The Reel Rejects - IT FOLLOWS (2014) MOVIE REVIEW!! FIRST TIME WATCHING!!

Episode Date: April 24, 2025

IT DOESN'T GIVE UP!! It Follows Full Reaction Watch Along: https://www.patreon.com/thereelrejects With Writer / Director David Robert Mitchell rolling camera on "They Follow," Roxy Striar & Aaron Alexander REUNITE to give their It Follows Reaction, Recap, Commentary, Analysis, & Spoiler Review!! Download PrizePicks today at https://prizepicks.onelink.me/LME0/RE... & use code REJECTS to get $50 instantly when you play $5! Join Roxy Striar and Aaron Alexander as they dive into David Robert Mitchell’s 2014 horror thriller It Follows, where a deadly supernatural curse transmitted through intimacy leaves Jay Height (Maika Monroe, celebrated for The Guest and Labor Day) running for her life from a relentless, shape-shifting ENTITY. Keir Gilchrist grounds the terror as Jay’s loyal friend Paul Bolduan (lead in Netflix’s Atypical and star of It’s Kind of a Funny Story), while Olivia Luccardi shines as the pragmatic Yara Davis (You’re Next, Channel Zero). Lili Sepe delivers a heartfelt turn as Kelly Height (debuted in the Tribeca-premiered Spork), Jake Weary ups the stakes as Jay’s ex-boyfriend Hugh Redmond (Animal Kingdom, Oculus), and Daniel Zovatto intensifies the dread as neighbor Greg Hannigan (10 Cloverfield Lane, Don’t Breathe). Roxy & Aaron break down every spine-chilling sequence—from the eerie hallway pursuits and sudden roadside sightings of The Entity, to the chilling final showdown at the school swimming pool. Can Jay and her friends thwart the mysterious, shape-shifting entity, or will they succumb to its cycle of meta-viral terror??? Follow Aaron On Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/therealaaronalexander/?hl=en Follow Roxy Striar YouTube:https://www.youtube.com/@TheWhirlGirls Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/roxystriar/?hl=en Twitter:  https://twitter.com/roxystriar Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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All right. By the way, if you are listening to us on Spotify or Apple, please give us that five-star of that good review. We love to see it. Okay. So fascinating that this movie is as talked about as it is because, well, I'll just ask you, what were your thoughts on this? I would say I liked it. They did a good job of building tension. I thought that the acting was really good.

The music and score was fascinating, different than a lot of movies that I've seen. Definitely had that indie quality to it about the lead really sold her being afraid and just like the paranoia of this whole thing. There's some things that are a little confusing.

The ending is a little odd. You know, I think there's, even though we technically have a resolution, there's still that looming thing of like, is it actually dead? Are we actually safe? I don't feel safe. had a very ambiguous ending because you think

just that the paranoia lingers of that guy in the background you're like, is that someone falling there? That's good probably, right? That's probably what they wanted from us for us to feel

that lingering paranoia in our own lives or whatever. I feel like this was such a bomb premise that that ultimately carries the movie but also ends up hurting the movie because it carries the movie because the premise alone

in an elevator pitch like what if STD but ghost or like whatever it was monster, monster following you and it's like that's unreal but because that premise I had such high expectations when they introduce it

to me this movie needed to tighten up its rules a little bit and I wanted to know what are the rules of the world that we're living in and maybe that's the point that you don't know the rules which is supposed to be the creepy part but like I kind of wanted to know what the box we were playing in what are the what's the sandbox what is

what is a like when it follows you can you kill it can you not because sometimes a shoot out it can't hit it sometimes it seems like it can sometimes it follows you sometimes it can throw things at you like the fact that seems like it's a mindless thing other times it seemed like it's smart and we heard it was smart you know and so that was interesting

or like even with what's his name the first person she slept with him being like I didn't see for three days why did she see it immediately he doesn't see it for three days, that seems different. I'm curious about that, or was he seeing it the whole time, and he just wasn't aware of it? Also, when it comes to Quest Mysteries, why did you show us Homeboy creepy? Yeah. Like, that's the same thing.

Ness, it felt like that was a plot point that we were going to layer see. Somehow he's tied to something, or somehow he's not the one, but really. And I didn't even know that it was him until you said it was him, because I was like, who is that body? that's creepy there. Right. And if it's not him, nothing else in the indicated,

nothing else in the movie indicated of being somebody else. Right. And then like we see that he is kind of being creepy and he's not cool with her sleeping with the other guy or whatever. And he did kiss her sister also.

And he's looking through playpen while they need to be trying things and he ends up finding something there. But like there was multiple things where I was like, wait, that's that guy, I think we're supposed to not like him. But does the movie want me to like him?

