It Follows

It Follows is a 2015 American supernatural psychological horror film written and directed by David Robert Mitchell, and starring Maika Monroe, Keir Gilchrist, Daniel Zovatto, Jake Weary, Olivia Luccardi, and Lili Sepe. The film follows a teenage girl named Jay, who is pursued by a supernatural entity after a sexual encounter.

Plot
After carefree teenager Jay (Maika Monroe) sleeps with her new boyfriend, Hugh (Jake Weary), for the first time, she learns that she is the latest recipient of a fatal curse that is passed from victim to victim via sexual intercourse. Death, Jay learns, will creep inexorably toward her as either a friend or a stranger. Jay's friends don't believe her seemingly paranoid ravings until they too begin to see the phantom assassins and band together to help her flee or defend herself.

Why It Rocks

 * 1) It twists up the "Death By Sex" trope found in slasher movies, and makes it so that you need to have sex in order to pass the entity on, similar to cooties.
 * 2) One of the most original horror stories in years, and the scariest.
 * 3) While the premise seems ridiculous and stupid, the viewer is blown away by how well it's executed.
 * 4) *The film also proves that you can make a good movie out of a stupid idea, as long as you execute it really well.
 * 5) The "It" can be considered a metaphor for an STD, making it all scarier.
 * 6) *It also can transform into all sorts of people to follow Jay, with it's most infamous being a tall man with his eyes gouged out.
 * 7) Amazing performance from Maika Monroe, with sense of fear coming out of her character Jay.
 * 8) The film relies heavily on dread and suspense rather than cheap jump-scares.
 * 9) *Whenever there is a jump scare, it usually has a minimal sound and uses jump cuts.
 * 10) *It also manages to scare without using too much blood and gore.
 * 11) Jay goes through a lot of character development.
 * 12) It has one of the scariest opening scenes of the 2010s, depicting a girl running out of her house and eventually being killed on the beach. The reason why it was so scary is because of the minimal soundtrack and quick jump cut. It doesn't even show the girl being killed. Just the aftermath.
 * 13) Extremely creative set designs and beautiful cinematography, which gives the movie a nostalgic feel to it. The most famous example is Yara's clamshell e-reader.
 * 14) Great and phenomenal 80's synth soundtrack.

Reception
It Follows recieved critical acclaim. The film holds a 96% approval rating and a rating average score of 8.1/10 on Rotten Tomatoes, based on 242 reviews. The critical consensus states: "Smart, original, and above all terrifying, It Follows is the rare modern horror film that works on multiple levels – and leaves a lingering sting." On review aggregator website Metacritic, the film has an average rating of 83 out of 100, based on 37 critics, indicating "universal acclaim". On Rotten Tomatoes' aggregation, it was ranked as the sixth most-praised film of the year.

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