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It Follows is the scariest American horror movie in years
Vox ^ | March 13, 2015 | Todd VanDerWerff

Posted on 03/13/2015 10:54:15 AM PDT by EveningStar

... The central conceit of It Follows, the excellent new horror film from director David Robert Mitchell, sounds eerie the first time you hear it, but it only gets more frightening every time you think about it. And the movie goes out of its way to give you reasons to think about just how horrifying it would be for this to play out in real life ...

It Follows is a movie about a curse. While you're cursed, you will be stalked, mercilessly, by an entity that can take any form — including that of someone you love — and will stop at nothing to grab you and violently murder you. You can walk or run away from it easily. You can even drive away at top speed. But all that will do is buy you time. It will keep walking and keep walking. And it will catch you ...

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TOPICS: TV/Movies
KEYWORDS: cinema; curse; davidrobertmitchell; film; horror; itfollows; movies; supernatural
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To: Zeneta

The Shining, Jaws, Jurassic Park are my scariest films.


41 posted on 03/13/2015 12:11:22 PM PDT by varina davis (Gov. Rick Perry in 2016)
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To: varina davis

The Shining was really well done, but both Jaws and certainly Jurassic Park were contrived.


42 posted on 03/13/2015 12:14:28 PM PDT by Zeneta (Thoughts in time and out of season.)
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To: Zeneta

Exorcist, I actually had trouble sleeping after that. Nightmare on Elm Street, the first one, also good.

The old black and white stuff has an artistic advantage, it’s naturally more creepy. Nosferatu and Vampyr contain some of the most unsettling imagery.


43 posted on 03/13/2015 12:16:47 PM PDT by moehoward
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To: circlecity

That was it, Fallen. There was also another good flick called “The Hidden” with Kyle McClachlan. Instead of demons, it was a slug-like alien creature that moved from person to person. It was actually a better and more action-packed movie. Well, maybe not better, but a good one for sure.


44 posted on 03/13/2015 12:17:49 PM PDT by Glad2bnuts
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To: FredZarguna

Sinister was a bad mo fo, it actually scared me.


45 posted on 03/13/2015 12:19:24 PM PDT by Glad2bnuts
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To: Boogieman

Ok.


46 posted on 03/13/2015 12:20:12 PM PDT by demshateGod (The fool hath said in his heart, There is no God.)
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To: Zeneta

Did you ever watch Moulin Rouge?

Talk about a (non scary) movie with lots of cuts!


47 posted on 03/13/2015 12:30:33 PM PDT by BBB333 (Q: Which is grammatically correct? Joe Biden IS or Joe Biden ARE an idiot?)
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To: varina davis

If you want a truly scary vampire flick, watch “30 Days of Night.” I cannot watch that one at night if I’m by myself.


48 posted on 03/13/2015 12:32:04 PM PDT by CatherineofAragon ((Support Christian white males---the architects of the jewel known as Western Civilization.))
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To: Zeneta
"The Shining was really well done, but both Jaws and certainly Jurassic Park were contrived."

*eyeroll*

49 posted on 03/13/2015 12:32:56 PM PDT by CatherineofAragon ((Support Christian white males---the architects of the jewel known as Western Civilization.))
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To: Zeneta
"I’ve always found that “Scary or Horror” films are so contrived that there is nothing frightful about them."

I agree. Many are so "over-the-top" that they are almost comical. Too me, a great horror movie would be one which begins in a state of complete normalcy, and gradually very subtle, strange things - trivial things, at first - begin to happen. This would progress until it was indubitable that something horrific was unfolding. Kind of like what's going on in this country right now.
50 posted on 03/13/2015 12:40:09 PM PDT by Steve_Seattle
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To: Steve_Seattle
indubitable

I'm impressed. /s

51 posted on 03/13/2015 12:42:19 PM PDT by Zeneta (Thoughts in time and out of season.)
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To: BBB333

Did you ever watch Moulin Rouge?

Talk about a (non scary) movie with lots of cuts!


It’s everywhere.


52 posted on 03/13/2015 12:44:38 PM PDT by Zeneta (Thoughts in time and out of season.)
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To: CatherineofAragon

They “Eyeroll” is both insulting and attractive at the same time.


53 posted on 03/13/2015 12:48:57 PM PDT by Zeneta (Thoughts in time and out of season.)
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To: Zeneta

The


54 posted on 03/13/2015 12:49:18 PM PDT by Zeneta (Thoughts in time and out of season.)
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To: baltimorepoet

Hahahahahahaha...that was the very first thing I thought of!

I thought that was hilarious!


55 posted on 03/13/2015 12:55:48 PM PDT by rlmorel ("National success by the Democratic Party equals irretrievable ruin." Ulysses S. Grant)
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To: Zeneta

The Exorcist?

It may be the standard of scary movies.

But if the intent of the movie is to actually “Scare” their audience then IMHO, it falls short.

It’s still a great movie, but not scary.


Well, I’ll have to disagree with you. Some what. The Exorcist came out in 1972 I believe when I was 12y.o. Back then Friday night in a small town, all the kids went the movies on Friday night. Our schools were integrated then(just barely) but I didn’t associate with Blacks. But on Friday nights the theater might be 50/50 black/white.

I don’t go to movies anymore. This might have been the 1st and only time that I’ve ever been to a horror movie with a large black crowd. And let me tell you. That was some funny stuff.

The suspense built and built. I mean there were some really tense moments. The crowd was getting restless, as they say. So, like I said, the suspense was building. And when Linda Blair raised up out of the bed and spun her head around, HALF of the Theater suddenly emptied. In about 15 seconds.

I guess you had to be there but it was one of the funniest things I’ve ever seen.

Like I said, I guess you had to be there....


56 posted on 03/13/2015 1:03:51 PM PDT by saleman (?)
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To: saleman

I guess you had to be there but it was one of the funniest things I’ve ever seen.


So, in conclusion the scariest movie you have every seen was one of the funniest things you’ve ever seen?


57 posted on 03/13/2015 1:08:06 PM PDT by Zeneta (Thoughts in time and out of season.)
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To: Zeneta

That’s exactly right.

A dichotomy, I believe they call it.


58 posted on 03/13/2015 1:12:50 PM PDT by saleman (?)
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To: Glad2bnuts

“Fallen”


59 posted on 03/13/2015 1:16:16 PM PDT by Texas Songwriter
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To: Zeneta

I left my wife at home and saw Blair Witch project.

The teenagers around me at the end were saying how stupid it was, etc.

I turned around and said “You just haven’t spent enough nights out alone in the woods.”

I never got spooked growing up and out a lot in the north woods, rockies, etc. But then going camping in the Appalachians was different. It seemed I could always hear noises of civilization way off in the distance which was unnerving. And perhaps a subconcious thought of the movie “Deliverence”.

I liked the Blair Witch movie. I’m not a big fan of horror flicks. But I did like the first Freddie Kruger movie - mainly the point of “Was it a dream, or really real?”


60 posted on 03/13/2015 1:22:35 PM PDT by 21twelve (http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2185147/posts It is happening again.)
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