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Maika Monroe says It Follows sequel is “darker” and more “f*cked up”

June 17, 2024 by EJ Moreno

Maika Monroe is a modern-day Scream Queen, so when she praises how dark a horror film can be, we should take her praise seriously. That’s why news of the upcoming sequel to It Follows has caused a stir, with the actress saying that reading the script “was the craziest thing ever.”

While speaking to Collider’s Perri Nemiroff during a recent installment of Collider Ladies Night, Monroe revealed how director David Robert Mitchell approached her for They Follow.

She tells Collider, “But as you know with the first film, I’m not taking any credit in this, David is brilliant. I mean, he is brilliant. The whole movie transformed at that point. It was changing the game in the genre, and he wouldn’t ever make a sequel if he didn’t think it was going to top it. He’s very specific, turns down so many.”

“He just knows what he wants to do and what he wants to make,” she continues. “I mean, at first, I’m like, ‘Oh, a sequel? Where are we going to go here?’ And I read it, and it’s just so fucking good. It’s so good. I’m so excited. I think where you’ll meet Jay at this point is maybe not what’s expected, but it’s so cool. It’s just, of course, as everyone says for sequels, literally, though, is just bigger and darker and more f—-d up. Reading it was the craziest thing ever.”

Maika Monroe will appear next in Longlegs, which we’ve called “the scariest film of the decade.” The film will be released on July 12th, while They Follow is set to shoot later this year.

 

Filed Under: EJ Moreno, Movies, News, Top Stories Tagged With: It Follows, maika monroe, They Follow

About EJ Moreno

EJ Moreno is a film and television critic and entertainment writer who joined the pop culture website Flickering Myth in 2018 and now serves as the executive producer of Flickering Myth TV, a YouTube channel with over 27,000 subscribers. With over a decade of experience, he is a Rotten Tomatoes-approved critic who is also part of the Critics Choice Association and GALECA: The Society of LGBTQ Entertainment Critics.

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