It’s hard to believe that it’s been 10 years since one of the defining horror movies of its decade. It Followsis one of the best examples of ‘art horror’, a subgenre that has found its creative resurgence with studios like A24 and Neon. The movie follows a group of friends who are relentlessly stalked by an unseen presence. It Follows understands how to make its characters vulnerable, not through them making stupid choices, but by keeping the threat far away enough to make it feel omnipresent in everything they do. The movie maintains an impressive level of tension by essentially making the movie a haunting game of hot potato, as the curse can be passed on to someone else through sex.
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