It Follows movie review
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 13 ต.ค. 2024
- With many of us having the "I've seen it all" mindset with the Horror movie genre, "It Follows" breaks new ground....but giving us more of what we've seen, but from 3 decades ago, so it's stylish. Jeremy reviews "It Follows"!
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"So the premise of this movie is "You Come, Then It Follows"."
Jeremy is right, it's exactly like STD.
Omg hahahahaha
*slow clap*
Fubukio You just copied the joke
The point of the intro was ''You cumm, then it follows''
McMagic15 I used "Come" to trick the readers first before revealing the punchline.
So this demon,goes after people just because they have sex,that just seems backwards for some reason.
the only scary part was when they opened the door and the thing was behind their friend disguised as a tall guy
that scene literally make me pee and shit seriously shit soaked wet with pee 8/8
I didn't read your whole comment... but why would you post that comment on a movie review video. A video that most people watch to help them decide if they should even watch the movie or not....
Meaning... we haven't seen it yet!
MyZ001 did you HAVE to read the comments? Hmmm? Do you really fucking think im gonna put spoiler alert on a movie thats been out for this long?
Erik Rasmussen "This long"!? This post is only about a year ago. Your post on May. Apparently the movie is still relevant.
So yea... I would think that you weren't a dick and posting spoilers on movie that's only been out only a little over a year.... Was a limited release movie that wasn't mass distributed when it was released... And is only making rounds now because of word of mouth...
Which is why I'm reading the comments section in the 1st place (in referencence to your other question)
MyZ001 its the comments on a movie review theres gonna be spoilers. If you dont want to know any spoilers dont look up the wikipedia of a movie or read comments on a video about the movie its that simple. If the movie just came out I wouldnt have spoiled it but when its on freaking vod and even youtube thats enough time.
"Skin on Skin... Let the Love BEGIN!"
XD
lol I think he had used that line before but I can't remember in which review....
***** I give you...
Women... Women
Lots of pretty Women!!! :D
rencrow lol
Best line ever 😂👍🏻
Its a line in a def leppard song
i think the movie is a metaphor for whatever decisions you make in life, will carry along with you forever, and someday those bad decisions might catch up to you.
So... its The Horribly Slow Murderer with the Extremely Inefficient Weapon?
Minus the spoon, pretty much.
Lol
Touché
i was thinking the same thing
Gray_Mask Was looking for a comment that said this XD
this movie reminded me too much of my ex-wife
fuck that bitch
Does she follow you and try to kill you?
Josh Baker everyday bruh
IRelentless you came and she followed...
IRelentless lol
If anyone watches the RoosterTeeth podcast, this is basically the killer snail Gavin was talking about.
DrChin Strap I watch them...cool
DrChin Strap Exactly what I thought when I read it's premise. Thanks Gavin for creating a movie indirectly :D
IKR? that is what I thought of.
DrChin Strap Totally!
DrChin Strap Yup, it's exactly like that but less comedy with the snail
Jeremy is so underrated, this legend deserves way more subscribers!
He was never underrated lol, mostly everyone got into youtube movie reviews because of him
How can you call arguably the most recognizable internet film critic of all time underrated. He literally started this lmfao.
He has way more now!
He’s massive now, and he deserves it
So basically it's the film adaptation of the killer snail scenario that Gavin from Rooster Teeth came up with
So I'm not the only one who thought this XD... Good to know
Yes! I even posted a journal on the rt site talking about this same thing.
Well its actually a rather common idea. Showed in different ways.
I mean heck Zombies are the same idea. They're slow but they're as steady and unstoppable as death itself. It's a metaphor.
Goraka91 Yeah, but the thing about 'it', is that it can't be deterred. With a (modern) zombie, you can just hide and be quiet, and it'll move on. Or you can just kill it. The thing in this movie always knows where it's target is, and can't be killed
Survivor Gluke Yeah modern zombies have kind of went away from that idea :\
There are a ton of people in this comment section that don't seem to understand that horror is probably the most subjective genre in film. Everybody's scared by different things. Saying this movie is terrible just because it didn't scare you is a little out of line because it clearly scared the vast majority of people. The Shining doesn't scare me at all, but I know a ton of people that swear by it as the scariest film ever made. If I said it was shitty because it didn't scare me, I would probably sound like a douche.
