“Now
that we’re old enough, where the hell do we even go?” A young girl discovers
that the last guy she had sex with passed on a demon to her, and has to pass it
on to somebody else by sleeping with another person. This is a horror film, so
our heroine’s not about to take the easy way out, she confronts the thing that
follows. The story contains likable characters, making it harder for us to
accept their possible faith. The film embodies fatal STDs into a monster that
takes on different bodies, which tend to be dead relatives.
“Sometimes I think it takes on the form of loved ones just to hurt you even
more.”
It’s not absurd to believe that this film correlates how STDs affect not
just the victim, but their loved ones as well.
As we witness our heroine being
followed by creepy people, we’re introduced to her younger sister and her
sister’s friends. Together they help our protagonist find where
this thing came from, and how to stop it. This movie makes a strong impression
on how people fall as collateral damage when helping others. The entire
production team did an amazing job at bringing this story to life in a certain
mood. The framing was impeccable; one is able to grasp the severity of the
situation through the lighting. Congratulations to the director for the
believable and likable portrayals the actors delivered.
This indie film is worthy of praise;
it’s able to provide sufficient jump scares and eerie moments without costly
special effects. The makeup artist did an incredible task at making certain
characters look menacing, yet not lose that human look, adding eeriness to
their character.
“It follows” makes a remarkable comment on how sex driven young
people are, failing to take any consequences into consideration. This horror
films does a great job at exploring farfetched, yet scary, consequences. “It
Follows” is definitely worth a watch, and even a buy, ‘tis the season! ;)
