#FollowMe is a British horror thriller where three beautiful girls head to America on route to a vlogging convention.
Our three stars in this movie are Kara Kingsward-Hughes, Scarlett Davies and Maria Louis who are close friends with guarded secrets.
With inhibitions thrown three sheets to the wind, the girls are down to party with random strangers and enjoy some free love on the highway on-route to San Fran.
Review
The movie itself for 3/4 of the film is basically a vlog of Los Angeles. We take a trip to a swanky Hollywood villa where the girls are staying at.
The Hollywood sign and Hollywood Boulevard are also on the sightseeing list along with Venice Beach and the Santa Monica Pier.
It’s when the girls hit the dirt track and stop in a rather downtrodden motel that things start to really get sour.
I’m feeling a mixture of things with #FollowMe. Sadly, none of the girls are particularly relatable. There’s not a great deal to like or admire about them in the grand scheme of things. Ones getting married and she remains the level headed balance. The other two are certainly more free souls.
I can honestly say when the killer did arrive I found it hard to pick sides.
For the majority of the film these girls had been annoying me greatly, I was leaning more towards the killer’s corner for this one.
The movie tries to hit a social commentary about our reliance on technology and followers but strangely this isn’t heavily focused on.
We know Sophie (Kara Kingsward-Hughes) is a vlogger. Her friend Jess (Scarlett Davies) is obsessed with her phone and nothing is said about Lisa (Maria Louis) as she loses her phone early on in the movie.
The social commentary isn’t really focused on enough to exploit the motive of the film.
In the last 10 minutes, the film tries to push this narrative but after over an hour of sightseeing, it’s too little too late.
What I enjoyed about #FollowMe is the chemistry the girls have. These girls may or may not know each other in real life but on screen they’re great. It was cool to see them bonding and having a good time.
Sadly the films visual quality let the feature down somewhat. The whole found footage genre is hit and miss at the best of times.
Follow Me looks like it was recorded on a seriously cheap camera.
I’m not sure where the reported $300,000 budget went but it certainly wasn’t on camera equipment.
Overall
#Followme is an easy watch. Disengage your brain and just enjoy it for what it is. If you haven’t been to LA before you’ll certainly enjoy the mini-tour this film gives you. If you can tolerate our three leads that is.
The ending is kind of ropey, it’s quite a dismal conclusion.
Sadly, the whole film doesn’t really have enough depth to be something memorable but, these girls can act!
It’s the performances of the three girls where I find the most potential.
I wish them all the luck in the world with their bright acting futures.
Review by Sean Evans
Summary
#Followme is an easy watch. Disengage your brain and just enjoy it for what it is. It’s certainly nothing new but it’s far from a bad movie. I’d check it out and make your own minds up!
