It Follows - Best Horror Movie Since I Saw The Devil (1 Viewer)

[cstu]

Just back from a screening and if you're a horror fan at all you'll like this movie. If you especially like 70's/80's horror you'll love it.

ETA: This is a true horror film (more thriller than horror really) and not a horror/comedy like the good recent ones have been (Cabin in the Woods, Tucker & Dale, Zombieland). I'd have to go back to The Mist to find an American straight horror movie this good.

Where it's playing.

 

[TripItUp]

Better than "the Conjuring", or is that not "horror."

 

[cstu]

Better than "the Conjuring", or is that not "horror."

The Conjuring is horror and I liked it ok, but to me it's typical Hollywood horror.

 

[Courtjester]

I am really looking forward to this one.

I am hoping it comes on VOD at the same time as the theater, but I am sure I will be disappointed. .

 

[Papa Georgio]

I was hoping this would be good. Looking forward to it.

 

[James Daulton]

Looks like VOD on March 27th.

 

[snitwitch]

how's this compare to babadook (sp?)

 

[cstu]

how's this compare to babadook (sp?)

Babadook was a good movie, but It Follows is much better.

 

[cstu]

Bump.

 

[popsecret]

Two things

Number one I did search for It follows before posting my thread and yours didnt come up

Number two instead of passive aggressively bumping your thread the day I made mine you could have just linked it in my thread saying you already made it

 

[VA703]

 

[IC FBGCav]

Just move to an island and all is good.

 

[VA703]

Just move to an island and all is good.

zombies can float I bet this thing can too. according to the last scene its smart so it would probably get on a boat and ride over

 

[IC FBGCav]

Just move to an island and all is good.

zombies can float I bet this thing can too. according to the last scene its smart so it would probably get on a boat and ride over

How would it know what boat to take? It is zoned in on one person.

 

[Rick James]

Better than "the Conjuring", or is that not "horror."

The Conjuring is much better, IMO, although I did like It Follows.

 

[VA703]

Just move to an island and all is good.

zombies can float I bet this thing can too. according to the last scene its smart so it would probably get on a boat and ride over

How would it know what boat to take? It is zoned in on one person.

expedia

 

[IC FBGCav]

Just move to an island and all is good.

zombies can float I bet this thing can too. according to the last scene its smart so it would probably get on a boat and ride over

How would it know what boat to take? It is zoned in on one person.

expedia

It's not smart then, hotwire is the way to go.

 

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IN.

 

[Courtjester]

I enjoyed it,

I like movies where I think, "Boy they should really try this," and then they do it,

Very clever idea for a movie.

 

[ghostguy123]

This movie was fantastic.

Had a lot of the 80's creep factor that movies just don't have nowadays.

Basically an hour of non stop tension. Very nicely done.

Pound for pound (as in cost of production), maybe the best movie in a quite a long time??

 

[VA703]

will have to checkout I Saw the Devil. I never even heard about it

 

[KarmaPolice]

will have to checkout I Saw the Devil. I never even heard about it

I don't remember this being a horror movie. Maybe I am thinking of another movie though.

 

[KarmaPolice]

Just move to an island and all is good.

That was what I was thinking.

That, and during the movie I was trying to do the math - couldn't you just get on a plane, go to the other end of the earth, and give yourself months of worry free living? Maybe then pass it on or do the same thing again.

 

[ghostguy123]

Just move to an island and all is good.

That was what I was thinking.

That, and during the movie I was trying to do the math - couldn't you just get on a plane, go to the other end of the earth, and give yourself months of worry free living? Maybe then pass it on or do the same thing again.

Do you really think an island would keep that thing away???

I would definitely have driven to an airport a few hours away, then flown across the country and banged a prostitute, then paid that prostitute to bang someone who was about to travel to the other side of the county. But that's adult me with means, sitting back on the couch with a beer watching the movie. Not a a broke high school girl with very little life experience.

But even if ya did all that, the thing is still going to track you down. As the guy said at the beginning, very slow but not dumb. That's why it was so creepy. It was a supernatural version of the terminator. It will never stop, ever.

Excellent movie. Always a fan of the "what would I do if I were them" type movies, and this one was done as well as any of them. And for what, a 900 dollar budget?

