It Follows (2015)
This was a very interesting horror film. The ending itself I found quite well-done, due to the ambiguity and its open-endedness. The entity that follows the main character is never entirely explained and its amorphous nature helps create tension in all manner of situations. At times, I was reminded of 'The Forbidden Planet' and the invisible creature in that film. The acting is excellent, the sex never gratuitous and the cinematography is gorgeous, as we often get shots that last for a long time, communicating fear and a tense atmosphere throughout.
8.5/10
Happy Death Day (2017)
A horror comedy that replicates Groundhog Day (there is even a reference to this in the movie) with the slasher genre, as the main character has to find out who keeps killing her at the end of the day of her birthday, which she keeps reliving over and over again. The film offers no reason as to why she keeps reliving the same day, all we know is that it is happening and that a masked killer manages to kill her every single time on that day. Jessica Rothe is quite endearing here and you want her to escape the purgatory she's in, even though she starts out as a terrible person. The film is not scary at all but fun. It does not have much in terms of depths other than the main character going through a change of character the more she realizes the nature of the hell she finds herself in.
7/10
This was a very interesting horror film. The ending itself I found quite well-done, due to the ambiguity and its open-endedness. The entity that follows the main character is never entirely explained and its amorphous nature helps create tension in all manner of situations. At times, I was reminded of 'The Forbidden Planet' and the invisible creature in that film. The acting is excellent, the sex never gratuitous and the cinematography is gorgeous, as we often get shots that last for a long time, communicating fear and a tense atmosphere throughout.
8.5/10
Happy Death Day (2017)
A horror comedy that replicates Groundhog Day (there is even a reference to this in the movie) with the slasher genre, as the main character has to find out who keeps killing her at the end of the day of her birthday, which she keeps reliving over and over again. The film offers no reason as to why she keeps reliving the same day, all we know is that it is happening and that a masked killer manages to kill her every single time on that day. Jessica Rothe is quite endearing here and you want her to escape the purgatory she's in, even though she starts out as a terrible person. The film is not scary at all but fun. It does not have much in terms of depths other than the main character going through a change of character the more she realizes the nature of the hell she finds herself in.
7/10
