It Follows

It Follows

28th February 2015 18:50 - Bolton

Dealing with STD's (Sexually Transmitted Demon's), It Follows is a modern day working to help prevent unprotected sex, or did I miss the point.

Hailed as one of the scariest films in the last couple of years, I entered the auditorium on my own wondering what delight lay ahead.  As the film started and my ears were presented with a 70's style electronic soundtrack that was disjointed and unsettling I was thinking this could be the horror film I have been waiting for.  

It Follows starts with two consensual teens going to the next stage of their young romance only for the young male putting chloroform over his partners mouth.  When she wakes up tied to a chair, he explains to her that he is sorry for passing "it" on.  "It" will always come after her, always be walking towards her, and if "it" catches her, "it" will kill her.  The only way to get rid of "it" is to sleep with someone else.  Although, if that person dies, then "it" will come back down the line and start again.  It will be someone in a crowd, someone you may know or a stranger, but it will always be there.  The thought of this is terrifying, the portrayal of it in the film is just comical.

"It" is always walking works for films like The Night of the Living Dead, Halloween, Friday 13th etc as the  walking brings the sense of dread and fear of never being able to escape.  After "It" breaks into Jay's house, she get in a car with family and friends and drives to a lake side retreat.  After 3 days of relaxation, it eventually turns up, why? because it had to walk there - always walking.  The crowd escapes and drives back home, again, It doesn't show up for three days, why? because it has to walk back from the country retreat it has just walked all that way to.  This is where all terror and fear of the monstrosity dissipate.  You could go on holiday to France for a week, and then come home, It would turn up at your hotel, find out that you left three weeks ago and then have to walk all the way back.  There is no fear.

If you emigrated to Australia, by the time It got to your front door you would have aged 60 years and be happy to see it like a long lost friend.

As the film was ending with a couple strolling down the street without a care in the world, it really proved that there was no threat at all.

So kudos for the music score, I thought that was really unnerving and in a better film would have been great, but geez, how did this get passed any film producers, utterly pointless.