Review of It Follows (2015) by Axet — 24 Mar 2015
Effective horror filmmaking wasted on a story with the rampant typical problem plaguing the genre these days: silly unexplained over-the-top supernatural ****.
It just doesn't fly, at least for anyone with an IQ over 100 let's say? Obviously this movie is in a way an homage to such modern classics as "Halloween" and "Friday The 13th", except.
Those movies worked so well at the time because they were based in reality while still being about as scary as you could get. Homicidal maniacs exist, and however over-the-top those characters became in the sequels, at least originally the scenarios were possible.
The story here is the typical half-baked script that would use as its argument that it is all metaphor and that it's really about the underlying themes. Sorry, that's never enough. First comes a good involving story that can stand on its own, then comes the hidden symbolism and the themes which should be left to interpretation by the viewer.
Take "The Shining", a great Stephen King story first and foremost, then amplified by Kubrick's cinematic genius and open to myriad interpretations. Supernatural, but on one level you could look at it simply as a man with cabin fever.
"It Follows" suffers from a murky not fully realized premise to begin with leaving the experience an empty, unbelievable exercise in technique. Also to note, it is one of the few major theatrical releases in about the last ten years whose image was obviously shot on video. With almost all movies now you cannot tell the difference.
This review of It Follows (2015) was written by Axet on 24 Mar 2015.
It Follows has generally received positive reviews.
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