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It Follows
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It Follows is a 2014 American film in the supernatural fiction and psychological horror genres, directed, written and produced by David Robert Mitchell. It stars Keir Gilchrist, Maika Monroe, Jake Weary, and Daniel Zovatto, with cinematography by Mike Gioulakis and a score by Disasterpeace, who also performed on it. The story is set in Michigan and centers on danger and a curse, and it was filmed in Goochland.
The film runs 101 minutes, was rated R, and had a budget of 2,300,000 against revenue of 23,374,076. It was distributed by The Weinstein Company, Netflix, and Fandango at Home.
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It sits within the topics 2010s monster movies, 2010s supernatural horror films and 2010s teen horror films.
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Film · TMDB
6.6A young woman is followed by an unknown supernatural force after a sexual encounter.
Cast
- Maika Monroe as Jay Height
- Keir Gilchrist as Paul
- Daniel Zovatto as Greg Hannigan
- Jake Weary as Hugh
- Olivia Luccardi as Yara
- Lili Sepe as Kelly Height
Themes
- beach
- chase
- supernatural
- friends
- vision
- teenage girl
- school
- detroit, michigan
- entity
- evil
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Ratings
IMDb
6.8/10
296,741 votes
Rotten Tomatoes
95%
Metacritic
83/100
- Year
- 2014
- Runtime
- 100 min
- Genres
- Horror, Mystery, Thriller
- Rated
- R
- Awards
- 25 wins & 44 nominations total
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Key facts
- Directed by
- David Robert Mitchell
- Written by
- David Robert Mitchell
- Produced by
- Rebecca Green Laura D. Smith David Robert Mitchell David Kaplan Erik Rommesmo
- Starring
- Maika Monroe Keir Gilchrist Daniel Zovatto Jake Weary Olivia Luccardi Lili Sepe
- Cinematography
- Mike Gioulakis
- Edited by
- Julio C. Perez IV
- Music by
- Disasterpeace
- Production companies
- Northern Lights Films Animal Kingdom Two Flints
- Distributed by
- RADiUS-TWC
- Release dates
- May 17, 2014 ( 2014-05-17 ) ( Cannes ) March 13, 2015 ( 2015-03-13 ) (United States)
- Running time
- 100 minutes
- Country
- United States
- Language
- English
- Budget
- $1.3 million
- Box office
- $23.3 million
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Genre
- horror film
- Country of origin
- United States
- Original language
- English language
- Main subject
- curse
- Director
- David Robert Mitchell
- Screenwriter
- David Robert Mitchell
- Composer
- Disasterpeace
- Producer
- David Robert Mitchell
- Cinematographer
- Mike Gioulakis
- Narrative location
- Michigan
- Filming location
- Goochland
- Duration
- 100
- FilmAffinity ID
- 811561
- Performer
- Disasterpeace
- Distribution format
- video on demand
- Official website
- itfollowsfilm.com
- Image
- It Follows Title.png
Show 4 more facts
- publication date
- 2015-06-25
- title
- It Follows
- distributed by
- Fandango at Home
- review score
- 95%
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Encyclopedic overview
It Follows is a 2014 American psychological horror film written and directed by David Robert Mitchell. It stars Maika Monroe as a young woman who is pursued by a supernatural entity. Keir Gilchrist, Daniel Zovatto, Jake Weary, Olivia Luccardi, and Lili Sepe appear in supporting roles. It Follows debuted at the 2014 Cannes Film Festival and was later purchased by Radius-TWC for distribution. After a successful limited release, the film had a wide release two weeks later on March 27, 2015.
It Follows received acclaim from critics, who praised its originality and performances. It grossed $23.3 million worldwide against a $1.3 million budget. It has since achieved a cult following, with many calling it a modern horror classic and one of the best horror films of the 2010s. In October 2023, a sequel entitled They Follow was announced to be in development with filming due to begin in 2026.
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