people found the following review useful:
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  177. Horrible (Contains Spoilers)
  178. 1/10
  179. Author: Atom Ogre from United States
  180. 19 May 2015
  181. *** This review may contain spoilers ***
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  183. It Follows is by far one of the worst movies I have seen in a long time. I am so glad I only paid a dollar to see it. It's like a supernaturally based game of sexual Tag, and there was more than one moment when I was asking myself what the hell was going on. If you are looking for an awkward amalgamation of super soft-core scenes, stuck between painfully boring stretches of shaky storyline and minimal dialogue, then by all means, this is your movie. If you are looking for something that even closely resembles a horror movie, this movie IS NOT for you.
  184.  
  185. In summary, this movie is a waste of time.
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  188. 8 out of 9 people found the following review useful:
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  190. Loop Hole,migratory bird
  191. 1/10
  192. Author: Salim Kñrbaççñ from Turkey
  193. 15 September 2015
  194. *** This review may contain spoilers ***
  195.  
  196. If you give it to a migratory bird you can be saved, bad movie.If you give it to a migratory bird you can be saved, bad movie.If you give it to a migratory bird you can be saved, bad movie.If you give it to a migratory bird you can be saved, bad movie.If you give it to a migratory bird you can be saved, bad movie.If you give it to a migratory bird you can be saved, bad movie.If you give it to a migratory bird you can be saved, bad movie.If you give it to a migratory bird you can be saved, bad movie.If you give it to a migratory bird you can be saved, bad movie.If you give it to a migratory bird you can be saved, bad movie.If you give it to a migratory bird you can be saved, bad movie.If you give it to a migratory bird you can be saved, bad movie.If you give it to a migratory bird you can be saved, bad movie.If you give it to a migratory bird you can be saved, bad movie.If you give it to a migratory bird you can be saved, bad movie.
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  199. 10 out of 13 people found the following review useful:
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  201. Not good, don't believe the hype or the high rating.
  202. 1/10
  203. Author: dshiner
  204. 7 September 2015
  205. Looks like a slightly above average high school film project. The score is horrible, "done in three weeks" yeah we can tell. Reminds me of an old (black and white) Doctor Who episode scoring. Acting is OK, but the plot is sluggish and weak. The pace is glacial though picks up a bit towards the end. The premise is illogical, pointless, and not explained at all. The high IMDb rating fooled me into watching, good job fake reviewers! I'll make sure to check into all the reviews next time a questionable movie pops up. Only good thing about the movie is it being set in Detroit and only because I'm familiar with the Detroit area. Would rate a 2 except for all the 4 and 5 star ratings. Take a pass on this "film".
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