"Family Misfortune" is More Appropriate——Feelings from "Hereditary Misfortune"

Felicia 2022-04-20 09:01:33

Original: Jianzhong Tianping

It is said that there is a horror film that will go down in history this year, and both professional filmmakers and audiences will applaud it. The film is "Hereditary Doom".

The film tells the story of an old man from a cult organization who, in order to achieve a certain benefit, pulls all his family members into the organization and then sacrifices for the organization.

The details of the film are in place, and the logic is basically flawless. More importantly, the film is actually different from the previous horror films by using so-called supernatural ghosts and even bloody cruelty to create the atmosphere-perhaps after watching the film, there are not many impressive scenes, but the whole story makes the film more interesting. People have endless aftertastes and can't be calm for a long time.

Whether it is the heroine who is lost in sleepwalking and reality, cults and life, or the heroine husband who has been integrating a family that has been torn apart, or the powerless son who cannot escape the fate of the family from beginning to end, or the short-lived who was bound by the curse at birth Daughter... After all, everyone can't get rid of the "destiny" that the old man in the family has already arranged.

The so-called hereditary bad luck is more from a physiological point of view and is a "natural disaster"; while family bad luck is more from the perspective of blood and clan, and is a "man-made disaster". The film actually shows more "man-made disasters". The contradictions and tensions between people in the family are all "man-made disasters". Especially in the dinner scene in the film, it can be said that the psychological state of everyone in the family after losing their daughter is inspired and displayed, such as sadness, helplessness, disappointment, distrust...

In fact, around our lives, some poor people are actually more or less troubled by family misfortune. When you are born in a criminal family, it is difficult to get rid of bad habits; when you live in a family that believes in pyramid selling cults, you are often forced to be involved in the abyss; when you are surrounded by alcoholism, drug trafficking, smuggling and fighting, you have to arm yourself with violence... …

Although everyone in the film has tried to fight and get rid of the bad luck left to them by the family, they have found it to be in vain. This is the real horror of the film, and it is also worth savoring.

on September 8, 2018

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Extended Reading
  • Alexzander 2022-04-24 07:01:05

    Using the model as the carrier to compare the metaphorical settings of the characters’ psychology and their desire to manipulate in the spatial relationship, as well as some traversing shots that disregard the physical space and move freely, are naturally associated with Wes Anderson’s scheduling method, but the audiovisual of this film Obviously, it is not so "private" and serves the narrative closely, and the effect is remarkable (the intertextuality with the text enhances the viewer's desire for self-control, blood inheritance and other themes derived from the association, and the horror index doubles). The strong ending points directly to the connection between religion (rather than a cult?) and the traditional family structure, or there is a certain tendency to express reality. Top Ten Candidates of the Year.

  • Jaylen 2022-04-24 07:01:05

    Americans are poor? His poor family has not turned on the lights? The government is also poor without street lights? Halfway through, it felt dark, and after a while, it was dark again, and it was dark again? Is it a horror movie? Too lazy to watch. . . . .

Hereditary quotes

  • Peter: You okay, Mom?

    Annie: What?

    Peter: Is there something on your mind?

    Annie: Is there something on *your* mind?

    Peter: Just seems like there... might be something you... wanna say.

    Steve: Peter.

    Annie: Like what? I mean, why would I wanna say something so I can watch you sneer at me?

    Peter: Sneer at you? I don't ever sneer at you.

    Annie: Oh, sweetie, you don't have to. You get your point across.

    Peter: Okay, so, fine, then say what you wanna say, then.

    Steve: Peter.

    Annie: I don't wanna say anything. I've tried saying...

    Peter: Okay, so try again. Release yourself.

    Annie: Oh, release you, you mean?

    Peter: Yeah, fine, release me, just say it! Just fucking say it!

    Annie: DON'T you swear at me, you little shit! Don't you EVER raise your voice at me! I am your mother! You understand? All I do is worry and slave and defend you, and all I get back is that fucking face on your face! So full of disdain and resentment and always so annoyed! Well, now your sister is dead! And I know you miss her and I know it was an accident and I know you're in pain and I wish could take that away for you. I WISH I could shield you from the knowledge that you did what you did, but you're sister is dead! She's gone forever! And what a waste... if it could've maybe brought us together, or something, if you could've just said "I'm sorry" or faced up to what happened, maybe then we could do something with this, but you can't take responsibility for anything! So, now I can't accept. And I can't forgive. Because... because NOBODY admits anything they've done!

  • Annie: I never wanted to be your mother.

    Peter: Why?

    Annie: I was scared. I didn't feel like a mother. But she pressured me.

    Peter: Then why did you have me?

    Annie: It wasn't my fault! I tried to stop it.

    Peter: How?

    Annie: I tried to have a miscarriage.

    Peter: How?

    Annie: However I could. I did everything they told me not to do, but it didn't work. I'm happy it didn't work.

    Peter: You tried to kill me.

    Annie: No, I love you!

    Peter: [crying] Why did you try to kill me?

    Annie: I didn't! I was trying to save you!