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Oct 2022
1h 40m

It Follows & X

Brian Rowe
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Click here to send us a message! This Halloween season, we're taking a look at two recent horror films, 2014's It Follows and this year's sleeper hit X. Both films take the "sex is bad" trope so common in horror and use it not just for their final girl, but as motivation for the villains themselves! It Follows is the story of Jay, a woman who gets more than ... Show More
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