See for me I love the shining, and even though it makes me uneasy, it doesn't really scare me too much, I love the atmosphere and the whole thing is interesting to me
Is the shining scary ? I mean it's creepy and the atmosphere brings a sense of dread and uneasiness, but I don't think it's "scary" ... yeah you probably right though ... Language is a subjective thing I'd say ! especially when expressing "feelings"
Jeremy, watch "The Babadook"...now.
It has a good start and creepy moments especially the book and night scenes but the ending fell flat it would probly get the same rating as this movie did
damn it, you beat me to it....
All I remember is that lackluster masterbation scene.
Shelby James Well he already watched it (it's on some list from him) - he should review it.
Shelby James He has, and he liked it, from how much he praised it, I say blu-ray rating.
The greatest horror movies in history have usually been low-budget. They dare to take the risks Hollywood doesn't.
Night of the Living Dead, Suspiria, Texas Chainsaw, Dawn of the Dead, Halloween, Blair Witch, Nightmare on Elm Street, and countless others.
+Dr Wolfenstein Dawn of the Dead hands down the best...not only managed to make a sequel even funner...but stand on it's own and against time as one of the most interesting Horror films ever made (everything from the atmosphere, directing, acting, and soundtrack...to the behind the scenes stories and how they used the Mall during Christmas time and after-hours throughout the night to film the movie....to the point even George A. Romero is spotted twice in the movie...once as Santa Claus himself...Santa-Zombie).
Yeah as much as I may love It Follows....Dawn of the Dead will forever be my most nostalgic and most viewed Horror movie I've ever seen...ever since renting it on VHS.
Autopsy of jane doe
Yo nice to see someone who watched that movie, it's very underrated
Instant zinger within the first 10 seconds. Nice!
Lmaooooo it took me a second but YES....that's hilarious
***** same I had to go back and watch it again.
Wait, what happened? I went back and didn't notice anything.
Qasid Bhatti You come then it follows
You sure beat everyone to that.
This is the best horror movie I've scene in a while. The cinematography in this movie is stellar. I love the way scenes in this movie are framed and shot. I love the metaphors for the loss of innocence. How when we're kids, we're so innocent and aren't aware of the horrors in the world. We assume people are good and won't hurt us. But as we start to grow up, we realize this isn't true. You start to get bullied in school. People start to treat you like shit for no reason. You start to realize that most people that talk to you don't want to be your friend. They just want something from you. And then you become a loner and sit in your apartment on Friday and Saturday nights and play video games because you're sick of going out to the bars and getting hurt by every new person you meet. Or at least I do.
Watch babadook jeremy for fucks sake
I thought Babadook was shitty
kabtastick It is shitty i honestly dont know why people say that movie is scary when is actually not scary at all. The story is stupid too. I wouldn't recommend it.
Go back and watch your Annabelle then kiddies
Garrett That movie sucks too.
I hear Five Nights at Freddies is really scary. It's what everyone talks about so it must be right?
*Laughs*
Finally got around to watching it with my wife tonight, and I was sorely disappointed. It just wasn't good lol.
We've thoroughly enjoyed some recent horror outings like Invisible Man, The Conjuring movies (heck even the third one wasn't horrible), Get out, Don't Breathe, etc, but this one was NOT it. The pace was absolutely snail slow. And not in like a Haunting of Hill House kind of way, where it slows down to tell stories and develop characters. No, nothing like that. More like REALLY slow slow, where it just has to pad the runtime until the "thing" catches up to her. That was the whole movie. See the thing, go somewhere else not that far from it, pad out runtime with conversations or random stuff, until it catches up to her and she has to run to another place not that far. And so on and so on.
The movie has NO plot, and it ends exactly where it starts, but unlike the Ring, you know what the twist is from the beginning, so there isn't even a "ohhhh no way" moment. The actors were quite good, which is why I hate how much this worthless movie wasted them. For once the main "pretty" girl wasn't annoying, but MAN did she turn out to be a complete idiot in 10 different extreme ways by the end.
I'm not particularly tough to suspense/horror movies, as my wife and I only started watching them for the last 2 years or so, but I can't begin to express how unscary this movie was. The most it did was make me nervous that the characters were going to make another wildly stupid decision, which they always did. That seemed to be the only thing that padded this movie out: making the characters make stupid decisions. Because if they hadn't, the movie would have ended after 25 minutes when Shay buys a flight to somewhere across the world and it can't catch up to her for a year. And then she flies back. Dun dun DUUUUUUN! The end.
I really wanted to like this movie, but it was stupid, treated it's audience like an idiot, and made it's characters as stupid as a plank of wood, and that's something I have 0 tolerance for in horror movies.
