Cure vs It Follows

Cure has the higher audience score (7.6/10 against 6.6/10 for It Follows). It Follows is the shorter watch at 1h 41m compared with 1h 52m. Cure is the older of the two (1997 against 2015). Both are horror, mystery movies, so they suit a similar mood.

Cure posterCure1997 VS It Follows posterIt Follows2015
CureIt Follows
Audience score★ 7.6/10★ 6.6/10
Year19972015
Length1h 52m1h 41m
GenresCrime, Horror, Mystery, ThrillerHorror, Mystery
CountryJapan–
DirectorKiyoshi KurosawaDavid Robert Mitchell
Main castRen Osugi, Denden, Yoriko Doguchi, Koji Yakusho, Masato HagiwaraJake Weary, Daniel Zovatto, Maika Monroe, Keir Gilchrist, Olivia Luccardi

Synopsis

Cure

A detective starts spiraling out of control when a wave of gruesome murders with seemingly similar bizarre circumstances is sweeping Tokyo.

It Follows

When carefree teenager Jay sleeps with her older boyfriend for the first time, she learns that she is the latest recipient of a fatal curse that is passed from victim to victim via sexual intercourse. Death, Jay learns, will creep inexorably toward her as either a friend or a stranger. Jay's friends don't believe her seemingly paranoid ravings, until they too begin to see the phantom assassins and band together to help her defend herself.

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