(2014)***1/2
It Follows starts off with a very good plot but becomes confusing a few times, specially at the end? Is it over? No, because there is a sequel..sigh. The main character played by Maika Monroe, looks familiar at times. In one light she looks like Chloe Sevigny, another light she looks like Brittany Murphy.
Jay(Maika Monroe) decides to finally have intercourse with Jeff the boy she is dating. After the dirty deed is done Jeff knocks her out, ties her up, and shows her the curse he passed on to her.
This unexplained curse has no origin, but is passed on between sexual partners. The curse is that she is being followed by dead people that only she and previous cursed can see. Jeff tells her that she can't let it kill her or it would come back to him again-she must pass it on! Sounds like an invitation to go on a boinking spree!
These"ghosts" can be shot and spill blood, but nothing stops them. Maybe the sequel will explain it better?
1 comment:
I found the concept quite interesting, something new in the long tradition of horror films, but during the last third I lost interest pretty much, mainly because the plot has no point, the characters are flat and not sympathetic and also the ghosts don't make much sense: Are they partially physical, can they interact or hurt others but the cursed? What is the origin of the curse anyway? The unstoppable aka following curse gets boring without any alternative but passing it on, but eventually coming back anyway.
The film is OK as a one-time shot, personally I'm not even interested enough in a sequel.
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