10.) It Follows (David Robert Mitchell)

Review: http://themetaplex.com/reviews/2015/it-follows-movie-review-1

Quentin Tarantino, never shy about his opinions, recently caused a media uproar when he took the bat to 2015 cult favorite horror movie It Follows saying the following: “It’s one of those movies that’s so good you get mad at it for not being great.” His leading criticism was a lack of internal consistency with what the big baddie can or cannot do, and, regrettably, I share his feelings exactly. The film’s ghoul embodies the psychological phenomenon of something being just around your shoulder, as if you’re forever being followed. The only way to save yourself? Sex. Sleeping with somebody transfers the curse of “being followed’ to somebody else, and while the film’s themes run deeper than the pitfalls of teen promiscuity, that reading is not invalid. The first half is a brilliant treatise in mastering tone and atmosphere, boasting spooky, grayed digital cinematography and a pulsing synth score that recalls the best of John Carpenter. Sadly, the bubble pops when Mitchell plays fast and loose with his own rules, and a third act that can’t match the tension or scares of the first reel. Nevertheless the best horror of the year. B