Director David Robert Mitchell Writer David Robert Mitchell Stars Maika Monroe Keir Gilchrist Olivia Luccardi Additionally, we see Kelly throw a sheet over the entity in the films climax so that Paul can see exactly where it is. This scene is very intense and is built up over the course of a few minutes as the protagonist desperately tries to prevent it. There are 2010-era modern cars but there are vintage cars as well in perfect condition. And how is the monster defeated, at least temporarily? Later, Jay and Paul walk down the street holding hands, as a figure walks behind them. It Follows: Explained (Plot Analysis And Ending) Zaraki Kenpachi September 7, 2021 The first film of It Follows was released in 2014, and many other horror movies have since been made based on its story. 8/10 0 More posts from r/creepy One other aspect of the creature that seems apparent is a sadistic side, given its tendency to take forms sure to emotionally upset its prey. Back home, Paul, willing to take the risk, offers Jay the opportunity to pass it on to him, but she refuses. , a column dedicated to the most pulse-pounding moments in horror. It Follows is a 2014 psychological supernatural horror film that centers on a mysterious entity that relentlessly follows its victims. Rather than walking into the pool so that Jay's friends can electrocute it, It starts picking up the various devices and hurling them at Jay. Right after the two have sex for the first time, Hugh disappears from her life. I don't know if this explanation makes The Follower MORE or LESS horrifying for you. Once cursed, they are doomed to forever live in fear of being killed by It. [4] 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. 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. )Writer/Director David Robert Mitchell knows how to build a chilling atmosphere. Greg later remarks that he hasn't seen the creature yet, long after Jay expected it to appear. Highly disturbed, Jay's friends agree to spend the night to keep her company. Jay tells the truth to her friends, and they believe her, helping her fight a monster that they themselves literally can't see. IT cant walk through walls! but isnt it more interesting to learn this the same way Jay does by pure investigation? Therefore, as long as Jay is alive, the entity will not come for him. Similarly, later when Kelly and Jay are wandering the neighborhood, theyre both dressed for at the very least pretty chilly weather. Its well-known that during filming of The Shining (1980), director Stanley Kubrick employed a lot of techniques to keep the viewer feeling off-balance or eerie without knowing why. 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. A person, somewhat resembling Paul, Jay's friend and formerly unrequited lover, can be seen walking in the pair's direction down the sidewalk. It will perpetually be walking towards Jay's location at all times, no matter where she is. Today, we're here to explore all the confusing moments and unanswered questions of this indie horror classic's intentionally ambiguous final act, in addition to analyzing some of It Follows' deeper themes. The camera slows down, and all music fades, save for the drumming beat, as Jay walks into the kitchen. Let's run down the evidence for each one. Assume Annie, the first victim (Bailey Spry), does drive far enough away, but it still kills her. It Follows is currently the highest-rated film on Metacritic, though some critics have actually found it too scary. "[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. This scene is one of the most horrifying of the movie, so visceral, so brutal, so disturbed and so difficult to mention that after my boyfriend and I walked out of the movie for the first time, we didn't even talk about it for most of our conversation. We know that the entity sometimes impersonates the loved ones of its victims, so who is It impersonating here? Jay, unable to sleep, heads downstairs to watch TV with Paul. They seem normal enough. It's been a core element of horror films like John Carpenter'sHalloween and theFriday the 13thmovies for so long that nowadays, this trope rarely appears unironically. Where did the entity come from, and is it gone forever? [8], Mitchell started writing the film in 2011 while working on a separate film he intended to be his second feature film; however, Mitchell struggled with this would-be second feature and made It Follows as his next film instead. Then Kelly manages to throw a sheet over the creature, allowing Paul to shoot the monster in the head. Following The Babadook (2014), The Conjuring (2013), and Insidious (2010), It Follows is the next big thing when it comes to horror. After a night of terror Jay, her sister, her neighbor Greg, and their friends all head off to the beach to put some distance between themselves - which if someone had enough resources, could be an easy way to defeat It Follows' curse - and the slow-moving entity. It doesnt exist. Bizarrely, Jay sees him standing atop the roof, and not actively pursuing her, which is out of character. What's more