Yeah. Wild because I want to be in love with this movie. And it has all of the things that could make me in love with the movie, but it was slightly confusing and didn't set its rules hard enough for me to say A-plus, but still good, but just not like where I think it could have been with a couple small adjustments. Yeah, I'll see I liked it overall. I also don't think I'm in love with it. But I think that I'm someone who values strong characters.

Like, you can like a good plot and have good characters. But if I had to choose the theme one, I would probably pick a very character-driven story. And I think that, you know, for the character we were following, I wish I would have known more about her, like, prior to the events of the movie, the granted, I thought that happened movie was trying to be. It was like wanting to build off this mystery, this thread of like what was following. And I would have, yeah, I would have liked to know more. I think that she plays what we do know very well, you know, and this whole thing of the

looming threat of this STP monster, um, definitely pure permeates throughout it. It's like, uh, it's a vibe. I would say this movie is more about, more about the vibe than it is like the coherency of its plot. Springs here, baseball's in full swing. And if you're looking to make watching games even more exciting. Check out prize picks are a go-to in the Daily Fantasy Sports category. The reason this household is so in a prize fix is because it's super easy to use.

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your soul leaves your butt, you know, whenever it is at some point, were they trying to tell us that these two people's souls are forever affected or like what was the point of that? I was, I think for me it was like, even though you have this thing, you know, you've got rid of it, so to speak, you'll never do the same because even like the fact that it like it left a mark on her leg, even though it's not with her, it's still with her. Yeah, totally. You know, it's one of those movies where I feel like the people who are die hard for it. If you're not die hard, they're like, it's just because you didn't understand it. And it's like, I think I, even though parts were a little confusion, I think I did completely understand it.

I got there. Just some of it, I wish they did have time to flesh it out a little more, and it's a horror movie, and maybe that wasn't the point. Like you said, it was more about creating this vibe, which it did. And, like, even the fact that we need jokes about it continues to pan, like, they clearly had a strong sense of how they wanted to shoot this. I thought that was a dream sequence. You immediately know it wasn't, so it affects different people differently. Yeah, that is an interesting one I'm glad he saw it

It's referenced a lot now Oh, 2015 So 50, so after Stranger Thanks What else? So you think was 60? Yeah. Interessante. Okay, well, what did you guys think?

Let us know. Follow us So that it doesn't follow you. Nope, no wonder follow you. I said what I said. She said what she said. You heard me.

She's standing on her, standing on this is. What do you? going to give us out of ten. I'll give it... I'll give it seven. You go a seven out of ten. I'm at, like, a, six-point-e. Six-pointed.

Just, like, slightly below. Yeah, yeah. I would... Here's the thing. When I rate movies, I think, like, one, didn't make me feel something. Two... And it did. It made me feel creeped out at times, yeah.

Two, would I show it to other people? I feel like movies that are like eight and above or like, oh yeah, I would definitely sit down to show somebody else because I want to see their reaction to it. I liked it, but not enough to be like, yo, you got to watch this movie because it's crazy. So I'll give it a step. Okay.

All right, we're pretty similar on that one. Thanks for you, Jax. Let us know what you think. And we'll see you next time. Later. Jesus. Chris Whamoff. Oh, boy, Chris.

If someone were to consistently be stalking us, in a spiritual realm. Ooh, it would be you. I can't imagine to be anybody else but Chris Whamoff, dude. I'd actually be happy about that. I know. He keeps following us

and giving us money everywhere we go. Yeah. Like, I'm trying to be more altruistic. I'm trying to give more and you keep giving to me. I can't stop receiving from you. And that's actually apt for this movie, you know, too.

It's like, it's overwhelming you and you're like, oh, stop. There's everywhere I look, there's more money. Yeah, it's kind of gross, right? It makes you jump, sometimes. Makes you jump a little too often. Especially when like a huge stack falls through your doorway. Especially when a huge stack falls to your door. But then it comes closer and you're like,

whoa, it's a huge stack. It's like an avalanche cat. And that is the Chris Whamoff life. That's definitely Chris. But I hope that you and your fiance are not dealing with any type of situation like this, though, man. Chris is good. Because if this creature, this entity was falling around Chris, I know Chris would somehow be able to talk it down and be able to, he paid off. He'd it off you'd be able to be like there's five hundred dollars stop bothering me that's all the creature really wanted in the movie is cash some cash that's fine it's a bum it's a hobbo falling you around never figure it out can bum that's what they call them and so they call the homeless out here call them bums no they call them fucking bums yeah and chris is like you bring the way from you

bum but it was money at them yeah he's a lot more dismissive he's not really good with his language we just throw his money make sure that the gesture is properly counterbalanced With his rudeness. Eh, what are you going to do, man? Like, how could you complain, though? There's money. I hope you're my STD one day. S-T money.