Tendo City

It Follows

I can appreciate it on a technical level, but while The Babadook seemed to have a really important lesson about a fundamental part of the human psyche, It Follows just seemed to be about an STD style monster. I didn't really understand what made this so "important" and "thoughtful" to, well, everyone else.

Combined with my utter inability to "get" a number of other movies around here, can anyone put together a common thread demonstrating exactly what part of the human soul I'm missing?

All parts.

Huh... maybe I need to harvest those parts to make myself complete? Alright, I'll go get the shovel...

Just nip down to the local Planned Parenthood and pick up all the parts you need. It's that easy.

Yeah! That documentary with the talking jet and mashed potato man told me I could get free baby brains that way.

(What? That sentence of mine made about as much sense as anything else said in that "debate".)

Is this some horror movie? I've never heard of it.

It's one of those cult hits, like the Babadook.

Oh, incidentally, did you enjoy the Lego movie?

If Babadook is a word I have no clue what it means, don't think I have heard that before.

As for the Lego movie... why haven't I watched that yet? I have no good excuse. I should soon. I don't watch movies very often (this is the primary reason I haven't seen it), but this is one I really should see, for sure...

Babadook is not a word, it's a nonsense word that a kid's book would come up with.

Wait, you're confusing me. Is that something from a movie, or not?

The Babadook is what the movie is called. It's an Australian movie about a children's book monster come to life. It's also WAY more than that (and not at all that), so don't write it off as yet another stupid monster flick like that premise sounds.