In an interview with Digital Spy, Mitchell says, "I'm not personally that interested in where 'it' comes from. The film then closes with the two walking hand in hand down the street, with the faint outline of an unknown person walking relentlessly behind them at a modest pace. In fact, we barely see it at all, until the end when its blurry and not the focal point of the shot. There is also the possibility that Jay and Paul have sex repeatedly and are able to pass the curse between them, but once again, that only buys them time. Yes, mom? The Ending Of It Follows Finally Explained. That IT has a physical body. Jay's sister, Kelly and her friends, Paul Bolduan and Yara Davis, agree to help and spend the night in Jay and Kelly's house. These are meant to act as an alarm whenever the entity attempts to enter. Firing at an invisible target, Paul accidentally wounds Yara, but shoots the entity in the head. We are never given this information right-out but Gregs mothers comment plus Jays mothers day drinking seems to point to his. For most of the film, Jay is directly targeted by It until Greg, skeptical of the danger, has sex with her. It can look like a stranger or someone she knows, only she can see it, and if it ever catches her, she will die. No. [3], It Follows received critical acclaim. Jay and Kelly are much younger, but the man to their mothers left is the EXACT man IT was portraying. Therefore, their relationship is not romance but more of a survival technique. ), Writer/Director David Robert Mitchell knows how to build a chilling atmosphere. Instead of entering the pool, it throws the devices at her. This scene marks the first time the eponymous "it" invades Jay's home and personal space. It certainly makes it more horrifying for me. Eventually, Paul is able to shoot it, and they run away. We imagine that would be a movie called Follow It, which would presumably tell the story of Jay working her way up the chain, trying to track down the originator of the curse. 'It Follows' Disorients With Atmosphere So It Can Set Up A Perfect Scare. However, when Paul volunteers to let Jay pass the curse on to him, she eventually agrees, and the two have sex. It Follows (2014) 3 Rated-ARRR 8 yr. ago It was a really good movie. Jay leaves in abject terror. The score was composed by Rich Vreeland, better known as Disasterpeace. In fact, It Follows is an anti-victim blaming masterpiece that gives a huge middle finger to the genre's antiquated approach to sex. Yara is that annoying friend whos ALWAYS on their phone no I am not going to explain to you what just happened during the movie youre SUPPOSED to be watching PUT YOUR DARN PHONE AWAY except wait, thats not a phone! Whatever I was going through at that time, my parents divorced when I was around that age, so I imagine it was something to do with that. Then again, certain aspects of the film are undeniably modern. The following week, the film dropped two spots to #10 with a weekend gross of $346,005 (229,927) from 240 screens. Both ask, "How do you spend your life when you know that death is inevitable? When teens have sex, a monster kills them. Horror movie fans lovers, straight-up warning you there are a lot of spoilers for It Follows (2015) in this review. The entity didn't just enter her home to claim her, but it exploited her trauma, too.It's the disheveled woman's visual that makes this scare so powerful, as Mitchell employs conventional tactics to induce goosebumps between the ominous music stings and slowed down focus on the intended victim. Scott Norman (Homeless Man Behind Tree)-/5. Finally, when Jay sees Greg dying, the motif on her T-shirt, a blonde girl and a ball, is seen clearly. The murderous, seemingly unstoppable entity, simply called It, remains as mysterious as ever, and its origin is never revealed. It Follows, and this critical double-scare scene demonstrates how not much else gets under our skin quite like visceral reminders of our fleeting mortality. Yeah, ok. And death, perhaps. The gist of the passage is basically, "And the most terrible agony may not be in the wound themselves but in knowing for certain that your soul will leave your body, and you will no longer be a person, and that this is certain. I think thats exactly what David Robert Mitchell did in It Follows. Sure, we've just spent a long time explaining as much about this film as we could, but there are some questions that are better left unanswered. Greg wants to see Jay but is told that she is in her room with the door locked. Without this foreknowledge, it wouldn't have the ability to know when to appear in what form. Not a day older. Mitchell intentionally creates a contrast to give his feature a timeless quality. It's the disheveled woman's visual that makes this scare so powerful, as Mitchell employs conventional tactics to induce goosebumps between the ominous music stings and slowed down focus on the intended victim. No way, I dont think so. We then meet Jay and her sister Kelly, who are childhood friends with Paul. The audience doesn't get to see the entity's initial appearance in It Followsbecause Jay doesn't, and she's the focal character. Jay, Kelly (Lilie Sepe), Paul (Keir Gilchrist), and Yara (Olivia Luccardi) break into an indoor public pool after hours. In the aftermath of the traumatic event, Jay attempts to resume normalcy and attends class. So, this implies a few things about The Follower: It's motivation isn't always to immediately kill you. There are 2010-era modern cars but there are vintage cars as well in perfect condition. But what follows? Put these elements together and youve got all the makings for a film thats not just scary but extremely unsettling. If it's about death, then death will still get our heroes eventually. The abruptness of its appearance delivers another potent scare, clocking in just two minutes after the previous encounter. As Jay tries to get out of the pool, it pulls her underwater by the ankle. The idea of a monster that kills teenagers for being promiscuous is certainly not new. It's never confirmed, but it's possible that Hugh, Jay, Paul, or Greg (Daniel Zovatto) passed the curse along to one or more unnamed side characters at some point to buy themselves a bit more time. Perhaps the coolest thing about It Followsis just how little lore there is and how the ending leaves you with so many ambiguities. The abruptness of its appearance delivers another potent scare, clocking in just two minutes after the previous encounter.That it comes from a completely different and unlikely spot in Jay's house sends the clear message that Death can come from anywhere at any time. It Follows: Plot Summary College student Jay begins dating Hugh, a sweet but strange boy. Instead, it marks an important repetition we see throughout the movie:in every case, the final Follower each character sees is of their parent, walking towards them. Some films are easy to leave behind, while others follow. Its all on purpose, though. When you watch It Follows, you might have a hard time figuring out in what decade it's supposed to be set. When asked about sequel possibilities, David Robert Mitchell told Vulture (via Slate), "I couldn't say. It was given a limited release in the United States on March 13[15] and a wide release on March 27[16] in 1,200 theaters. As Neil Gaiman once said, "If someone tells you what a story is about, they are probably right. It Follows 2014 R 1 h 40 m IMDb RATING 6.8 /10 249K YOUR RATING Rate POPULARITY 1,198 Play trailer 1:46 4 Videos 99+ Photos Horror Mystery Thriller A young woman is followed by an unknown supernatural force after a sexual encounter. The entity is a slow moving, unstoppable monster that is always walking towards you, and if it catches you, you die. [17] That same day, the film also received a limited release in Canada by Mongrel Media. uses wide angles and a disorienting setting to unsettle before delivering a one-two punch scare for the ages. In this edition: It Follows uses wide angles and a disorienting setting to unsettle before delivering a one-two punch scare for the ages. It's quiet and unassuming, out there somewhere in the world, slowly walking towards you. "Why don't they drive to Mexico?" And it works. Sure, it was shot in the head, but we don't know whether or not that's enough, and since the director isn't giving us answers, we have to figure this out ourselves by looking at the film's themes. Unlike many horror film protagonists, Jay and her friends are also unusually empathetic and supportive of one another in an uncaring world. She's the naked lady. Club said, "Despite all the fun-to-unpack ideas swirling around Mitchell's premise, this is first and foremost a showcase for his considerable talents as a widescreen visual stylist, which are most apparent in the movie's deftly choreographed, virtuoso 360 pans. [6] It grossed $23.3 million worldwide against a $1.3 million budget. The film doesnt go out of its way to tie things up and ends on a sinister note. Greg Hannigan - Raped to death by the Entity. Staring out of the classroom window, she spies an older woman in a hospital gown crossing the grounds, seemingly unseen by those around her. Hes obviously absent from the house. It's not only a movie about fear, or death, but also about shame. It Follows premiered at the 2014 Cannes Film Festival on May 17, 2014. A "thing" is now following her. The music crescendos with a pulsing beat, signaling that a scare looms near. While explaining the death curse rules, Hugh points out a naked woman approaching in the distance, at a slow but steady clip. The entity also seemingly stalks only one person at a time, as it doesnt attack Jay until Greg (to whom she passes the curse) is dead. Then Jay swims into the middle of the pool and waits. It Follows is a 2014 American supernatural psychological horror film written and directed by David Robert Mitchell and stars Maika Monroe, Keir Gilchrist, Daniel Zovatto, Jake Weary, Olivia Luccardi and Lili Sepe. It stars Maika Monroe as a young woman who is pursued by a supernatural entity after a sexual encounter and must have sex with another individual to avoid it. It's more often presented with a knowing wink in the context of a satiric horror comedies like Scream or The Cabin in the Woods. Given that It Follows was both a critical and