watching HEREDITARY in a packed theater (with *bright projection*) is one of life’s great and terrible pleasures. go see it this weekend. bring your whole family.

it’s very important that you bring your whole family.

say the words exactly as they’re written on the page.

your sacrifice will be rewarded in the end.

HP.

This review may contain spoilers. I can handle the truth.

Toni Collette does *at least* three different things in this movie that might fuck you up forever.

imagine a supernatural creep-fest like THE CONJURING, but told with the patience of THE WITCH, the emotional depth of THE BABADOOK, and the kind of scares that that James Wan would kill for.

curious how it hangs together the second time around (scary movies tend to lose their edge, but a part of me suspects this one might get even better), but for now this feels like a *major* debut.

[clucks tongue]

This review may contain spoilers. I can handle the truth.

i’m so goddamn glad i avoided all of the trailers and info on what this movie was about. the way the camera movements and lighting in this movie play on the audience’s expectiations of horror to build tension without jump scares is so fucking outstanding that i’m already mad that the cinematographer of this movie probably doesn’t win an oscar in 2019

a24 can just like have my firstborn at this point you know

This film was deeply upsetting to me for various reasons, and I think anyone who thought this film was wonderful is a psychopath. Toni Colette gave a very good performance tho I won't knock her.

rewatched before Toni's inevitable Oscar snub 😔

from the eyes of lambs

FUCK ACADEMY AWARDS AND ANY MAJOR AWARDS CEREMONIES FOR NOT GIVING THIS MOVIES ITS WELL-DESERVED AWARDS FOR EVERYTHING

do not watch this with your mom

More of a family drama dealing with loss and grief with horror elements than a straight out horror film. Great film one of the best of 2018 and Toni Colette gives a stunning performance, hope she does get Oscar nominated.

Still got a few problems with some of the character decisions made and how coincidental some events happened but still quite minor.

Original thoughts still stand here

After seeing this movie I got creeped out by window reflections and dark corners. I still struggle with poorly lit atriums.I did not appreciate this, Ari Aster.

Okay, turns out sobriety does affect how this film is viewed. I will do a little backtracking and say that this maybe was more of a slow-burn than I had originally said—my adrenaline must have been turned up to 11 when I sat down to watch it before, because I thought there were lots of smart, quiet moments in this movie as well.

All said, not sure you can ever watch this movie the same after knowing the twist—all the little clues become shockingly apparent throughout, so you can never get that true first time experience again.

All other points stand.

the sound effects when she saws off her own head urejtdjts i love