Writer: Ari Aster
DOP: Pawel Pogorzelski
Cast: Toni Collette, Alex Wolffe, Milly Shapiro, Gabriel Byrne
After the family matriarch passes away, a grieving family is haunted by tragic and disturbing occurrences, and begin to unravel dark secrets.
Hereditary manages to creep you out by defying your expectations consistently. It combines the best elements of Exorcist, Rosemary's Baby and Babadook. Some critics like Mark Kermode have objected to it not sticking with one thing but I didn't have any problem with that. Giving everything a psychological explanation can be quite boring as would if everything was made supernatural as well. Hereditary has both of these in the right amounts to make it a very enjoyable watch. Underneath all that, it is ultimately a comedy as I laughed out loud in many places. You know the horror is very effective if you have the remote always in your hand while watching the film.
It works effectively by the actors not giving the expected reactions and staying in the scenes longer. There are some extra details in corners of many of the frames in it and so watch carefully. Paimon is even shown in the beginning during that funeral scene. The characters in it are all flawed and I was kind of glad when that pivotal scene in the car happened because the kid was totally creeping me out. It is the kind of film which big fans of horror might not be really into because it is not pure to the genre and those who like to look for subtext and stuff might also pan it because of the inconsistency. Sometimes it is just nice to see a film which is all about craft and the tease.
Rating: 5/5
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