History YMMV / ItFollows

** If you go with the interpretation that the film isn't actually about [=STDs=] and is more about maturity and accepting the inevitability of death, one can interpret the ending as Jay and Paul finally coming to an acceptance of their mortality. They will, eventually, die, but in the meantime, they have each other. They are no longer running from It - It being death - but choose to live in spite of its presence.

* AngstWhatAngst:
** While Jay's assault by Hugh is presented as graphic and ''very'' terrifying, she is surprisingly civil to him when she meets him, and none of her friends actually say anything even slightly rude to him, even after he drugged, kidnapped, and tied up Jay.
** None of the group seem particularly upset after [[spoiler:Greg is killed]] (aside from Jay's horror and anguish when she witnesses it happen), and he is barely mentioned afterwards, aside from Jay and Paul discussing the matter (where Paul even tries to make the situation about himself, asking Jay why she chose Greg in the most scorned tone possible), followed by Jay glancing out of the window at a police car [[spoiler:parked outside Greg's house]]. Nor is there ever word of a funeral. This could be justified, though, as the audience never gets to see the others find out about the incident on-screen.

** Nor do we ever see Jay apologizing to Greg or Greg's family for crashing his car.

* EsotericHappyEnding: While the ending has all the hallmarks of being a DownerEnding, the tone at the end is possibly more positive or at least more [[BittersweetEnding bittersweet]] than that, as Jay and Paul are together and both seem much more serene than they have for the entire movie.

* WhatAnIdiot: "It" is supposedly pretty smart, but when it gets the drop on Jay at the beach by posing as Yara, all "It" does is pull her hair instead of just killing her on the spot, despite that being "It"'s entire purpose.
** But the film is replete with UnreliableNarrator. We don't know if any character really understands or is being honest. The most direct explanation of the events seems to be that it's a physical manifestation of the thoughts of the "infected", like in Forbidden Planet. That's (roughly) why it makes sense Jay isn't taken out when she's hospitalized and completely vulnerable.

[[FridgeBrilliance Of course]], considering that Jay [[DoesNotLikeShoes spends most of the film barefoot]], this might actually be {{foreshadowing}}.

** The horror of Anne's situation in the opening is cheapened somewhat by the fact that she chose to run away in some ''very'' high heels. Even if it can be justified by saying she put on the first shoes she found, one can't help but think it would work much better if she had on no shoes at all. [[FridgeBrilliance Of course]], considering that Jay [[DoesNotLikeShoes spends most of the film barefoot]], this might actually be {{foreshadowing}}.

* CultClassic: For horror fans that ''did'' enjoy, it's viewed as an underrated classic as a movie that takes a bizarre concept and invents something new and unique in the otherwise oversaturated horror genre.

* CriticalDissonance: It holds a remarkable 97% on Rotten Tomatoes... from critics. From audiences, it has a much less impressive 65%. {{Downplayed|Trope}} in that there's still more positive reviews than negative ones.

** If you go with the interpretation that the film isn't actually about STDs and is more about maturity and accepting the inevitability of death, one can interpret the ending as Jay and Paul finally coming to an acceptance of their mortality. They will, eventually, die, but in the meantime, they have each other. They are no longer running from It - It being death - but choose to live in spite of its presence.

** The horror of Anne's situation in the opening is cheapened somewhat by the fact that she chose to run away in some ''very'' high heels. Even if it can be justified by saying she put on the first shoes she found, one can't help but think it would work much better if she had on no shoes at all.

* WhatAnIdiot: "It" is supposedly pretty smart, but when it gets the drop on Jay at the beach by posing as Yara at the beach, all "It" does is pull her hair instead of just killing her on the spot, despite that being "It"'s entire purpose.

* RewatchBonus: There are a lot of moments where a potential "It" can be seen in that background that you're almost certainly not going to see on a first viewing. There's also a lot of {{Foreshadowing}} leading up to the confrontation where [[spoiler:"It" takes the form of Jay's father]].

%%* RewatchBonus: There's some {{Foreshadowing}} before TheReveal that's pretty creepy on the second viewing.

* TheWoobie: Greg. He responds to the call for help immediately. He takes everyone to his beach house. He teaches Jay to shoot. He volunteers to take on "It" from Jay. What does he get for his trouble? He gets shot at, his car gets wrecked and [[spoiler:then he dies.]]

* WhatAnIdiot: "It" is supposedly pretty smart, but when it gets the drop on Jay at the beach by posing as Yara at the beach, all "It" does is pull her hair instead of just killing her on the spot, despite that being "It"'s entire purpose. [[JustifiedTrope Of course]], there's the implication that "It" enjoys [[ForTheEvulz toying with it's victims]].

* SugarWiki/FunnyMoments: [[{{Gasshole}} "I have an idea!"]]