Comments on: It Follows Review

By: Kevin Polk

Kevin Polk — Tue, 16 Jun 2015 16:30:00 +0000

Somebody should lose their job for failing to make more box office $ off It Follows. First, they bollocks up the theatrical release, taking weeks to open it wide, by which time the buzz around the movie – which was high – had faded. Who even knew whether it was in a local theater? By the time it probably was, I wasn’t thinking about it anymore. Then they stalled with getting it onto digital platforms like iTunes. Still can’t rent or buy it. Looks like mid-July? For a movie that was much talked about and which got great reviews to parlay that into only $14M box office, well, like I said, somebody should get fired. It should have been available everywhere immediately to capitalize on the hype.

By: Jameson

Jameson — Mon, 06 Apr 2015 23:28:00 +0000

Good point. I’ve always been more into the thought provoking horror films. I found It Follows more intense than scary.

By: Bmprooney

Bmprooney — Sun, 05 Apr 2015 20:58:00 +0000

True. A favorite comedy of mine is Sideways, and I’m not in hysterics while watching that. However, I will say TCM is at times scary, or at least, it is much scarier than It Follows. When Leatherface slams the door shut; that is horror.

By: Matt Gamble

Matt Gamble — Sun, 05 Apr 2015 20:51:00 +0000

Horror movies don’t have to be scary. Horror means much more than just some “scares” quotient. TCM, the greatest horror movie ever made, isn’t scary.

Same for comedies. Plenty of styles of comedy aren’t meant to illicit laughter, satire being the most common.

If you judge horror movies and comedies, by scares/laughs per minute, much like Frank, you’re doing it wrong.

By: PlanBFromOuterSpace

PlanBFromOuterSpace — Sun, 05 Apr 2015 16:12:00 +0000

I had avoided reviews of this since I was waiting to see it, and now that I have
seen it and have read a few things, I’m surprised that I haven’t seen more comparisons to “A Nightmare on Elm Street”, as there were quite a few things that reminded me of it, down to the “rules” and even certain scenes in particular. In both, the killer can seemingly pop up out of nowhere, can take the appearance of anyone (taking on different forms to handle specific situations), and can interact with the rest of the world without being seen. The friends in this film are kind of serving the same purpose as the friends that try to keep the NOES protagonist from falling asleep. I enjoyed it quite a bit though, and I think that there are some other ideas that they can play with if they do a sequel. For instance, I thought they’d play with the “both the person that has the curse AND the person that gave it to them” idea would be used to their advantage some more, as you’d think it’d be easier to fight off an otherwise invisible killer if two people could see it instead of just one.

By: Kyle Grimes

Kyle Grimes — Sun, 05 Apr 2015 02:33:00 +0000

Is this a joke? This movie was laughable it was so bad.

By: Bmprooney

Bmprooney — Sat, 04 Apr 2015 15:55:00 +0000

Good point.

By: Captain Morgan

Captain Morgan — Sat, 04 Apr 2015 09:08:00 +0000

If I had any criticism with the film, it would only be that the characters are pretty one dimensional as you say, but even that works to suit the tone of the movie I think. Sean, Jay and Frank need to review this.

By: Sam

Sam — Sat, 04 Apr 2015 02:05:00 +0000

I didn’t love It Follows as much as others seem, but it’s simplicity and and it’s ambiguous rules where part of its strength I felt.

As far as the soundtrack goes, I don’t think it’s very fair to say The Guest did it first as an example. They both premiered fairly close to each other, and both movies word of mouth started at the same time with TIFF last year.

That said, my problems with movie lies more with a pretty weak climax, but other than that, I thought it was pretty effective horror movie overall though and enjoyed it.

By: Jameson

Jameson — Fri, 03 Apr 2015 22:05:00 +0000

It’s interesting you say that about the premise/rules, cause I’ve always felt that way about the original Halloween. I always feel the rules don’t add up when I watch it. It’s not till the sequels that we get a better understanding of things.

By: Bmprooney

Bmprooney — Fri, 03 Apr 2015 11:33:00 +0000

Laughs are to comedy as scares are to horror. If you didn’t laugh, the comedy didn’t work for you. If you didn’t get scared, it wasn’t horrific. I feel the critical fervor for this film is similar to the Babadook. Good movie, but not scary.

“The premise is both curiously plain and strikingly creepy.”

The premise is too simple. The rules are ambiguous. The monster’s presence allows for too many applied metaphors. A sequel would clear this up, but to heck with a sequel.

“Artist Disasterpeace draws heavily on ’80s soundtracks and gives a modern twist to make for one of the most memorable scores in a while.”

I’d say Drive, House of the Devil, and the Guest did it first. I can’t say they were better because this soundtrack wasn’t bad at all. It’s awesome, but it’s not new.

4.5 stars is just to heavy for me not to respond. Understandable review though. Looking forward to the episode! Greatest podcast of all time.