Oct 20, 2026 · 1h 45m
It Follows turns ambiguity into modern horror’s lasting threat
‘It Follows’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Joanna Robinson
The conversation explains why a low-budget 2014 horror film became a rewatchable classic while exposing the limits of its unresolved final act.
- 1The entity’s simple, sexually transmitted premise gains power from rules that remain deliberately incomplete.
- 2Its Detroit setting, synth score, and anachronistic design create an atmosphere more durable than its plot mechanics.
- 3The hosts praise the film’s scares and Maika Monroe’s performance while questioning its character choices and ending.
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The hosts rank the entity’s forms and identify the towering figure as the film’s most unsettling and memorable entrance.
The brief
Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Joanna Robinson revisit It Follows as both a horror classic and a movie whose unresolved mechanics invite endless argument.
The entity’s sexually transmitted pursuit is frightening because it can appear anywhere, take personally disturbing forms, and obey rules the film never fully explains.
The hosts place the film in the 2010s horror renaissance, linking its low-budget confidence to Detroit’s setting, a synth score, and deliberately anachronistic design.
A chronological tour of the scares highlights Annie’s death, the pool-house attack, and the towering figure that becomes the entity’s most memorable form.
The final verdict balances exceptional atmosphere and Maika Monroe’s resourceful performance against questionable character choices and a weaker final act.
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