Jay is your typical 19-year-old teenage girl. Uninterested in high school, She loves spending time with her friends down at the lake chasing boys. When she meets Hugh, a seemingly innocent, handsome boy, they hit it off but after a sexual encouter, Jay finds herself plauged by a nightmarish presence. No matter what she does, Jay believes that someone or something is following her. David Robert Mitchell's It Follows is an ingenious horror film that plays against our primal sense of fear - the fear of the unknown. With It Follows, the evil force is very ominous, never being explained to the viewer, a type of monstrous supernatural force that can only be seen by Jay. Mitchell uses this unique antagonist to his advantage, creating a thrilling atmospheric tension where evil can arise at any minute. I reallly enjoyed David Robert Mitchell's first film, The Myth of The American Sleepover, but it's nice to see the filmmaker tackle a totally different genre with strong results. With its fantastic synth-score, It Follows is remenscient of the old 70s and 80s horror flicks, which combined with Mitchell's astute direction, make It Follows a highly enjoyable and memorable horror film. While I think it's a bit of stretch, some could even argue that It Follows serves as a parable about virginity and the dangers of unprotected sex but fortunately the film doesn't rely on this either, working just as well as a highly entertaining, creepy horror film.
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