History WMG / ItFollows

Most people who encountered It, including Hugh, probably didn't do anything but run, since if you're being pursued by a relentless apparition only you can see, standing your ground likely won't be the first thing on your mind. This is evidenced by the fact that Hugh's teaching Jay to use a gun was framed as something he only hoped might work, implying that he'd never tried to kill It. Now that Jay and pals have demonstrated the willingness and the ability to repeatedly fight back against It, It will probably give them a wide berth.

A theory [[http://cinemassacre.com/2015/10/25/it-follows-2015/ raised]] by Creator/JamesRolfe[[note]]Skip to just before the twelve-minute mark[[/note]] when discussing the film for Monster Madness: why is DeathBySex such a common trope in {{slasher movie}}s? Why do slashers so relentlessly pursue their victims? Why are they always NotQuiteDead at the end? Because all of those slasher monsters are merely avatars of It, and all of their victims are marked.

* The amount of blood seemed really meaningful, and implied It really was killed. However, STDs are commonly bloodborne, including HIV. So the next time people get in that pool they start becoming new targets of It, and It reforms to begin hunting them down.

It acts like a creature from Japanese horror. Considering the way that the curse is spread, it is not difficult to think of a curse bourne of the rage of a woman disgraced by adultery.

* If this was true it would probably have a higher number of male forms then, it isn't just undereported the rates of abuse are close to 50 50 equal across genders.

[[WMG: It is a Incubus/Succubus.]]
It is a supernatural creature that is connected to sex. It's curse is passed through sex and it kills through sex which seems like something a Incubus/Succubus would do. Also, the ability to switch genders is also in some legends about such creatures.

It feeds from fear, yes eventually it will kill the victim with rough sex, but in the meantime it feeds from the fear of the victim. Several parts of the movie shows this; a) It can take any form it wants, if it wants just to feed from the person then it would take the form of someone known to lure the person, if It takes forms of very scary people is just to scare the victim. b) It always walks slowly, but we can see it in roofs, walking through very long distances in little time and at least once moving fast (when takes the form of a creepy child entering through a hole in a door) so it is choosing willingly to walk slowly. c) Several times It just tease the victim even when the victim is complete in reach like when it pulls Jay's hair in front of her friends not taking the chance to take her when she is distracted. d) We never see It attacking someone slept, even when is a perfect opportunity. Thus, conclusion is; It takes forms that scare its victims and its main goal is feed from the fear, even when it eventually those kills the victims sucking the life out of them.
* Also, the nature of the curse is such that two "infected" people - the only ones capable of seeing "it" - are unlikely to stick together. No chances of taking turns guarding from it or even the comfort of having someone with you who knows you are not crazy.

This is kind of a WMG but, notice how It takes the form of a victim's parent twice; when It kill Greg as his mother and when it was gonna kill Jay in the pool. Again, a WMG but the first girl killed in the beach (the one with the broken leg) is speaking about her father on the phone whilst saying good bye [may be was she seeing her father?], so the thing seem to take the figure of a parent when it decides is gonna kill the victim. This shows intelligence (and extreme cruelty, especially considering that It rapes its victims, so is the last thing they see). Also is capable of understanding that a trap has been put in place as when it choses not to enter the pool. It is clearly sentient and as such it probably choses its form in order to torture the victim more.

* The amount of blood seemed really meaningful, and could have implied it really was killed. However, STDs are commonly bloodborne, including HIV. So the next time people get in that pool they start becoming new targets of It, and It reforms to begin hunting them down.

* It relentlessly hunts a target, follows odd rules and is invisible to non Stand users, including everyone who hasn't been 'cursed'. The creature is a Stand that relentlessly tries to kill its host and is only escapable by transmitting it to another, ala Anubis or Cheap Trick. Its Stand name, tentatively, could be 'Closer'.

