Last month I was able to see the much talked about horror
film IT FOLLOWS and I am squarely in the camp of those that were impressed.
Indeed, its one of the best of the recently made scary movies I've seen in a
long time. The central concept of a sexually passed along deadly threat is an
over obvious metaphor but the film carries its idea to such fascinating places
and in such realistic ways that having the symbolism so near the surface
actually added to the achievement. I've read some viewers complain about the
speed of the narrative but I found the calm, deliberate pace to be seductive as
I was sucked into the film's world, trying to place the time period
(impossible) and character relationships (complicated). As the threat began to
manifest itself the film reached heights of creepy dread that thrilled me. Here
is a film in complete control of its strengths that also knows where to place
its characters for maximum effect. And the score is brilliant as well sounding
like the kind of thing John Carpenter would have composed if he retired to just
crafting music for other people's films. This is a refreshing change of pace
from the current state of the horror genre and I look forward to more from
these filmmakers. More like this please!
THE LIVING HEAD (1963) - 5
(Mexican horror effort is OK if slow)
PICTURE MOMMY DEAD (1966)- 7
Bert I Gordon doing a William Castle riff)
PULGASARI (1985)- 6 (North
Korean giant monster epic)
WAX (2014) - 6
GOING CLEAR (2015)- 8 (excellent
documentary on Scientology)
DOCTOR MORDRID (1992)- 7
(rewatch)
IT FOLLOWS (2015)- 8
PUPPET ON A CHAIN (1971)- 8
JENNIFER (1977) - 6
99 and 44/100% DEAD (1974)-
7 (strange but entertaining crime film)
THE 'HUMAN' FACTOR (1975)- 7
(well done revenge thriller)
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Out of the movies that involve severed heads, how would you rank them?
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