It Follows Ending Explained
The horror movie It Follows came out in 2014 and tells the story of a young woman named Jay who gets hit with a scary curse after sleeping with her boyfriend. The curse makes a tall, creepy figure that looks like different people slowly walk toward her no matter where she goes. It never runs but always keeps coming, and if it catches her, she dies. The only way to pass it on is by having sex with someone else, who then becomes the next target. This idea comes from breakdowns of the film’s plot, like in this video that explains the entity as a sexually transmitted curse that shapes shifts into ordinary folks or loved ones.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z2XPBzsCvwU
Jay’s friends help her fight back. They track down the last person who passed the curse to her boyfriend and learn more about how it works. The group comes up with a plan to trap the thing by luring it to an empty indoor pool. They shoot it, hit it with lamps, and even electrocute it in the water. It seems to sink and die after taking a lot of punishment. Jay and her friends drive off feeling relieved, watching the road behind them. But then the camera shows a figure in the distance starting to walk toward the car. Is the curse gone or still out there? Videos like this one point out how the ending leaves it open on purpose.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TQTcJVDVba0
That last shot is what makes fans talk so much. The entity moves at a slow pace, which builds real dread because you know it will not stop. It stands for something bigger, like how some dangers in life feel endless, such as death or bad choices you cannot shake. Another video breaks down the true meaning, saying the film is about living with a threat you manage but never fully beat.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UAdWfwPFwFo Even if they hurt it bad, the curse goes back to the person before in the chain if it kills you, so passing it keeps the cycle going.
Some think the friends beat it for good because they all share the burden now, watching out together. Others say that walking figure proves it always comes back, no matter what. The beach scene earlier in the movie shows Jay spotting it far off across the water, hinting it can reach you anywhere. The pool fight looks like a win, but the final view from the car brings back the fear. This mix of hope and doubt is why the ending sticks with you. Talk about it online often comes back to how the movie uses everyday suburbs to make the horror feel close and real.
Jay chooses to keep driving forward with her friends, not running alone. That says the best you can do is face the follow together. The curse might represent growing up, losing innocence, or STDs in a simple way anyone can grasp. Whatever it means to you, the slow walker in the distance at the end reminds us some things just keep coming.
Sources
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/It_Ends
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z2XPBzsCvwU
https://www.watchmojo.com/articles/top-50-scariest-movie-endings
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt3235888/news/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TQTcJVDVba0
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UAdWfwPFwFo
