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.

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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]

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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

The score and that finale in the Tree-house... is everything.

I am kind of starting to love this movie so very much.
I have seen it three times so far this year... will give it a re watch come Christmas time.
This time around, Alex Wolff's performance stood out the most... What a performance.

My absolute favorite of 2018.

Wow. That was an experience. It’s a legitimately unique experience. I don’t mean there aren’t movies that have trod this territory before but this one does it so confidently and boldly. The cast is pitch perfect and the plot is expertly set up and paid off. A highlight of my film watching this year.

This is an extremely well-made (wide) directorial debut with two thunderous performances at the center and if you can’t accept that I just can’t help you!!!

I’m thrilled to see how engaging this movie is on rewatch, and how fully committed Collette and Wolf’s performances are. The beats of this movie are wild, and despite its references still feels wholly realized and uniquely exciting. 

The way Ann Dowd says “Louie” is so wonderful.

what the fuck

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after this movie i had to play brother bear on netflix cause obviously i was too damn scared to sleep

Hands down the scariest film in years, mainly due to its unwavering, uncomfortable realness beyond all the spooks. While it’s somewhat let down by an ending it deserved much better than, that’s only keeping a great film from being a masterpiece. If you’ve ever wanted a “I wanna go home” moment in a horror film, you might just find it here.

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i’ve added half a star because i was less annoyed this time round, but i still think it aims high and falls short