Not to mention this movie also had some hype for being a really scary/creepy movie. Normally hearing that kind of hype makes the movie worse (for me anyway), but it ended up not affecting anything for me on this one. Kudos

 

[VA703]

prostitute is the #1 seed here

by the time the person who last banged the prosti gets killed off, she is already passing it onto some other unlucky fool. hottest prostitute you can find FTW

 

[cstu]

will have to checkout I Saw the Devil. I never even heard about it

I don't remember this being a horror movie. Maybe I am thinking of another movie though.

Depends how you define 'horror' but it is a gory serial killer/revenge movie.

 

[KarmaPolice]

Just move to an island and all is good.

That was what I was thinking.

That, and during the movie I was trying to do the math - couldn't you just get on a plane, go to the other end of the earth, and give yourself months of worry free living? Maybe then pass it on or do the same thing again.

That's why it was so creepy. It was a supernatural version of the terminator. It will never stop, ever.

Except when it stops for dramatic effect at doorways and takes time to climb up on the roof?

It didn't seem to want to get in the water, either.

 

[VA703]

Just move to an island and all is good.

That was what I was thinking.

That, and during the movie I was trying to do the math - couldn't you just get on a plane, go to the other end of the earth, and give yourself months of worry free living? Maybe then pass it on or do the same thing again.

That's why it was so creepy. It was a supernatural version of the terminator. It will never stop, ever.

Except when it stops for dramatic effect at doorways and takes time to climb up on the roof?

It didn't seem to want to get in the water, either.

it saw the trap they had setup. i bet that thing could swim across the ocean without taking a break

i dont get the part about not being able to turn a doorknob

 

[Officer Pete Malloy]

Hold up...some of you thought The Conjuring was good? Was it good for a horror movie or good period?

 

[KarmaPolice]

Hold up...some of you thought The Conjuring was good? Was it good for a horror movie or good period?

Let me guess - you hated it?

I thought it was one of the better horror movies of the last several years, but I am not sure how much praise that is. What has been better in the genre? Sinister, Conjuring, Babadook, Cabin in the Woods are the main ones I can think of off the top of my head.

 

[KarmaPolice]

Just move to an island and all is good.

That was what I was thinking.

That, and during the movie I was trying to do the math - couldn't you just get on a plane, go to the other end of the earth, and give yourself months of worry free living? Maybe then pass it on or do the same thing again.

That's why it was so creepy. It was a supernatural version of the terminator. It will never stop, ever.

Except when it stops for dramatic effect at doorways and takes time to climb up on the roof? It didn't seem to want to get in the water, either.

it saw the trap they had setup. i bet that thing could swim across the ocean without taking a breaki dont get the part about not being able to turn a doorknob

Cool. Get to an island and set up a bunch of traps for it then. I guess just set them up far enough from the house so it cant throw the hair dryers at you.

 

[Officer Pete Malloy]

Hold up...some of you thought The Conjuring was good? Was it good for a horror movie or good period?

Let me guess - you hated it?

I thought it was one of the better horror movies of the last several years, but I am not sure how much praise that is. What has been better in the genre? Sinister, Conjuring, Babadook, Cabin in the Woods are the main ones I can think of off the top of my head.

So it was good for the genre?

 

[KarmaPolice]

Hold up...some of you thought The Conjuring was good? Was it good for a horror movie or good period?

Let me guess - you hated it? I thought it was one of the better horror movies of the last several years, but I am not sure how much praise that is. What has been better in the genre? Sinister, Conjuring, Babadook, Cabin in the Woods are the main ones I can think of off the top of my head.

So it was good for the genre?

of course. I don't think anyone was claiming it should win an Oscar or anything. What is your point?

 

[shadrap]

Huge fan of horror. It Follows-rating-7.5/10

Let me In(horror movie) 8.5/10

30 Days-30 nights 8.5/10

Hellraiser-9/10

At least you get my drift on my opinion & of course we all rank different. Sometimes depends on your mood, setting, etc. It Follows was based on a good premise.

 

[ghostguy123]

Just move to an island and all is good.

That was what I was thinking.

That, and during the movie I was trying to do the math - couldn't you just get on a plane, go to the other end of the earth, and give yourself months of worry free living? Maybe then pass it on or do the same thing again.

