Followers (2021) Review

Followers (2021) Review

From the producers of ANNA AND THE APOCALYPSE and Monsters, and in the tradition of GET OUT and BLACK MIRROR, Terror Films’ FOLLOWERS combines horror with black comedy to satirize today’s influencer generation while bringing a fresh new spin to the found-footage genre.

Jonty, a failing influencer with an ambition to reach over a million followers, will stop at nothing to become famous. A new start at university brings with it hopes of a resurgence in his popularity when a demonic presence appears in his student house. Jonty decides to stream his and his housemates’ experiences with this supernatural entity to gain the fame and fortune he’s most been craving. But at what cost?

Written and directed by Marcus Harben, who unfortunately died before FOLLOWERS could be released, is yet another in a recent glut of genre flicks that focus on a social influencer who is looking to bounce back after an unfortunate recent turn of events only to end up in a worse position than before.

Aside from the character of videographer Zauna (Loreece Harrison) everyone else proved hard to warm to and plot-wise it regurgitated the same detail constantly, providing little or nothing new in the build-up to the climax. Even the various faces that we see in the occasional montages where folks comment on Jonty’s recent postings become too repetitive too soon and there’s a couple of late twists that fall flat. FOLLOWERS begins well but flatlines too soon squandering the promise of what could have made for a fun Britflick.

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