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| Snake5555555555 05/27/22 12:52:09 AM #171: | Inviso - I struggled with this movie. Its over two hours long, and that first hour just drags SO much. These artsier horror movies CAN work, but you have to give me an interest cast I can get emotionally invested in. With this movie though, the FIRST scene is a family going to a funeral. And for the first half of the film, theyre just WILDLY depressed and dour and generally unpleasant. Its not fun to watch at all, and I fully admit reaching a point where I just didnt care what was going on on-screen. I get why it was necessary; to build up the family and their struggles. And admittedly, the big moment of the movie comes in that first half, but even that just leads to more boredom and depression. Now, for all that first paragraph, I ended up liking the film well enough. I think the point that it finally turned a corner was the dinner scene, when Annie just erupts and vents all of her emotions towards Peter (and he fires back). Toni Collette is amazing in this film, and thats the point when she starts to become interesting, rather than just some mopey character. She gets desperate to overcome the grief over losing her daughter, and she turns to the occult, which proves to be a trap. And thats when the movie shifts to a demonic possession angle, with Annie growing increasingly unhinged, and Peter starts getting terrified by what he believes to be evil spirits blaming him for Charlies death. The end sequence with the fiery death of the only sane voice in the cast, and the creepy possession of Annie, is a joy to behold, and it culminates in an unsettling cult scene that sells the atmosphere really really well. Overall, that back half is great, but the first half drags SO long, and I feel like the front half of ANY media is the most important part, since it keeps the audience engaged. As such, this was a more middling movie for me. Tom Nook - Apparently it's blasphemy to not like this movie, but it's part of a horror style that I often don't connect with. There are a lot of movies on this list and in the genre that feature supernatural evil where the rules feel very unclear. One thing that often takes me out of a horror film is when you can't really get a grasp on the power levels of the evil, and yet you see it constantly doing things that bend reality and give it the upper hand almost from the beginning. It's hard to feel anything when the evil can do anything. I thought Hereditary was very guilty of this, and the later half of the movie dropped the ball hard for me because of this. I thought the beginning of the movie was actually quite good though, up through the son decapitating his sister with the pole and him dealing with the guilt. But not long after that, I really started to lose a connection with the movie when the usual supernatural demon shit got more and more frequent with completely unbeatable power that could extend into anything anywhere as if they could always win, so why waste my time. Red13n - If there is one thing a lot of these horror movies get right, its that they know they are horror movies don't try to take themselves too seriously. They sometimes aren't fantastic, they are in fore cheap thrill and gruesome deaths and a bunch of throwaway characters that will be systematically murdered. Hereditary is a movie that plays like its going for an oscar, except it is one of the worst movies I've ever sat through in my life. I don't known why a google turns up this being praised for its acting, but holy crap the screaming and crying was woefully overacted. I don't for a second buy into anyones emotions as over the top and not realistic. This family sucked, I don't feel like they ever cared for each other. The father is played up for conflict at one point but hes given such little screentime that the characterization feels forced. If you have a fear of allergic reactions I guess this is supposed to be scary? But it really isn't. The ending is a dumb twist of unfulfillment that sets up this evil you never really care about. The movie doesn't evolve beyond simple horror but it is very apparent it thinks very highly of itself for no reason. --- I've decided to put my fears behind me. I'm not going back. https://www.instagram.com/horror_obscurities/ ... Copied to Clipboard! |
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