Overall score: 3/10 (at least it was nicely filmed and acted)
Well said!!!! 👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾
You wanna know what I hate Jeremy?
I hate how Five Nights at Freddy's, a series that's been out a year now and is completely based on jump scares, is getting a movie but Bioshock never got shit..
Also Resident Evil has like what, 5 movies now?
It's harder to do a movie for bio shock than resident evil or 5 nights of Freddy.
I just want a Tales from the Borderlands movie
LittleBigMen Productions No point in making a movie based on a TellTale game.
Don't worry about it , bioshock could never be executed properly. Same goes for every video game movie ever made & as for five nights at freddys that game is built on jump scares so expect another shitty jump scare movie. As much as I would like to see stuff like a bioshock movie we all know they get twisted so far from the base content that it becomes nothing like the video game.
Jake Driver why couldnt it be exercuted properly? starts off in the 1940's sht hits the fan a, plane crashes an da bunch of people find a city underneath the ocean and then have to find their way out. Be like charlie and the chocolate factory meets LOST , underwater. It could fully work. The first time you see a little sister would be epic.
This movie really reminded me of the original Halloween: the music and many of the shots were reminiscent of the film
+crabizback Thats partly why I couldnt help but fall in love with it...I kept thinking "DAMN this is like the closest I'll get to seeing a modern-day Halloween on the big screen".
The fact it didn't move any faster than walking and to most people it was invisible but it was a shapeshifter made me think "Michael Myers meets the invisible man meets a chameleon"
Jeremy, if you haven't seen it yet, I highly recommend you check out The Babadook. It's a great horror film that isn't Exorcist level scary (though it does have scares) but is very creepy, has a terrific lead, and is very atmospheric and layered in story.
Tyler Myers and where might one find this movie to watch good sir? :)
*****
it comes out the14th
ryan grant
on blu ray
Ty mates
ryan grant Mortal Kombat X and GTA V (PC) come out that day too.
Jeremy, watch the Babadook.
Wow, what an original comment.
I absolutely loved this movie! It wasn't necessarily "scary" but it gives such a creepy atmosphere and is so expertly filmed that I had so much anxiety throughout the whole film. It isn't for everyone's taste, but if you love old fashioned horror films, you will love It Follows.
It follows is what horror movies need to be. Classic horror vibes.
Skin on skin, let the love begin! 🤗
That was by far Jermey’s best opening line in the history of his channel.
I enjoyed this movie quite a lot, it didn't scare me but it did enough to impress me.
Great thriller. I've always had a small fear that someone could be watching me or following me and this movie made that fear and anxiety grow. The walk out to my car had me looking around it was that good.
I totally think you nailed it with pointing out the perpetual anxiety that this movie keeps at a high-level and makes you feel so uneasy
it's one of the best movie i saw in 2015 and even of this first half of a decade
It's beautiful, the shots are photographic, the music is its own character, the tension never ends, the concept is simple yet genius.
I really liked It Follows
You watched this before Babadook. ; ;
*****
Nappa: Vageta! It's a pokemoooon. I'm gonna CATCH IT! (Throws pokeball... bounces off) Awww... It didn't work Vageta!
Vageta: That's because you have to damage it first...
Nappa: Alright! Let's see if I can get a critical...
TheRoloSound *WILD KOFFING USES SELF DESTRUCT*
Nappa: Aw no it used self destruct. I hate it when they do that
You clearly did not watch their youreviewers videos then. Plus...Jeremy gave us his word. ; ;
Wild Koffing That's because The Babadook is shit, this film is far better.
I love how this film was left open. The ending stuck with me.
It had one of my favorite aspects of any horror film without over doing it: seeing something the characters don't see, unsettling you
This movie gave me mixed memories of one of my favorite Resident Evil games: Code Veronica on the DC.
You're going for your A Rank without dying, saving, using herbs/first aid kits, etc. in a speed run (pausing didn't pause the game clock either. haha).
You're almost at the end and encounter Alexia's first form. Cutscene plays out as she boxes you in, and slowly walks towards you, and within a foot of your face, you're back in-game. Get touched by her and it's instant death and you fail your A Rank. xD
I watched this movie a few days ago and it was AMAZING!
They really missed their chance to call this thing like STDemon or something.
Anibal Mora no, no they didn't.