commercial success, should we be expecting an endless array of sequels and spinoffs, in the vein of A Nightmare on Elm Street? Greg drives Jay, Kelly, Yara, and Paul to his family's lake house and teaches Jay to shoot a revolver. The only things seemingly known for certain about It Follows'entityis that its curse is passed on through sex, and when it eventually kills its latest target, it heads back to get the previous one and so on. In his defense, there's clearly much more on this film's mind, thematically speaking, than just sex. That it comes from a completely different and unlikely spot in Jay's house sends the clear message that Death can come from anywhere at any time. When she does this, we see that the lawns on the other side of the street are littered with leaves and the trees have started to turn. It's about a girl who, through absolutely no fault of her own,. Jay's friends ward it off by breaking a chair over its body and Jay shoots it several times until it falls over, but it recovers unharmed and attacks Jay again, this time taking the form of a boy who lives next door to Jay. A ghost? Assume our heroes are smart. Death, Jay learns, will creep inexorably toward her as either a friend or a stranger. Why does this prove he killed himself? [citation needed] The film had a domestic gross of $14.7 million and an international gross of $8.6 million for a worldwide total of $23.3 million. The actual death is very brief and is only onscreen . It kicks in again as an almost unnaturally tall figure emerges from the dark behind Yara. At the beginning of the film, a young woman runs out of her house wearing a pair of heels, short-shorts, and a tank top. Jay tells the truth to her friends, and they believe her, helping her fight a monster that they themselves literally can't see. But is that all? The camera slows down, and all music fades, save for the drumming beat, as Jay walks into the kitchen. If anyone noticed why the camera lingered for so long on Hugh/Jeff's mom when we finally met her, THAT IS WHY. At the end of the film, as Yara is recovering in the hospital from her gunshot wound, she reads aloud to her friends a quote from a book, but she doesn't identify it at the time. Jeff initially explains to Jay that It often appears as loved ones in order to catch its victims unaware. This time the woman is topless but also looks to have been brutally beaten, even to the point of missing teeth and she also urinates on the floor. Right after the two have sex for the first time, Hugh disappears from her life. And given that he isn't actually in the rest of the film, the odds are likely that he's either divorced from their mother or dead. What's one way that you can temporarily gain freedom from this monster? After "Yara" arrives and proceeds to attack Jay, she and her gang run for refuge inside a hut. SPOILERS AHEAD. Get our newsletter and join our community powered by horror fans like you. From Greg's death, we know that the Follower finds you, and then brutally rapes and murders you. Firing blindly into the pool, Paul manages to shoot the creature again in the head, and this time, it stays dead. In a way, the It of It Follows ends up being the scariest monster in horror film history, because from a certain point of view, it's real, and one day, it really will get you. The concept of home invasion is inherently petrifying because it removes the one place meant to offer security and comfort, but the entity's appearance heightens that natural fear thanks to the form it chooses; a victim of sexual assault. Subtle shifts in seasons and time subconsciously unsettle as viewers cannot place when and where the narrative takes place. Their quiet conversation gets interrupted by the sound of breaking glass. Hence, the film ends with Jeff alive but, like everyone else who is cursed, living in constant fear of being attacked by It. They seem normal enough. "[25] Tim Robey of The Daily Telegraph gave the film five out of five stars and said, "With its marvellously suggestive title and thought-provoking exploration of sex, this indie chiller is a contemporary horror fan's dream come true. "[7] The role that sexual transmission plays came later, from Mitchell's desire for something that could transfer between people. The plot of the film revolves around a teenage girl named Jay who is pursued by a supernatural entity after her sexual encounter. [12][13] It was released on February 2, 2015, via Editions Milan Music with a digital booklet. Apart from the literal monster that starts chasing her, what makes Jay's date with Hugh so horrifying isn't the sex, it's the abuse. The music crescendos with a pulsing beat, signaling that a. She flees in Greg's car, crashes into a cornfield and wakes up in a hospital with a broken arm. The movie is written and helmed by David Robert Mitchell. The way he carelessly dumps her on the street only further the assault metaphor. Family Guy (1999) - S20E03 Must Love Dogs 2.5s - Oh, and cousin Greg! The only evidence we have of Paul transmitting the curse comes in the closing minutes of the film, when he slowly drives past a pair of sex workers, showing that Paul is at least