It Follows Movie Review

I have a tendency to enjoy watching horror movies after my wife goes to sleep (she doesn't like horror movies, I bought myself wireless headphones so I can hear the TV and she can't).  Sometimes I watch something horrible and other times I find something amusing.  This time I found something amusing with a not so subtle message.  I know there are other websites for movie reviews but I want to do it here, so here goes (spoilers ahead).

It Follows

It Follows is about a 19-year-old girl named Jay who, after a sexual encounter, finds herself being stalked by a supernatural entity.  This entity will stop at nothing to get to her after it is "passed" to her by her boyfriend (ex-boyfriend after the incident).  The ex-boyfriend did her a solid and explained what was going to happen to her now that she has this supernatural stalker.

He's not that bad, only used chloroform after consensual sex to tie her up.

The stand up guy explains that the stalker, who can only be seen by anyone who has received this curse and the only way to get rid of the target on her back is to have sex with someone else and "pass it on".  It never fully finishes with the person who passes it on and it will kill her if it catches her (great guy, giving her a death sentence so he doesn't have to die).

Oh, the supernatural being can look like anyone, anytime. Grandma while she is at school

She becomes paranoid after realizing the entity is out to get her and won't stop.  Her friends eventually believe her and one of her guy friends, Greg, admits to having "feelings" for her.  After he realizes Jay will die because of this entity he has sex with her so she can be safe (he dies a little later, at least he was a "hero").

Jay then has sex with some random people at a lake so she can get rid of the curse (does this make her a serial killer, knowing this supernatural being will kill people?).  She realizes this doesn't work because the ghost stalker is back shortly after.

A plan is derived to kill the ghost (because that makes sense) and it appears they succeed and they go home happier.  The other boy in the group confesses his love for Kelly, they hook up and live happily ever after (until the camera pans out and you see the ghost stalker following them still).

Blood in the water after killing the ghost stalker, cause ghosts can bleed.

My Take

So this is a not so subtle jab at STDs.  Just from the Netflix description of this movie "Jay learns that her date has passed on a lethal curse that can only be shed by sleeping with another unsuspecting partner" you can see she contracted something by sleeping with someone.  And, once again, you sleep with someone to pass the curse (STD) to someone else while never fully getting rid of it yourself.

If you want to scare your kids into not having sex, show them this movie and explain this is what happens when you have unprotected sex.  Or you can show them a pic of genital herpes (or any other STD).  I'm going to let you google your own pics of that one (you'll thank me for not putting it here, your own fault if you search the images).

This movie was entertaining enough.  It gave me a couple of jumps, even if it was mostly predictable.  Worth a watch at least once.