* In the photo that leads to Jay and friends finding out who and where Jeff is, they're able to tell via a varsity jacket worn by the girl. Given the jacket looks big on her, and her closeness to Jeff in the photo, it's possible that he and the girl were maybe high school sweethearts, or perhaps even boyfriend and girlfriend up to a time. But, during a break, or perhaps a rough patch in their relationship, the girl slept with someone else and contracted It. Then gave it to him when they slept together, before breaking it off altogether. He claims he only ''thinks'' he got it from a random girl at a bar. But it's entirely possible that she gave it to him, and he's just in denial that someone he cared about would have passed this onto him without telling him.

[[WMG: "It" is [[spoiler: really dead at the end]].]]

[[WMG: Or alternatively, "It" is really [[spoiler: still alive]].]]

[[WMG: The movie takes place in a parallel universe/]]

[[WMG:It is a Boggart.]]

* It relentlessly hunts a target, follows odd rules and is invisible to non Stand users, including everyone who hasn't been 'cursed'. The creature is a Stand that relentlessly tries to kill its host and is only escapable by transmitting it to another, ala Anubis or Cheap Trick. Its Stand name, tentatively, could be 'Closer'.

* Having sex can transfer the curse to a new victim, but unless the victim is told about such after the fact and made aware of the situation, It will ignore the intended new victim and continue pursuit of the current target.

* The amount of blood seemed really meaningful, and could have implied it really was killed. However, STDs are commonly bloodborne, including HIV. So the next time people get in that pool they start becoming new targets of It, and It reforms to begin hunting them down.

* The anachronisms are because this is a story that has been told by teenagers for decades. The old movies are from when kids in the '40s told each other the story, the soundtrack is from kids in the '80s and so forth.

* Alternatively, it has dominion over both victims and perpetrators. Either way, it would have unfortunate implications about some of the people that Jay knows.

* She goes on the date with Hugh in the woods, they start having consensual sex in his car, then he gets violent and scary and ends up raping her. Her trauma made her imagine that she was being watched and followed at all times, often by disturbing nude and semi-nude people. She wanted to form healthy sexual relationships, but she was afraid of sex and invented a reason in her head about why sex is inherently dangerous.

* Either "Its" victims have more sex, knowingly dooming their sexual partner eventually, or it gets to punish them for having had sex. Either way, more Essence for It to feed on. "Its" Bans include having to interact with the world physically and the inability to run.

-> "It" moves at walking pace and must physically enter the space where its target is ("it" breaks windows and smashes doors).

* So "It" is [[CthulhuMythos Nyarlathotep]]?

Known as TheHorriblySlowMurdererWithTheExtremelyInefficientWeapon.

We only see it traveling through water once, and after being shot in the head the pool fills with an unusual amount of blood.

[[WMG: "It" is [[spoiler: really dead at the end.]]

[[WMG: Or alternatively, "It" is really [[spoiler: still alive.]]

[[WMG: "It" is [[spoiler: really dead at the end]].]]

[[WMG: Or alternatively, "It" is really [[spoiler: still alive]].]]

[[WMG: The girl from the beginning is Hugh's first attempt to rid himself of the curse]]

[[WMG: It is an onryo]]

[[WMG: Every person it appears to be has been a victim of sexual assault]]

[[WMG: It is a Incubus/Succubus]]

[[WMG: The movie takes place in a parallel universe]]

[[WMG:It is a Boggart]]

[[WMG:It can't attack you if you're not awake]]

[[WMG:It kills ForTheEvulz]]

[[WMG: It is vulnerable in water]]

This is kind of a WMG but, notice how It takes the form of a victim's parent twice; when It kill Greg as his mother and when it was gonna kill Jay in the pool. Again, a WMG but the first girl killed in the beach (the one with the broken leg) is speaking about her father on the phone whilst saying good bye [may be was she seeing her father?], so the thing seem to take the figure of a parent when it decides is gonna kill the victim. This shows intelligence (and extreme cruelty, especially considering that It rapes its victims, so is the last thing they see). Also is capable of understanding that a trap has been put in place as when it choses not to enter the pool. It is clearly sentient and as such it probably choses its form in order to torture the victim more.