considering the possibility, whether or not he actually follows through. She turns and is faced with a disheveled woman her age, her clothes torn and missing teeth. If it's about trauma, the trauma is still with them. It Follows debuted at the 2014 Cannes Film Festival and was later purchased by Radius-TWC for distribution. Greg Strasz . [21] On Rotten Tomatoes' aggregation, it was ranked as the sixth most-praised film of the year, and the ninth most-praised horror film of the 2010s. . Why is everyone wearing a coat? The dissonance between seasons and the way characters are dressed is just another way to make you feel off for some reason you cant necessarily put your finger on. "[24], David Rooney of The Hollywood Reporter said, "Creepy, suspenseful and sustained, this skillfully made lo-fi horror movie plays knowingly with genre tropes and yet never winks at the audience, giving it a refreshing face-value earnestness that makes it all the more gripping. Jays peach-pink underwear set just scream 1950s. Subtle shifts in seasons and time subconsciously unsettle as viewers cannot place when and where the narrative takes place. stunt coordinator Craig Gubert . As she bolts past another house, there are clearly pumpkins on the porch. While explaining the death curse rules, Hugh points out a naked woman approaching in the distance, at a slow but steady clip. This form isn't identifiable, although considering her appearance, the entity could be using this form to represent sexual trauma. It Follows. It didn't rape Greg to death. "[26] Ignatiy Vishnevetsky of The A.V. It Follows - whichconnects back to the original Evil Dead in a subtle way - ends on an ambiguous note, as it's unclear if Jay managed to truly defeat the entity. Then Kelly manages to throw a sheet over the creature, allowing Paul to shoot the monster in the head. Fear? He comes to regret that a few days later when the entity breaks into his house, first taking his own form for itself. [34][35] Mitchell stated: "I'm not personally that interested in where 'it' comes from. Everything they watch on TV is either a vintage-era cartoon or a 1950s black-and-white monster movie. It's likely that Annie, the girl killed at the beginning of the film, was a former lover of his that he sacrificed to the creature. However, the film does offer clues as to what It can and cannot do, so lets check those out. With that in mind, let's talk about some other themes that It Follows has on its mind, beyond just sex. We know that the entity sometimes impersonates the loved ones of its victims, so who is It impersonating here? To prove his point, he shows her a naked woman that has mysteriously appeared in the distance and keeps walking towards them relentlessly. A teenage boy is murdered by the central antagonist, while it takes the form of his mother. Evidence also points to this form being Jay's grandfather, who's seen in a family photo earlier in the movie. One potential way to read the events of the film is thatIt Followsis about the inevitability of death. as a compelling horror film owes much to Mitchell's use of wide shots and distinct visual style and production design. Speaking of decor, the photos on the wall are mostly black and white portraits. The group plans to kill the entity by luring it into a swimming pool and dropping electrical appliances into the water. Lead characters wear bathing suits in one scene and chilly fall coats in the next. If the entity from It Follows starts chasing you, it's probably not going to catch you today. A common criticism of It Follows is that the monster isn't particularly threatening, relative to other horror movie baddies. Maika Monroe told ComicBook.com in January 2021 that she "would do anything" to work with director David Robert Mitchell again. Did Hugh give the curse to anyone before Jay? Greg later remarks that he hasn't seen the creature yet, long after Jay expected. When a tall man enters the bedroom, Jay flees the house; her friends catch up to her at a nearby playground. They try to calm Jay's nerves when there's a knock at the door. Though it is left unclear whether Paul passes on the curse, in the end, it is irrelevant because we see the entity following him and Jay in the films closing scene. Is that the entity, or just another person walking? It works to set the mood for the film's biggest scare, a terrifying scene that delivers not one but two potent scares without a second to spare for the audience to catch their breath. That ends when It Follows' residentstalkerwalks up behind Jay on the beach, disguised as her friend Yara. It Follows' entity takes many different forms while stalking its prey in the 2014 horror movie; here's every shape that the being takes throughout. Yes, its frustrating when the film fails to answer vital questions, but often the answers are there if you just pay attention. The hell? Once cursed, they are doomed to forever live in fear of being killed by It. Each of its appearances happens to fulfill a specific purpose. It Follows is part of a wave of films in the 2010s where horror films arent just good horror films, but good films period. From Greg's death, we know