As a horror movie, it's pretty decent.

Dolores 2022-04-21 09:01:43

I don't like it very much. Religious horror movies are really hard to poke my little heart.

The entire film is eerily silent and slow. It wasn't a sudden shock, but it was clearly known to people, but they could only feel the chill of the cold air slowly spreading from the tailbone. The director is good at leaving blank spaces to give people more room for imagination, but at the same time, it can also satisfy the curiosity of some horror movies. The whole film has an inexplicable obsession with decapitation. Is it Paimon's setting?

The neurotic protagonist gives people a weak sense of substitution, but the occasional grasp of people's hearts makes people have a certain empathy. The whole plot trend can be said to have no accident. The little male protagonist is an ah-ah-ah-ah-ah-ah-ah-ah-ah-ah-ah-ah-ah-ah-ah-ah-ah-ah-ah-ah-ah-ah-ah-ah-ah-ah-ah-ah-ah-ah-ah-ah-ah-ah-ah-ah-ah-ah-ah-ah-ah-ah-ah-ah-brainwashed-brainwashed-brain-washing guy in the whole film.

The main turning point of the whole film is Peter's party, and Annie, who forces her son to bring her sister, still looks like a normal mother at this time. Charlie's death was the first straw that crushed the heroine, and everything after that was just one wrong step. Peter and Annie, who blamed themselves and resented each other at the same time, seemed excusable. The focus of the progression of the plot is focused on Annie. After that, she looked completely crazy and almost became her own mother in her eyes. She held on to the thread that summoned Charlie, as if she could pull herself back to normal along the thread. However, in fact, it seems that Charlie is not close to her either, son Peter is afraid of her, when she is about to die, she declares her deep love to her husband, who says she is "sick"; it is really a failure to be a human being. The death of her mother made Annie think she finally got rid of the shadow, but unfortunately, the bad luck is like gangrene, which has already penetrated into the bone marrow.

There are a few places that are more impressive. One is the handling of the male protagonist looking at the rearview mirror after his sister's decapitation. Self-consolation "Okay" is really an ostrich. And Peter, who lay quietly in bed after Charlie's death, listening to Annie's wailing. And dreaming that Charlie bowed his head and dropped the ball, this scene is really shocking. In the end, Annie took the headbutt to the ceiling, and my head was full of videos of Kuaishou shaking her hair and dancing.

Watching horror movies in the early morning is still a bit of a bonus. After watching it, I feel uncomfortable for a long time. The sound of the cat scratching the door at home is now a little scary.

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  • Rebeca 2022-03-16 09:01:03

    Hope there is as much disappointment as there is a series

  • Kody 2022-03-18 09:01:04

    How should I put it, the metaphor of a psychological collapse that caused the story to unfold is somewhat playful. It is better to invent an original new concept like "The Shining" and unfold it based on it (in fact, it is also very shining at some points. The meaning of tribute, such as the miniature versus the labyrinth)...It was at this point that my perception collapsed. It was obvious that the rhythm and performance were on track.

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!