Anibal Mora Thats horrible man
Chekhov's Gun lol it was just a joke guys
I saw it last Saturday on a date, and we both really enjoyed it. I loved the fact that it was more of a slow burn than most modern horror films that jump straight into the action. I thought the cast was great, I loved the tone of it, very much harkening back to late 70s & early 80s horror, I thought the premise was very intriguing, almost kind of reminded me of something David Cronenberg would do only not as gory, and overall I thought it was really good.
now i have a feeling jeremy would give the same rating to babadook as this movie given if this is what his take on horror movies!!!
Oh my god I loved the bababbadook
Essie Davis was good enough to get an Oscar nom, methinks.
Saudev Singh Well he praised the movie during the Youreviewers awards.
***** he said that he heard from other reviewers that the movie is good but hasnt watched himself!!
***** Not so fast. Rosamund Pike and Julianne Moore were the best lead female performances of 2014 imo. Thank goodness they were basically the main competition for that Best Actress Oscar and Moore's overdueness pushed her to victory.
I just got done seeing it.
If you want gore, this movie don't deliver. Which is great imo.
This movie is good. If the idea of someone stalking you slowly creeps you out and peaks your curiosity, then watch this.
I was scared a bit with the jump scares but I was mostly interested in knowing this "thing".
+WhiteEmerald1991 That's what made me enjoy it so much...the tension of this thing following them (her) is beyond creepy at times, like at the school, or in the abandoned building and other places..it always seemed interesting and made me want to see and know more. Movies that showcase how bloody they are, are usually as sign that it's not only not scary, but too goofy to even take seriously.
Only one jump scare idiot
realnotreal there were more than 1
+Mark Hazleton But you have no problem taking haunted orgasms seriously? Oh, okay...
i honestly thought this movie was terrifying. something about a creature literally never leaving you alone and never being able to escape from it even though it just walks just got under my skin. it gave me so much anxiety back when i saw it for the first time and it still scares the shit out of me. it was such a throwback to when horror films were even scarier than most movies that have come around recently. it created such a rich atmosphere of relentless anxiety. i have a major fear of being stalked/kidnapped and having my house broken into, so a lot of this movie really got under my skin. i can understand why you didnt thinknit was as scary as i thought it was, but i cant ignore how badly this scared me. and the soundtrack is BEAUTIFUL and i still listen to it every once in a while to this day.
I saw it a few days ago and what threw me off was that clam shell hand held kindle device that the friend had. She scrolled books on it and it had a flash light, so that took me out of the 78-82 period vibe the movie had. It was just so out of place I fixated on it.
The pool scene was soooo good. ANd Im so glad they didn't explain the monster. I hope if they do others, they don't explain the monster.
This concept reminds me of something from a game. I dont play many horror games but i remember a part in zelda Twilight Princess. Your in the twilight castle and your supposed to steal these orbs and get them back to the entrance or something, its been a while. But way, all the while, this hand is slowly coming after the orb, the hand can go through walls and is not phased by anything. It just keeps coming. I remember this as being one of the most stressful moments in that game,
"The premise of this movie is 'You come, and then it follows.'" I see what you did there xD
This movie had some cool parts, but the soundtrack gave me subtle thought of cheap 80's porno
bakerXderek Shouldn't that just make you appreciate the film more because of the premise?
datam0sh I agree. The soundtrack to this movie was super dope. Just because it is electronica does not mean it's 80's. Very similar to Ex Machina imo.
Should've been called "STD - Sexually Transmitted Demon"
I still can't get over how masterful the tall man's scare was.
Lord Of The Rings was not overhyped for me at least .... Neither was Empire ..... nor Breaking Bad .... nor Game Of Thrones ...... I just have GREAT luck when it comes to stuff people consider to be overhyped
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Tanay Vaidya Oh. I don't even like Lord of the Rings... Nor Star Wars, nor Game Of Thrones, and I've watched the first episode of breaking bad and it's okay.... but I think it's been hyped up too much for me.
***** I Watched the entire first season of Game of Thrones and some of the second sesaon with my friends, Seen all of star wars and all of lord of the rings. Breaking bad is really the only one I didn't give a fair shot to yet. I've also had a ton of breaking bad spoiled for me and from the sounds of it, I actually would enjoy it, I just haven't found the time.,
stev019 its the best show I've watched
***** this i agree with
***** "Skin On Skin, Let The Love Begin."
I actually remembered that from one of your Twilight reviews. Nice callback humor, Jeremy.
Best horror movie I've ever seen and I have seen HUNDREDS!
Says the man who plays games for a living, i'm impressed.
10 mins in & I just feel confused.
