Part of Shocktober
Nineteen-year-old Jay (LONGLEGS’ Maika Monroe) finds herself thrust into an unimaginable horror when she and her friends and family become haunted by an intractable sexually transmitted ghost bent on murder. The “rules” seem simple. Something monstrous is walking toward you. It can appear as anyone. No one else can see it. If it reaches you, you will die. Horribly. And the only way to save yourself is through sexual contact with another. And then the “rules” apply to them. Jay was just trying to get through high school — and now, she’s just trying to stay alive.
Celebrating its 10th anniversary this year, David Robert Mitchell’s infectiously creepy, synth-laden homage to the horrors of sex made its star, Maika Monroe (also of THE GUEST), THE Scream Queen of her generation for discerning genre aficionados.
“IT FOLLOWS abides by a principle that few horror movies have the courage to embrace: The unknown is the unknown. Clues to the source and motives of this menace are dropped, but they don’t add up. Like the evil in a David Lynch horror film, it is out there in the night, waiting to get you.” —Stephen Holden, NYT Critic’s Pick, New York Times
“Fans of early John Carpenter will immediately identify the master’s influence…. But IT FOLLOWS is no knockoff. Undergoing an enormous creative growth spurt, Mitchell filters his influences through his own distinct brand of romantic naturalism.” —A.A. Dowd, The A.V. Club
“A work of memorable subterranean power, and some of its moments will haunt your dreams for years to come.” —Andrew O’Hehir, Salon.com
“I don’t think I have ever had a nightmare quite as scary as this film – a modern classic of fear to be compared to something by a young Carpenter or De Palma…. I can’t remember when I was last so royally freaked out in the cinema.” —Peter Bradshaw, The Guardian (UK)