shameful than having sex with your mom or dad? The Old Maid cards Paul, Kelly, and Yara play with on the porch look like theyre from the 1940s-1950s. Mitchell intentionally creates a contrast to give his feature a timeless quality. Victims Annie Marshall - Bled to death after the Entity tore her legs in half. This synopsis of It Follows covers all the scary moments fans didnt catch. She then undresses and walks into the water, though it is unclear if she does anything with them. Paul and Kelly arrive, confused as they insist no one else is in the house. What's one way that you can temporarily gain freedom from this monster? Annie drives a 2012 Nissan Versa, much of the fashion seems fairly modern, and Yara reads her Dostoyevsky on some sort of miniature computer or e-reader that looks like a seashell. Contents 1 Description 2 Biography 3 Personality 4 Gallery 5 Navigation Description But what follows? 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. Jay returns home and, sure enough, is soon accosted by grotesque strangers who no one else seems to notice. The entity busts open a hole in the door, then comes after them as a creepy young boy. 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. She's doomed to keep one eye out for Death, who will consistently come for her in the form of friends and strangers alike unless she passes it on to another sexual partner. Even though Pauls crush on Jay is evident from the start, the latter is clearly not interested in dating her childhood friend, who is a far cry from the hunky boys she seemingly goes out with. The police can find no trace of the naked woman or Hugh, as they discover it was a fake identity. WHY?). 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. Jeff's mother answers the door and Jay realizes that the naked woman she had seen coming for her in the Packard Plant was in the form of Mrs. Redmond. "[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. Jay sees the entity having sex with a dead Greg, then flees by car and spends the night outdoors. It's simply unfortunate that Greg was cornered when The Follower was in the guise of his mother. All of this, combined with carefully choreographed terror that can come from anywhere in the wide-open spaces, induces agoraphobic dread. "It wasn't a fun kind of scare. In an interview with Yahoo Movies, director David Robert Mitchell clarified that Hugh's understanding of the monster's "rules" are just based on his experiences, and they're perhaps inaccurate. It's easy to overlook who this is during a normal It Follows viewing, but it's Jay's neighbor, the one who was leering at her while she relaxed in the pool. Jay, waiting in the pool, spots the entity and realizes it has taken the appearance of her deceased father. A "thing" is now following her. Based on her delivery, Jay seems deeply shaken by whatever she's looking at. The entity didn't just enter her home to claim her, but it exploited her trauma, too. We are never given this information right-out but Gregs mothers comment plus Jays mothers day drinking seems to point to his. The movie is written and helmed by David Robert Mitchell. This scene marks the first time the eponymous "it" invades Jay's home and personal space. It received acclaim from critics; praise was directed at the films originality and Monroes performance. Community content is available under CC-BY-SA unless otherwise noted. Perhaps their dad was an abusive jerk, and that's why it's so painful to see him again. Their quiet conversation gets interrupted by the sound of breaking glass. Theyre meant to alert him in case anything enters. Why cant I have? Assume that Greg's cabin is a hundred miles away from Detroit, but it still finds them the very next day. Since the monster passes from one person to another when they hook up, this interpretation states that the theme of the film is simply "sex is bad, and it will kill you.". He then drives them away from the area, dropping a shaken and exposed Jay off in front of her house before fleeing. Jay tries to warn the real Greg by telephone, but he does not answer. The Follower may also represent the anxiety of STDs, adulthood, the fear of poverty (Yara has an important monologue about Detroit)I've read a slew of interpretations, few of which completely miss the mark. The monster in It Followsseems to enjoy using naked forms to go after its prey, which makes sense given its links to sexuality. Some horror movies are easy to forget. He also loves both Marvel and DC movies, and wishes every superhero fan could just get along. It's scary because, no matter what you do, eventually, it will catch you. Cord phones abound! The fact that so many viewers come away with the idea that this is clearly the message of the film means that, on some level, "sex is bad, and it will kill you" is one potential reading of the movie that we're forced to admit is a valid one. 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. However, Jay spends the rest of the movie attempting to outrun and outsmart the entity. Other horror movies make an impression. 