I never watch horrors but under Jez's recommendation I did. It's the 1980's again. Friday the 13th meats Poltergeist but at 1/2 speed and with an STD. Defo worth a watch thou!
i saw it and loved it! i am a huge horror fan so seeing a movie like this was really refreshing! the moment where the main girl and her "boyfriend" where playing the game in the movie theatre and he was like "oh the girl in the dress" and she was like "...what girl?" i was like CRAP AND NOW IT BEGINS!!
i watched it up at my cottage so after watching it I WAS TERRIFIED! i usually don't get scared like that after scary movies but this one REALLY got to me. the only other movie that i remember that scared me so much to where i had trouble sleeping was The Fourth Kind.
yup exactly this movoe was awsome i guess only horror fans would appreciate it.. everybody else seems to be mad lame
soph karps same here. It's amazing.
I don't understand the hate from audience.
Well NOW I'm really looking forward to seeing that. Great review!
But did you film this with a higher shutter speed than usually? I know it can be necessary with the greenscreen but the video seemed a bit ... choppy.
Still great review though!
A better title would be It Sucks. Wasn't scary, there was no tension or build up of dread. At the hour mark I kept looking at my watch or wondering if I left the lights on in my car.
+Mike Paul I just think this ADHD generation gets bored WAY too easily and doesn't let a movie just take over them and go with the flow of it. I dont see how ANYONE can watch the (extremely well shot opening scene) and say this movie had no tension. I mean the camera NEVER cuts away in the opening scene, she is running from something with an intense soundtrack, and then when she dies you wonder "WHAT, AND HOW THE FUCK did she die like that?"....that definitely builds up tension. Not to mention the times the friends start realizing something is going on so it makes you wonder what everyone is going to do or think...or how they will band together and fight this. IDK honestly I think as far as modern Horror movies, this was special because it didnt rely heavily on blood and gore and action and jump scares to try and keep the audience's attention.
+Mark Hazleton It's because audiences have been exposed to transformers revenge of ultron 78: part 2 infinity war type movies and now they all just want explosions.
Observer Alternative true haha
A lot of tension and this entire movie built up a sense of dread
Went to see it not knowing anything about it other than it was well received at Sundance (I believe ?) and I really liked it, I think the first 30 to 45 minutes are really awesome but then it gets a bit too classic but the cinematography was really neat and I LOVED the music. Definitely a good horror film (especially given the current state of the genre)
The movie was filmed in Detroit. Not only did she have to survive an STDemon but the hood too? Sounds scary to me.
Loved the movie. But then I love Halloween as well. To me this was a tribute to Halloween and it did well as a tribute and a stand alone movie. Cool to see it was filmed in Detroit as well. There were some scary points in this movie for sure but there are much scarier movies out there.
Please review The Things We Do In The Shadows.
I'm actually surprised you reviewed this. More of this please!
Err. I agree that it's a good thing that they didn't over-sexualize the main character, but I'm not really a fan of your use of the phrase "not slutty". I'm just saying, to me it sounds like shifting the blame towards the female characters for being promiscuous rather then the writers for writing them that way.
bboythekidstudios No, he said the characters were slutty.
I'm not sure what you're trying to say here. Are you saying he that he shouldn't shift blame towards the actresses?
bboythekidstudios yea, "slutty"? really? just say not over-sexualized and leave it at that.
Goddam SJW bullshit is everywhere nowadays :(
Apathy Angel everyone knows what slutty means. It's a fun, casual review. Your term doesn't work, sorry
glad your feeling better jeremy was missing your reviews.
Not the best horror moive I've EVER seen, but the best one I've seen in a really really long while.
Dan Slash Really? I've seen way better.
Supre3m3 Kouji Ibuki
Tell me, I'm dying for good horror.
Supre3m3 Kouji Ibuki like what? I thought Starry Eyes was really well done.
Its shit
2:44 That sounds EXACTLY like a part from the Halloween theme. You know when it begins hitting those low notes?
That's why he did it lol
This video had an incredibly clever opening.
ratguy101 I don't get it.
CbbTyrone Not sure if sarcasm....
CbbTyrone Ask your mommy young troll.
He just didn't explain it properly, but I get it now.
just saw this movie at the dollar show (50 cent Tuesdays) and i loved it. i love how it felt like the late 70s but wasn't although nobody uses a cell phone..i dont know when it was suppose to take place but it was very cool. The music played a huge part in making this movie so good. i went in expecting it to be total crap and found myself glued to the screen. id definitely watch it more than once.
