I Still See You (2018)

I Still See You takes a familiar teen-thriller frame and electrifies it with a genuinely eerie idea: a world where the dead don’t quite leave, they loop—quietly, relentlessly—like scars the air can’t heal. The film’s best pleasure is its atmosphere, a chilly, end-of-the-world stillness that makes every hallway, classroom, and empty street feel like it’s holding its breath, while Bella Thorne anchors the unease with a grounded, vulnerable determination. As Ronnie teams with the intriguingly opaque Kirk, the story leans into suspicion and shifting loyalties, turning its ghostly conceit into a ticking-clock mystery that keeps you scanning faces for what’s real and what’s replayed. It’s not for viewers who want deep mythology or high art—once the pieces are in place it plays more like a conventional thriller—but if you’re in the mood for a sleek, PG-13 supernatural whodunit with a strong hook and a steady pulse of dread, it’s an easy recommendation.

I Still See You wants to be a sleek YA mystery-thriller with a cool hook: a post-apocalyptic world where “remnants” of the dead linger, and one message from beyond turns into a race to stop a killer. The problem is it spends so much time explaining its rules and tossing around paranormal jargon that the tension leaks out, and the plot twists feel more tangled than clever. If you’re the type who needs airtight internal logic and a genuinely surprising mystery, this will likely test your patience even at a brisk runtime. That said, Bella Thorne and Richard Harmon have a watchable rapport, and there are a few eerie set pieces that work if you’re happy to go along with the film’s make-it-up-as-it-goes fantasy mechanics.