It Follows
First screened in September 2014 / Most recently screened in April 2015
Director: David Robert Mitchell. Cast: Maika Monroe, Keir Gilchrist, Daniel Zovatto, Jake Weary, Lili Sepe, Bailey Spry, Olivia Luccardi, Ruby Harris, Debbie Williams. Screenplay: David Robert Mitchell. Twitter Capsule:
Seat-gripping horror that swiftly sets out tricky conceit; sustains it well, with welcome humor and mystery. Ace score.
Second Capsule:Only Lovers Marked for Death. Style, morality, and characterization only deepen on second pass. Still tons of fun.
Third Capsule:
Twice in two days is possibly excessive but the ingenuity of shooting and cutting rewards even that level of scrutiny.
VOR:④
Moving into horror from totally different starting-points is hard. Blending frights and jokes is hard. Making a scary movie that's beautiful, inventive, genre-savvy, and socially resonant is hard.