PS - LOTR and Empire SB are not over hyped but worth the hype IMO.
Brilliant review! Would be AMAZING if you could review Citadel - another low-budget psychological horror film, from 2012 - won several awards and has incredible acting with a really interesting premise, but is sadly little known and often under-rated.
Umm, empire is not overhyped. It's the greatest film in the greatest franchise of all time.
Loved this movie. I'll buy this blue ray or download it whatever. Reminds me of nightmare on elm street when her friends are still skeptical but it's a supernatural thing, guy lives across the street, etc. Can't wait for more sequels it's such an interesting concept.
I love interesting horror movies more than scary horror movies. A scary one like Hellraiser will scare you once but you don't care to watch it again. I watch Jason Lives every time but it's not scary.
it reminded me of games like slender... there is no gore, no people being hacked to death, just trying to avoid this entity that is constantly after you..
+benD'anon fawkes I'm glad someone thinks so...MANY people seem to say the same negative thing about this movie which I find positive "there's barely even any blood or gore"...and I say...THATS THE POINT!!!
I work nights, unfortunately (10:00pm - 8:00am) outside Chicago. Saw the movie yesterday and it just so happened to be VERY foggy yesterday, as well. I walked into the parking lot and saw a homeless (?) man wearing what appeared to be a white poncho, slowly lumbering towards me and was RIGHT UNDER the only street lamp that was burned out in the oversized parking lot of my work. He was going through the garbage for recyclables, but I didn't know that at first and was FUCKING FREAKED OUT!!! I'm 35 years old and not easily scared but the sad a lot of fog, I was working solo and this guy moved JUST LIKE the ghost/curse in the movie. Slowly and deliberately. The fog dampened the sound around us and created an echo for each footstep. Also, it's a creepy area anyway so Munger Road is less than a block away (which has its own horror movie on Netflix because it's purportedly haunted, and although I don't subscribe to the theory of the road I do admit it's just a creepy road). "It Follows" worked for me and living with your head on a swivel would be torture beyond comprehension to me.
You heard it here folks, It Follows is the horror movie equivalent of an STD.
Just the fact the he Referenced a Def Leppard song makes this a AWESOME review !! NICE Jeremy !!
Imma show this to one of my friends who just got an STD
I just finished watching the movie in bed, on my laptop, in the dark, alone at 1am, in someone else's house with too many windows and doors and I was scared. Had to get up at one point and go turn some lights on and check all the locks. As far as the 80's throwback element - kinda, but more like a mixed up time frame, what was with the pink shell compact with the kindle in it? That almost made it seem futuristic.
buzzardbeatniks Yeah I'd like to know where to get one of those clam kindle things actually haha do they even exist??
I have learnt one thing in my entire life that you cannot kill Ghosts with guns and this movie did Just Did dat
I haven't seen this movie but I really want to see it, yet the way Jeremy describes it makes it sound like Gavin and Burnie's Snail Assassin story (RTAA)
***** After looking through the comments I now see I am not the only one
This movie's really overrated in my eyes, it wasn't scary, didn't care about the characters, and the film just ended WAY too quickly. The premise was interesting, but I felt there could have been more done with it, but eh that's just my opinion.
Even as a Eli Roth fan...I gotta say, I love your stuff. Funny...but thoughtful.Keep it coming. Thanks!
Low-budget horror isn't as bad as main-stream horror. At least with the low-budget stuff they actually try for nuance and novelty (the original Evil Dead and Dawn of the Dead, Rec, VHS). Main-stream horror has become nothing but a watered-down regurgitation of the original Exorcist, covering the same tired themes (demonic possession, God vs the Devil, etc) like a dead horse that's been propped up by an inept taxidermist.
Good movie, but it needed just something extra to get on my list of great horror movies.
The ending was a bit weird and the scene from the trailer where the thing is standing on top of her house. What's it doing? It's just looking. Why did it climb the building, when they clearly took time to pack the car and it could've gone towards them then.
**SPOILER**
The pool scene was a bit too long. Nothing happened. The thing went against all the rules and started throwing things at its victim, instead of going for the touch and then the sudden huuuge blood cloud.
And then we have unfriended... Now thats gonna be ass
Blah Blarh **looks at reviews and notices that it has an 80% on Rotten Tomatoes and Chris Stuckmann gave it a B+** Well, that was unexpected.
It's meant to be really interesting and creepy if you go in with low expectations but if you go in thinking it's going to be a horror movie you may be disappointed.
