What is it? Why is it following a group of interconnected teenagers in the Detroit suburbs? How can it bend the laws of space and time as it pursues you?
These are a few of the many questions left unanswered by It Follows—the second feature from David Robert Mitchell, and easily the best horror film of the past year (sorry Babadook). As the tension builds and it grows more frightening, you’ll find that you’ll easily forgive this masterful, beautifully filmed story of teenage peril for its elision of pure logic.
In fact, you’ll be too scared to think about much of anything, though I believe Mitchell, who also wrote the film, had a great deal on his mind when conceiving of his unknowable but prominent threat. It’s true: the film stands on its own as a fantastical, intense nightmare, and a superb piece of filmmaking. But one can also conceive of It Follows as a parable, a warning about teenage loneliness in a world filled to the brim with the judgment of adults.
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