that the Follower finds you, and then brutally rapes and murders you. A collection of It Follows nude scenes, categorized by nudity type, the film or tv show it appears in and the different types of nudity. [18], It Follows earned $163,453 in its opening weekend from four theaters at an average of $40,863 per theater, making it the best limited opening for a film released in the United States and Canada in 2015. Cookies help us deliver our Services. In a few brief scenes throughout the film, we see photographs of younger versions of Jay and Kelly with the same man that It looks like in the end. Jay cowers in her room, and her loved ones arrive to protect her, either from herself or her unseen foe. Back home, Paul, willing to take the risk, offers Jay the opportunity to pass it on to him, but she refuses. [4] By subscribing, you agree to the terms of our Privacy Policy, 70s Horror Movies: 100+ Scary Films from the 1970s, 30+ Horror Movies For Beginners Start Here, Turkish Horror Movies: Scary Movies Movies Made in Turkey, Bollywood Horror Films: The Best Hindi Scary Movies, 30+ Summer Horror Movies To Keep You Screaming All Season Long, 19 of Jordan Peeles Favorite Horror Movies, Best Russian Horror Movies: From the Soviet Union to Today, Best Horror Movies on Netflix Right Now (March 2023), Spanish Horror Movies: The Best Scary Movies in Spanish, Scream Queen! Sure, Jeff couldve told Jay IT makes noise! She keeps saying There he is! When her sister Kelly asks what it looks like, her response is: I dont wanna tell you. Upon revealing IT, we see a normal-looking man in his late 30s-early 40s. It's simply unfortunate that Greg was cornered when The Follower was in the guise of his mother. (Welcome toScariest Scene Ever, a column dedicated to the most pulse-pounding moments in horror. That night, Paul drives through town, passing prostitutes. This synopsis of It Follows covers all the scary moments fans didnt catch. Jay's still reeling from her own assault. Jeffs mom is TOTALLY rocking the 1980s Mom look, and not ironically. This next form taken by the entity in It Follows is another that's extremely naked. First, we see Hugh/Jeff's mom, in the abandoned building. This scene is very intense and is built up over the course of a few minutes as the protagonist desperately tries to prevent it. Up until this point, the entity only appeared from a safe distance. Greg is gruesomely murdered by It, who accosts him in his room while taking the form of his mother. This scene marks the first time the eponymous "it" invades Jay's home and personal space. Read this review to discover some frightening missing pieces. Since it relentlessly follows and kills whoever is most recently infected and then goes after whoever was infected before them, it is only a matter of time before Jay is in danger again. It Follows (2014) 1.9s Oh, and Greg's mom, Parks and Recreation (2009) - S02E07 Greg Pikitis 1s I'm Greg's mom. However, Jay spends the rest of the movie attempting to outrun and outsmart the entity. But I do want to say that when I wrote this, I had some bigger set pieces, a few things that I sort of simplified, and some stuff that we chose to cut out because of the budget and time, so there's all kinds of fun things that could be done with this concept and story. "[7] Mitchell said that while Jaime "opens herself up to danger through sex, the one way in which she can free herself from that danger We're all here for a limited amount of time and we can't escape our mortality but love and sex are two ways in which we can at least temporarily push death away. Victims Annie Marshall - Bled to death after the Entity tore her legs in half. Additionally, we see Kelly throw a sheet over the entity in the films climax so that Paul can see exactly where it is. So the answer that makes the most sense, thematically, is "yes." Therefore, the major reason the two are together is most likely so they dont have to deal with the entity alone. The entity's imagery as it edges towards Jay leaves a mark, but Mitchell doesn't give his heroine much of a reprieve.Jay cowers in her room, and her loved ones arrive to protect her, either from herself or her unseen foe. stunt safety Dan Lemieux . It bears many similarities to one, but part of the reason It Follows works so well is that so little information is given about how the creature at its center functions. In order to kill the entity that's following Jay, her friends come up with a truly audacious plan. The police can find no trace of the naked woman or Hugh, as they discover it was a fake identity. The set further disorients with decor from various eras- unconventional and made-up technology clashes with retro televisions that play '50s sci-fi features. He then drives them away from the area, dropping a shaken and exposed Jay off in front of her house before fleeing. Categories. Since everyone thats been cursed can see It, both Paul and Jay are able to see the entity and seem to have decided to try and survive the curse together. Not a single cordless phone in sight. For what it's worth, the star actress is already on board. 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