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| Topic | Board 8 Ranks 2010s Horror Movies - The Final Chapter - *THE RANKINGS* |
| Snake5555555555 05/27/22 1:13:32 PM #202: | BetrayedTangy - Very rarely does a movie continue to scare me after Im done watching it like It Follows did. I watched it in the middle of the night while lying in bed and it actually got me to lock my bedroom doors. Theres just something about a threat constantly following you that just terrifies the shit out of me. So, uh yeah, the scares were incredibly well done here. Im also a huge fan of the deeper meaning of this movie, its pretty clear that its just an allegory for irresponsible sex. However, they go all in on analyzing every aspect about it. The comparison to STDs is the most obvious example, but I also really like how it attacks the concept of rebound sex. Sure, it takes the pain away for a little bit, but youre also hurting someone else in the process and even then it still comes back to you and wont ever fix your problems. I also thoroughly enjoy Maika Monroes performance of Jay. Her depression continues to worsen as the movie progresses and we see her continuing to make questionable decisions as everything gets more stressful. Before she realizes its time to just settle down with someone she trusts, so they can deal with it better. Even if Carter is a bit too much of a simp. I wanted to put the movie higher up, because I can proudly say its become one of my favorites, but the pool scene pissed me off too much to justify it. Like really? I know the creature is smart enough to break doors and windows and Im even okay with the swimming (although I think it would be much cooler if it just continued walking while underwater too). Once it started throwing stuff to get around the trap though I was done. Like you might as well just have it start setting its own traps at that point. Ruckus - Speaking of high concept and low budget It Follows might have been the biggest surprise film on this list for me. While Im not the biggest horror fan I tend to lean more towards the elevated prestige horror like The Witch or Hereditary or Us and I also tend to really like allegorical horror films as well, which I suppose is part of why a lot of these prestige horror films work for me (they also tend to look better as well). More than just a supernatural teen slasher It Follows also serves as an allegory on the fears, dangers, and perception of casual sex and STD transmission, and another film that despite its low budget just looks really solid. Plenty of the lower films on this ranking could improve just by looking at how well It Follows lights a lot of its nighttime/in the dark sequences and its refreshing to see a film in the age of low budget digital filmmaking have this much color in it. Suprak - B+ I feel like there is this weird group of horror elitists that love the smell of their own farts and the farts of horror movie monsters but only if those movie monsters stand for the main characters own insecurities. Ive known of It Follows for a while now, primarily because it always seems to top the list of horror movie snobs that hate fun and cant wait to tell you how mainstream horror is bad. But heres the thing though. It Follows is actually really, really good. I liked this one a lot, and for once all the hype for an indie darling was totally justified. There is a lot to like about It Follows, but I think what I liked most was just how wildly original it was. There are movies on this list that definitely fit into certain categories or follow specific subgenres of horror films, which is something that really made It Follows stand out here because there arent a lot of close comparables. This is just a well made movie, and I like just about everything about it. The filming is great (that scene where they are rotating around in one spot showing the school hallway and you can see IT walking closer and closer as it swings around is A+). I like the characters and the dialogue and the pacing this is just a well-made movie with a lot of interesting little touches. I like how the era of the film is deliberately left open for interpretation. I like the themes and the music and the cinematography. There was very little about this movie I didnt like, and I was really into this. Most of these movies I watched in two parts just because I was watching these at night after my kids went to bed, but this one I powered all the way through in one sitting just because I wanted to see how it ended. It is a good movie beyond just being a good horror film, and this was one of my favorite new watches of this topic. There are a lot of genuinely unsettling moments here, and it is crazy how much they can do with a movie monster that is basically slowly walking towards you, and nothing else. Like, the scene with the tall man emerging from the darkness of the hallway? I mean, that is one of the top scares on this list imo. It is just weird and unsettling and menacing and everything you want from an actual scare from a horror film. Even when you know the scare is coming, it works, and something about this unstoppable force of death walking towards you just works. I loved all the times you could see something moving in the background, and you had to debate if it was the monster or just some random misdirection. The tension I the movie is great, and from the scene where Jay wakes up tied up to the chair to the scene where she wakes up in the hospital I was on the edge of my seat. The only thing that really holds this down from the absolute top tier for me is the second half of the film, which is decidedly less strong than the opening. The entire ending where they try to lure it into a swimming pool and this powerful, monstrous, unknowable entity responds by throwing blenders at her is just weird and it doesnt have the tension that the movie deserves by this point in the film. Paul wildly firing and shooting someone else is borderline comical, and the fact that blindly shooting into a pool and shooting this thing in the head either killed it or wounded it so badly they were able to escape and get on with their lives for what appears to be several weeks (before the ambiguous final shot) was really an underwhelming conclusion to what was otherwise a great film. And it isnt even just the ending, either. It feels like in the second half they dont really exactly know what to do to get the film to an appropriate run time, so you have a lot of padding or Jay sitting around on cars and looking wistfully into the distance. All that being said though, I still thoroughly enjoyed this. This was one I hadnt seen and then immediately recommended to like four different people. It was one that always popped up on the best horror of the 2010s sort of lists, but for whatever reason I never found time to watch it. And Im really glad I did. Some great filmmaking here, some genuine creepy moments, and an interesting, unique premise really helped elevate this into something truly memorable. I only wish it finished as strong as it started, but Im willing to overlook that a bit because the start of this movie was just so strong. A genuinely great example of indie horror and this one is definitely going to find its way into my rotation of fun horror films I put on around Halloween when Im in the mood for SPOOKINESS. Jcgamer107 - Really wild concept thats pulled off pretty well. The scene with the old lady at the school stands out as being especially creepy. Runner-up in Detroit horror after Dont Breathe. --- I've decided to put my fears behind me. I'm not going back. https://www.instagram.com/horror_obscurities/ ... Copied to Clipboard! |
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