Movie Review: Hereditary

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I'm back with another movie review :) and boy oh boy has 2018 been a year for disappointing movies. Apart from Initinty War, I don't think anything really stood out for me this year and Hereditary is no different.

As far as horror movies go it is probably a standout film with a fresh take on an old concept and some powerful acting and cinematography from first-time director Ari Aster. Perhaps my main problem was that before checking out this film I heard echoes of it being hailed as this generation’s The Exorcist. Hereditary aims to capture that cult following of horror lovers, and make no mistake this movie shook me to my core.

So what is it all about?

Plot

When the grandmother of the Graham family passes away, her daughter and grandchildren begin to unravel cryptic and increasingly terrifying secrets about their ancestry. Trying to outrun the sinister fate they have inherited they only seem to follow a master plan that was set way before they were even born.

Trailer for Hereditary

The Good

The acting in this movie was by far its best element trait. There was so much creepiness to go around and Toni Collette owned her role. The acting really sells the narrative and really transports you into the story, there are no cheap scares, it's literally shock and horror!

The cast as a whole gives really remarkable performances, apart from Toni Collette—who plays Annie, the central role in the film—and young Milly Shapiro, who makes her big screen acting debut in this film playing Charlie, Annie’s daughter. Charlie is an interesting character in the movie, and a pivotal piece within the narrative. Shapiro does a phenomenal job in what is really an emotionally-driven character. Charlie has very little dialogue, and Shapiro manages to deliver a riveting performance based on emoting.

It’s really fascinating. Charlie is equal parts creepy and sweet, and Shapiro manages to walk that line amazingly well, you're both freaked out by her, by find her strangely adorable. I also have to mention Alex Wolff who plays the brother Peter, who sells you the role of the teenager who cannot cope with tragedy and falls in and out of a catatonic state throughout the film

The Bad

For all its good work in setting up the story, fleshing out the characters and their motivations and exploring their oddities it all seems to go to waste in the final act. The movie is a little over two hours, so that's a long emotional investment and plenty of scares to endure.

So when you get to the "twist" and it starts to lose its credibility and become cheesy. The spookiness up until that point had now turned into what felt like a last ditch effort to up the ante and wrap up the movie, more than a natural progression of the story.

My rating

It's unfortunate that the slow meticulous build-up and character development is let down in the final act. Which offers viewers a conclusion that is just not that satisfying. I have to give it a 6.9 out of 10.

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