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. Jay cowers in her room, and her loved ones arrive to protect her, either from herself or her unseen foe. Despite not having any hard evidence of this creature's existence, Jay's friends decide to believe her story and band together to come up with a plan to kill this monster once and for all. Staring out of the classroom window, she spies an older woman in a hospital gown crossing the grounds, seemingly unseen by those around her. Edit. It Follows is part of a wave of films in the 2010s where horror films aren't just good horror films, but good films period. Jay's still reeling from her own assault. I don't, however, believe that The Follower's form when it killed Greg was simply out of convenience. But not only this: it's the shame that follows you for the rest of your life, that shame reminding you that death is always around the corner, closer, closer. Here's every form taken by the demonicEntity in It Follows. For what it's worth, whenever David Robert Mitchell is asked about an anti-sex interpretation of It Followsin interviews, he shoots this reading down pretty definitively, saying specifically that he didn't want to make a "puritanical" film. All the TVs are black and white, Hugh drives a 1975 Plymouth Gran Fury that seems brand new, and none of the kids seem to have cell phones. After turning into Greg, the entity then transformsinto his mother, who's naked under an open robe. After their plan to electrocute their tormentor fails, Jay has sex with Paul, and the film ends with her seemingly shielded by him (for the time being). They plan on luring the entity into the pool and then electrocuting it. Hugh, whose real name is revealed to be Jeff, passes the curse from himself to Jay. It was released theatrically in France on February 4, 2015 and in the United Kingdom on February 27. He then drives them away from the area, dropping a shaken and exposed Jay off in front of her house before fleeing. Summaries. On this Wikipedia the language links are at the top of the page across from the article title. One of my pet peeves about horror movie viewers is when they expect all the information to be spelled out explicitly. That tendency may not be entirely born of sadism, as in a few cases it also seems to be trying to confuse its victim long enough to get caught. Paul reports a smashed window in the kitchen, then heads upstairs to wake Jay's sister. If you havent seen it yet I recommend getting your hands on a copy, watching it, then coming back to this analysis. Paul shoots it again in the head and it sinks to the bottom, allowing Jay to escape. Because subconsciously, your brain is picking up on these things but you dont know it. So the answer that makes the most sense, thematically, is "yes." In a way, it's a fair question. She then spends three days not being chased but scared, nonetheless, of the entity killing Greg, which eventually happens. With the help of their neighbor, Greg Hannigan, the group discovers Hugh's real name Jeff Redmond and traces him to his address. The set further disorients with decor from various eras- unconventional and made-up technology clashes with retro televisions that play '50s sci-fi features. The moment of relief gets punctuated by a music sting and the startling appearance of a tall man from the darkened room just behind Yara. Lets go! A ghost? Obviously, whatever IT is, the monster is spooky in more ways than one. So what's this quote from? Did Hugh give the curse to anyone before Jay? They then cover it with a sheet, and Paul shoots it once more, causing it to fall into the pool. Its all on purpose, though. Also, Jeffs hideout is outfitted with beer bottles, cans, etc. This is first hinted at when the group discovers empty soda cans hanging on the windows of Hughs abandoned house. If it catches Jay, it will kill her and pursue the previous person to have passed it on: Hugh, who is passing it to Jay as leverage. The monster seemingly defeated, Jay and Paul go home and have sex. 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? 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. Bonus: if you pay attention to the polaroids tacked to Jays bedroom mirror, theres a photo of her and her father. It Follows (2014) 1.9s Oh, and Greg's mom, Parks and Recreation (2009) - S02E07 Greg Pikitis 1s I'm Greg's mom. The Brady Bunch (1969) - S02E07 Family 3.1s Greg. Death isn't scary because it will catch you today or tomorrow. On a beach, Jay sees three young men on a boat. Jay and Kelly are much younger, but the man to their mothers left is the EXACT man IT was portraying. The audience doesn't get to see the entity's initial appearance in It Followsbecause Jay doesn't, and she's the focal character. 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. There are a few different theories at play here allow me to explain. So wait, is it summer or fall? Alone, Jay cautiously makes her way to the kitchen to see the damage for herself. Just enter her home to claim her, which makes sense given links. 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