It Follows (2014, USA)

With beautiful cinematography and an unnerving score, It Follows is my favorite modern horror film. For me, anticipation and suspense are more terrifying than gore. It takes impressive storytelling to create a film that not only makes you scared watching it but keeps you from looking over your shoulder the next day in fear of someone following you. The nuanced theme of sexual violence is never obvious but certainly present, something hardly done well in horror. – Emily Kubincanek