That's why it was so creepy. It was a supernatural version of the terminator. It will never stop, ever.

Except when it stops for dramatic effect at doorways and takes time to climb up on the roof? It didn't seem to want to get in the water, either.

it saw the trap they had setup. i bet that thing could swim across the ocean without taking a breaki dont get the part about not being able to turn a doorknob

The doors were locked. It can get in, its just not in a hurry.

 

[Scoresman]

Saw this tonight. Liked it but the ending kind of sucked.

My idea would be to find some sort of abandoned bunker or fallout shelter and trap it in there.

Either that or just live a life of travel. It wouldn't be that hard to take a guess at how long it would take to get where you were based on its walking speed. When its getting close, just get on a plane to the next vacation spot.

 

[ghostguy123]

Saw this tonight. Liked it but the ending kind of sucked.

My idea would be to find some sort of abandoned bunker or fallout shelter and trap it in there.

Either that or just live a life of travel. It wouldn't be that hard to take a guess at how long it would take to get where you were based on its walking speed. When its getting close, just get on a plane to the next vacation spot.

These were kids, not rich adults to take a 40 year vacation.

But as for the idea, yeah, I was thinking at the end the plan was to trap it in some sort of room in that abandoned building (looked abandoned anyway, but why was the pool full??) and then lock it in there.

The pool idea was stupid considering a bullet to the head didn't do the trick, why would shocking it work?

 

[Scoresman]

BOOM

Sleep with a flight attendant. The monster gets a bit of exercise. Problem solved.

 

[ghostguy123]

Till it boards one of her flights. Slow, not dumb.

 

[Scoresman]

Till it boards one of her flights. Slow, not dumb.

Not even an invisible sex demon could get past NSA security checkpoints quick enough.

 

[ghostguy123]

Till it boards one of her flights. Slow, not dumb.

Not even an invisible sex demon could get past NSA security checkpoints quick enough.

Point taken.

It will just wait at her house. She has to take a break eventually right? Just gotta hope she bangs some dude real, real far away.

 

[Fariq]

I liked it.

 

[steelerfan1]

wife and I saw it lastnight and both looked at each other with a "that's it"

not scary, not good IMO

 

[ghostguy123]

wife and I saw it lastnight and both looked at each other with a "that's it"

not scary, not good IMO

Just curious, what are some of your preferred scary/horror type of movies?

 

[steelerfan1]

wife and I saw it lastnight and both looked at each other with a "that's it"

not scary, not good IMO

Just curious, what are some of your preferred scary/horror type of movies?

that's the thing gg, I can't remember the last time I saw a really good horror movie that freaked me out.

I don't care for the "hostel" type movies.

my wife saw Emily rose or something named close to that and was freaked out for days and it didn't do anything for me either.

just thinking, "saw deliver us from evil" and it was ok.

again, can't even remember last movie that really got me, that's why whenever I see something that says scariest, yada, yada, yada I hope for the best..

 

[ghostguy123]

A movie doesnt need to scare the crap out of your or cause nightmares for it to be a good scary/horror movie.

Maybe you just don't like anything in that genre.

 

[cstu]

Psychological horror is more scary to me that Hostel type movies. It takes buy in and if you're just half paying attention then it's not going to work. I'm glad I saw it in a theater without distractions. Also, the music was very loud and disturbing at the theater and that added to the effect.

 

[steelerfan1]

A movie doesnt need to scare the crap out of your or cause nightmares for it to be a good scary/horror movie.

Maybe you just don't like anything in that genre.

I could be too picky, yes.

 

[ghostguy123]

A movie doesnt need to scare the crap out of your or cause nightmares for it to be a good scary/horror movie.

Maybe you just don't like anything in that genre.

I could be too picky, yes.

Well, what movies in this genre DO you actually like?

Rather than say you are too picky, maybe you just dont like these kinds of movies.

 

[ghostguy123]

Psychological horror is more scary to me that Hostel type movies. It takes buy in and if you're just half paying attention then it's not going to work. I'm glad I saw it in a theater without distractions. Also, the music was very loud and disturbing at the theater and that added to the effect.

I think the "smallness" of it helps. Only a few people.

For whatever reason when thousands of people are dying and/or being terrorized it is way less dramatic than when it is just a couple people.