The 80% on rotten tomatoes is due to it only having 5 reviews, but it could well be good, if executed properly.
Andrew Davis 83% now
83%? WE'LL SEE HOW GOOD IT REALLY IS SOON ENOUGH!
This movie was a pleasant surprise, watched it without seeeing any reviews beforehand and with very low expectations of a cheesy teen horror but it had some genuine creepyness to it.
Are you gonna review the daredevil Netflix series at some point, its pretty darn amazing
the scary version of roosterteeths snail? it follows you, cant let it touch you, and you never know where it is? thats a win
I admired this movie's tone, score, and camera work. However, instead of cliched horror characters, the film had clueless characters that lacked personality. The actors needed more material to make their characters more colorful.
Ill give Jeremy this one. I thought it was over hyped when I finally saw it because it WAS different but majority of the time it was just slow and the build ups would be just in that category of "uh oh there it is, watch out" but said in a monotone voice. Not saying the movie wasn't good, but in my opinion I just felt like the idea of making a Smart low budget horror film using the idea of not having sex or itll kill you premise wasn't all cracked up to be
I found this movie to be boring hell I even tried to watch it twices just couldn't get in to it anyone else think so ????
I did
Yes. This movie sucked.
It was boring.
Hugh/ Jeff describes this movie in a line where he is describing It to Jay "It's slow, but it's not dumb". This movie has so many layers to it and the creepiest parts of the movie are when characters are just sitting around and you dont know when It is going to show up. What It symbolizes can be interpreted in many ways depending on the viewer and I just love it. To me, it is the consequence of an action in your life where life will never be the same as a result, and either the punishment, feeling, or whatever consequence will follow you around forever. You can temporarily escape but it will always be there. That touches the human soul on a deep level and makes the movie very disturbing.
One way to beat the monster was to not screw a guy you barely know or dig a large deep hole trick it in to falling in and cover it in quick dry cement.
Let me make a joke about this movie.
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Shit Joke
Glad you're back Jeremy! This movie was scary to me. Lol. I mean it wasn't the scariest ever but it was creepy as hell, kept me on edge, and had me looking over my shoulder while trying to unlock the door to my house. Anytime a horror movie does that, it's a win for me.
Also the soundtrack!!! That played alot in the creepy factor!
Okay, I still have to ask: Is this still full of a lot of cheap jumpscares? Or is it legit, like Freddy Krueger or Jason Voorhees, where, sure, you might get a start when you see it, but it's not just anxiety because you're just waiting for the next jumpscare? Is it anxiety because this thing is an ACTUAL threat?
Rory Storm And I am asking, because even in the 70s and 80s, they had cheap jumpscare shit like that (the only GOOD case of that, being Alien with that fucking cat XD)
there's like 1 or 2 cheap jumpscares, but for the most part its just anxiety
***** Yay! Thanks! I really want to give this movie a chance, but jumpscares just annoy me and piss me off...
Rory Storm Speaking of cat jumpscares, during Paranormal Activity 3, the only jumpscare that really got me and my brother is when a cat jumps in front of the screen. That just goes to show how horrible that movie is.
Kevin Klayer Eh...Not a fan of those...I didn't get to the 2nd movie, let alone the 3rd XDD But that is hilarious.
I'm currently writing a superhero novel series, which will get improved over many years. I want to turn in into a movie series one day. I hope you would still be reviewing when it is a movie series.
The ending was horrible. I just felt that the movie did not move forward after she got it. We ended up in the same place at the end.
Well, its up tonthe viewer if you think they really killed it or not.
I love low budget horror movies. Critically, they are bad, but it's just something fun about watching them. Horror is the only genre that even if the movie is bad, I can still have a good time with it. It's why I love the V/H/S series.
honestly dont understand why this movie is getting such good reviews... its not that great. not that much happened.
yeah I mean like it was mostly just a bunch of teenagers talking and some awkward relationships. That pool scene at the end didn't make any sense. Like, they were gonna try and electrocute the ghost? why would that work if they already know bullets don't work? It just felt really thrown together... not awful for a low budget movie but I spent most of the movie laughing at the absurdity of it all. Just wasn't for me I guess.
Sabrina S Agreed. It was decent and definitely not a waste of time like many horror movies these days, but it also could have been much better. I think it loses a bit of it's scare when you see that "it" kills some people instantly, but the girl always gets out of its grip. Also, it walks at completely different speeds depending on what the plot needs. And that's ignoring how parts of the story are just idiotic.
