Hereditary | What The Script Teaches Us

Okay. Here's the big question: Midsommar or Hereditary?

the silence of the father in the dinner scene literally destroyed me. full of despair and yet no words. i really felt it

The scene when she had a straight face after crying in the burning scene still gives me chill. Intense acting

The hardest part of this movie for me was Annie discovering Charlie's body. That wailing and crying is far too real to bear. I don't even have children and I had to pause and walk around for a second to collect myself. That scene, the scene where she get's possessed in the middle of crying, and the dinner scene are just so good, so scary, so anxiety-inducing. Amazing. Props to all the actors in this but Toni Collette takes this movie to the next level.

There were several shots of the exterior of the house where day turned to night with a single stationary cut. To me that was a light switch being switched on or off, implying that the house was a dollhouse all along, and that none of the characters had any control over their fate. They were just being moved around in someone else’s dollhouse.

The moment when the girl died was one of the most surreal moments I have witnessed in a movie theater. I remember 2 people straight up leaving the cinema during the scene where the mother discovers the dead body.

Tony Collette should've won best actress at academy awards!!!

The scene with Peter's panic attack while they are smoking weed is so heartbreaking. The way he begs "hold my hand" just makes me wanna cry. It's unusual to see boys depicted as vulnerable in that way in American movies.

I think that Peter's initial reaction to the accident is one of my favorite shots in all of cinema. How the camera sits uncomfortably close to his gaze, and then follows it up, up, up towards the rear view mirror... And quickly flits back down to Peter. It's so simple, and yet... Holy fuck.

Hereditary is the kind of film that makes me feel physically nauseous; not with gore, but with sheer, uncompromising dread. Thanks for helping me put my finger on why :)

I went into this movie thinking it was going to be your typical haunted house horror movie. Boy was I wrong. Very fucking wrong.

The best thing about Hereditary is people are rarely interested in the paranormal scenes of this movie. All they talk about are the charachters. The emotions. And the reason why horror is quite an overlooked genre is that it very rarely is emotionally captivating and Hereditary is a very few of the ones which are emotionally captivating. The mental destruction of the watcher at the end of the movie is less about what they saw and more about what they felt. Hence this movie really deserves the appreciation.

toni should've won an Oscar just for her scream alone. the scene where she's wailing for her daughter's death. you can literally feel her grief through the screen.

The shot when the mother is banging her head at the ceiling appears very frequently in my nightmares since i saw the movie... its very impressive

Ari Aster's movies are like a very spicy, but delicious food. You want to keep eating it despite the discomfort it causes you.

I'm glad they had the cult members be naked instead of having cloaks. Because 1. Cloaks would've felt way too cliche and cheesy 2. The image of the naked old man in the closet haunted me for months after I saw it, it struck such a terrifying chord and was an incredible choice

A few thoughts: 1) by avoiding confrontation and not filling the film with action, it mirrors real life post tragedy. Life keeps moving, albeit very sluggishly. Life doesn’t become a plot in itself. 2) by not creating tension between Peter and Steve, it really strengthens the film because the “everyone is at odds” angle doesn’t really reflect real relationship dynamics. It also really sets Steve as an excellent foil for Annie

As someone who doesn't get scared by horror movies at all and finds the formula very repetitive and not scary at all. I've kinda become numb to them and basically judge my enjoyment of them based on filmmaking + story alone. Hereditary fucking terrified me. It utilizes something we all fear deeply and packs all the emotions we build up in these scenarios and punches us in the gut. I have never seen something so expertly crafted and the film is just damn near perfect in my opinion. It's definitely not for everyone, but I just love this movie

This is my generations Shining. I left the theater completely bugged out. Like a sense of doom was lingering with me for a few days. Absolute masterpiece

10:27 I wanna point out how mail is usually delivered all at once from a mail carrier. The choice to include the brochure being pushed in alone by itself absolutely adds a sense that manipulation is occurring. Even thought the audience doesn't realize it, this subconsciously messes with us adding to the sense of unease.