It Follows (2014)

A young woman is followed by an unknown supernatural force after a sexual encounter.

Director:

David Robert Mitchell

Writer:

David Robert Mitchell

Stars:

Maika Monroe, Keir Gilchrist, Olivia Luccardi

25 wins & 42 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Bailey Spry	...	Annie
Carollette Phillips	...	Woman with Groceries
Loren Bass	...	Annie's Father
Keir Gilchrist	...	Paul
Maika Monroe	...	Jay Height
Lili Sepe	...	Kelly Height
Charles Gertner	...	Neighbor Boy
Debbie Williams	...	Mrs. Height (as Deborah Williams)
Olivia Luccardi	...	Yara
Jake Weary	...	Hugh / Jeff
Daniel Zovatto	...	Greg Hannigan
Ruby Harris	...	Mrs. Redmond
Leisa Pulido	...	Mrs. Hannigan
D.J. Oliver	...	Police Officer (as DJ Oliver)
Linda Boston	...	Teacher (as Linda B. Boston-Gilbert)

Storyline

For nineteen-year-old Jay, Autumn should be about school, boys and week-ends out at the lake. But after a seemingly innocent sexual encounter, she finds herself plagued by strange visions and the inescapable sense that someone, something, is following her. Faced with this burden, Jay and her friends must find a way to escape the horrors, that seem to be only a few steps behind.

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Plot Keywords:

tied to a wheelchair | being followed | teenage girl | supernatural being | chloroform | 

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Taglines:

It doesn't think. It doesn't feel. It doesn't give up.

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Genres:

Horror | Mystery | Thriller

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated R for disturbing violent and sexual content including graphic nudity, and language

Did You Know?

Trivia

Not only do the set props prevent the viewer from placing the year, the clothing prevents the viewer from placing the time of year. Throughout the film's short duration clothing ranges from coats, jackets, t-shirts and swimsuits during the day, to barely anything at all at night... all outdoors, with no signs of discomfort.

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Goofs

If all Jeff knows is that some one night stand gave IT to him, how does he know so much about IT, and, more importantly, how did he know IT could hurt him if IT touched him and how does he know how to pass IT on and that IT all has to be explained to the person he passes IT to and that IT would come after him if the person died? None of that makes any sense.

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Quotes

Yara: When I was a little girl my parents would not allow me to go south of 8th mile. And I did not even know what that meant until I got a little older. And I started realizing that. That was where the city started and the suburbs ended. And I used to think about how shitty and weird was that. I mean I had to ask permission to go to the state fair with my best friend and her parents only because it was a few blocks past the border.

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Crazy Credits

There are no opening credits at all, and the title does not appear on-screen until the end of the film.

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Alternate Versions

The volume level of the music was substantially louder in the theatrical version than in the 2015 Blu-Ray and DVD release.

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Connections

References Halloween (1978)

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Soundtracks

The Safer Parts of the City
Written by Steven Tyler Slovacek (as Steven Slovacek)
Performed by Company Man
Courtesy of Dugout Sounds

User Reviews

An Advanced Teenage Horror Film: Expertly-Crafted, Psycho-Sexual Drama

David Robert Mitchell's It Follows cannily takes the torrential world of the contemporary American teenager and uses it to bring the horror film back to its visceral roots—those dirty little tendrils that obscure the collective fears of our modern society. Today's teenagers live in a bigger, more accessible world — a world in which the idea of the masked bogeyman lurking in the backseat has become clichéd to the point of being used as a Geico commercial. This is a truth that Mitchell understands completely, and his dissection of the paranoia and emotional detachment that plagues our suburbs is the genesis of this fresh interpretation of the horror genre. Following a sexual encounter with an older man, Jay (Maika Monroe) finds that she is being followed by a malevolent entity that will only leave her alone if she sleeps with someone else. This terrifying scenario throws Jay and her friends into a nightmarish game of trying to keep one step ahead of the relentless creature. Cinematographer Michael Gioulakis captures the unyielding dread that permeates the narrative with wide shots that evoke the eerie perspective of a hunter stalking its prey. It Follows feels like a natural progression of the teenage horror film—one that uses the complexity of today's young people as a canvas for some expertly-crafted, psycho-sexual drama.

Details

Official Sites:

Official Facebook Page Official site

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

13 March 2015 (USA)

Also Known As:

It Follows

Filming Locations:

Michigan, USA

Box Office

Budget:

$1,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend USA:

$160,089, 15 March 2015

Gross USA:

$14,674,076

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$21,729,511

Company Credits

Production Co:

Northern Lights Films, Animal Kingdom, Two Flints

Technical Specs

Runtime:

100 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.39 : 1