***** That's the problem, the anxiety could have been maintained better with a few different choices. For example, you find out it got her by her hair being pulled, but to me it just showed that it isn't that great at killing even when it gets to its victim. So the anxiety died out after that scene. The same goes for when it goes into the guys' house. The scene could have had far more anxiety as opposed to the guy getting caught in an idiotic way (and suddenly it is far better at killing).
+Sabrina S That's probably because people always EXPECT tons of stuff going on because people are impatient these days, and sadly their version of "horror" seems to involve TONS of blood and gore (which to me ruins basically every Horror movie and just makes it corny and stupid), This managed to be subtle, atmospheric, a slow boil...and a suspenseful score that carries the movie.
SOOOOOO SICK of these other Horror movies that rips off every other horror movie and says "HEY look what we referenced, we're cool right? HEY look at ALL that blood we just threw at you...scary right?"
Nope this managed to be moth original, and creepy. NO gimmicks, just paranoia and fear that keeps this movie together. Not pointless violence that is never once scary.
It wasn't a point of not enough gore or pop out horror or what not, I just felt it was too slow. I mean I get that the point was the ghost could show up at any second of the movie, but I didn't feel that suspense. The fact was I laughed at this movie more than i felt scared.
God, I loved this movies. I love the homage to Carpenter and old Wes Craven. The music, the tracking shots, the pans, and the wide lenses. The actings was great. I was scared in the theatre, but this movie didn't follow (hehe) me afterward. Which is great, I could sleep at night.
This shit was pretty scary tho.
Adore this movie, so much. Number one of the year so far and it's in my top 5 ever.
I never thought the idea of someone continuously walking toward me no matter where I went- in order to kill me would be so suspenseful. =)
I just saw this movie and even though I watched tons of horror movies, this one really got me anxious. Funny how a slowly walking demon gave me more nightmares than any chase or gore I ever saw... I can't even tell why exactly. Perhaps for the same reason slow zombies always freaked me more than fast ones. It slowly builds the tension.
I kept thinking about what I would do to escape that thing.
As a metaphor, the movie was great. As a movie, it was an awful mess. The plot was inconsistent as hell. Spoilers ahead, so stop reading, you've been warned..............................
OK so number one. The guy says it will come in whatever, some times familiar form will allow it to get close to you. Then the entire movie it proceeds to show up in forms that would freak any normal person out. How would it get close to you if it is constantly freaking you out? Makes no sense.
2. They never make one single attempt to explain what it is or where it came from. It just is, which is always the lamest scare tactic.
3. The damn thing is inconsistent as hell. The protagonist has sex with the prior possessor of the demon and it comes after her the same night. Then she passes it on to someone else and it takes days to find him. Admittedly they took a long drive, but it travels distances at seemingly random time intervals. Some times it reaches them quickly, other times it takes forever and the movie offers no explanation as to why.
4. Then there are the random edits where the director couldn't figure out what he wanted to do. The protagonist walks onto a beach because she hears a bunch of guys partying on a boat. She strips down to her underwear and enters the water and that's it, suddenly she is back in the car heading home. You have no idea if she passed it along or not.
5. Where the hell are the police or parents? A young girl dies in what appears to be the middle of the road in the beginning. No police ever show up to notify the parents. The boy she passes it to gets killed, no police. You're never even made aware if the parents know. Days pass and the movie ends without the dead teenage ever being discovered. Even though he dies in his room with the door open. They constantly take long trips in this movie, all the while wondering if their parents will be upset. Two of the girls go to the hospital for serious injury. Not one single parent or cop shows up. It was so immersion breaking I couldn't get past it. I just sat there in disbelief the whole movie. I'm sure the director intended it that way, but it just came off as ridiculous.
6. The final act. What kind of stupid ass plan was that?
Again great metaphor about what we do to avoid death or mortality. Or even a nice ad for getting to know someone really well before jumping in the sack, but mostly it was a mess.
#2 made me uninterested for whatever "It" is.
Love the all the points you made.
Point 3 Her cast is wet so the implication is she slept with them.
Point 5 Every scene Jay's mother is in shows her drinking alcohol. Every picture in their home of Jay's father shows him at the exact age he is when the demon takes his form and we never see him, meaning he is dead, and the mother copes by drinking. This why her parents are absent.
Point 2 The film maker has a possible sequel in the works called "follow it", where it will be explained where "it" comes from.
Point 4 It was intended that it would be unpredictable so ratchet up the tension. If the characters knew what time it was coming etc the movie would not be scary.