Follow Me (2020)

Follow Me taps into a very modern fear: the moment your life becomes content, and the audience’s appetite starts calling the shots. It plays like a slick, high-energy thrill ride through neon-soaked Moscow, where every room, every dare, and every “just one more take” tightens the vise, delivering suspense that’s easy to sink your teeth into and nasty set pieces that horror fans will savor. The movie knows exactly how to keep you watching—lean, fast, and gleefully mean—building toward a twist that’s the kind of audacious swing you’ll want to talk about afterward. Fair warning: it’s brutal and grim in spots, so if you’re squeamish about gore or cruelty, it may be too much—but if you want a watchable, crowd-pleasing thriller with a sharp social-media sting, it’s a wickedly entertaining pick.

Follow Me wants to mash up influencer satire with a high-stakes “extreme escape room” thriller, and you can see the intention: comment on how far people will go for clicks while keeping the tension cranked. The problem is it leans hard on familiar Saw/Hostel-style torture beats, so if you’ve seen a few of those, the shocks can feel more like reheated genre leftovers than genuine suspense. It’s also pretty mean-spirited and graphic, with violence and sleaze that may come off as repulsive rather than thrilling if you’re not in the mood for nasty. On the plus side, it moves quickly and the social-media hook is timely, but if you want clever twists, fresh ideas, or horror that lingers for the right reasons, this probably isn’t your ride.