Horror star Maika Monroe (2014’s It Follows by David Robert Mitchell and 2024’s Longlegs by Osgood Perkins) has taken to the Happy Sad Confused Podcast to discuss They Follow, the upcoming sequel to It Follows, citing the project as her “next job” and addressing the film’s tone.
The original film told the chilling tale of a young teen (Monroe) who becomes plagued with a terrifying supernatural curse after having intercourse with another cursed teen, becoming haunted by strange figures walking straight towards her, which only she can see. Mitchell’s film also stars Keir Gilchrist, Daniel Zovatto, Jake Weary, Olivia Luccardi, and Lili Sepe and oversaw a 2014 Cannes debut.
It Follows garnered pleasing reviews, earning attention for its original concept relating to the social issue of safe sex and STIs, as well as a consistent, creepy atmosphere and natural performances. It generated $22 million more than its given budget and appeared on several Best Horror Films of the Year and Decade lists.
A sequel was announced on Halloween 2023, with the company Neon being confirmed to distribute and Monroe reprising her role as final girl Jay Height and Mitchell as writer and director. They Follow will reportedly be set a decade after the events of the original, with Monroe telling the podcast the script is “very dark” and the creators are “pushing the boundaries on this one for sure.”
The star also confirmed the follow-up film will deliver “the same sense of nostalgia, the slow camera movements, everything” which made the 2014 feature so successful. The director previously commented on the original film’s tonal composition a year after its release during an interview with Digital Spy, stating, “To me, it’s dream logic in the sense that they’re in a nightmare, and when you’re in a nightmare, there’s no solving the nightmare. Even if you try to solve it.”
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