SPOILER other than that scene i feel like the scene where the mother is following the son while shes possessed up to the attic and hes screaming about "please stop mommy I love you im sorry" and then shes slamming her head against the door repeatedly something about that was so disturbing to me
the mother bashing her head made laugh. Beside the scary scenes there are lots of details in that movie that Leave you open to speculate. For instace the good looking girl in the protagonist's class is present in the final scene dressed in white, and was indeed part of the Conspiracy.
Alyssa Blackheart that whole scene still haunts me and I hate when people insert the part with her hitting her head on the door because it’s so fucking creepy lol
Same!! When I saw here banging her head against the door I was so scared and creeped about about that I don’t know why. I was just shocked when I saw that bit!
I think the best part was how they portrayed the afthermath of Charlie's death. It felt so real, how they were blaming each other (even though they knew it wasn't really anyones fault) and just the whole grief aspect.
I agree, Toni is such an amazing actress, and this scene, in my opinion, is Oscar worthy! I told my Mom, as we were watching it together that she probably portrayed what a mother who loses her child actually deals with. Amazing acting!
Jana Straub not only lose her child, she saw how violent her death was in charlie’s decapitated body hanging out the car, and that on a mother fuck her up
I streamed it the other night and when Peter started pulling off I was just melting into my bed internally screaming. Like you're really just going to let your parents wake up to that? You're just NOT going to explain, warn, or apologize? Oh, okay. At that point I was waiting on that dinner scene! Whew, it was waaay too real!
Charlie was king paimon. Peter should have been king paimon because he is male but Toni collettes character would not let her mother have him. She let her mother have Charlie because she just didn’t have the energy. Charlie’s soul went into Peters body because king paimon needed a male body to inhabit. At the end the cult worshipper calls peter “Charlie”. That’s how I explained it to myself. Lol.
Also prior to Toni's mom putting Paimon into Charlie. She tried to put him into Toni's brother. Toni went to a grief group after her mom died and talked about how her brother killed himself because he had schizophrenia. He claimed their mom was trying to put people (Paimon) inside of him. I also think Toni mentioned her dad starved himself to death. The cult was just trying to make sure Paimon's body was corrected from a female's (Charli) to a male's (peter). That's what Paimon required in order to bring the cult riches or whatever the fuck else.
I had to do my research on this paimon. this specific demon requires heads so thats why there was so much decapitation in the movie. Plus he has some kind of connection towards art. something like that. If you notice, the women in the movie all have some kind of artistic hand. The mother makes figurines, the daughter draws and makes little trinkets, and the grandmother would make floor mats. I think you have to google a lot of this movie to be able to fully understand it. There is so much foreshadowing and its an amazing movie. 10/10 once you understand it fully. I had a hard time watching the end without wanting to run out of the theater
She clearly took over his body even the mother tells the story of her brother going insane thinking his mother was trying to put something in his body.
I asked my husband to turn the movie off when Toni Colette was screaming that she wanted to die after discovering Charlie's body. That was such an incredibly real reaction and it made me sick. We did finish the movie, but I felt seriously ill the entire time.
I hear you. A long time ago I had a really bad nightmare that was very similar to the car scene, where I was the one driving. By far the worst dream I've ever had, and the only time waking up didn't bring near-instant relief.
One of the most heartbreaking moments I've ever seen in a horror film. Her screams were so primal and cut to the soul. Toni is phenomenal and deserved every bit of praise she got for this movie.
Absolutely was the best part. Something about the extreme darkness of the scene matched with the ethereal and almost heavenly “Reborn” track just struck me so hard. I still listen to the song when I want to feel inspired.
I'm really glad you mentioned something about how your hypersensitivity was triggered by this movie. I'm not a hypersensitive person but I think my boyfriend may be (at the very least, he's extremely empathetic) and we were both really affected by this film. We loved it but we both had anxiety during and afterwards and he ended up having night terrors that night for the first time in his life. I'd still highly recommend this movie but it is absolutely terrifying, especially if you pick up on some of the more subtle themes throughout
This is one of the most sjw comments in response to a horror film I’ve ever seen lol. Y’all are wayyyy too sensitive. It’s a movie, they’re actors, no one actually died and all of them are fine.
@@hartyhart6154 people are affected by art in different ways, no one’s saying that horror film shouldn’t exist or anything like that, so stop being pressed.
When Toni Collette's character found out the next morning that Charlie died and she cried "I wanna die!" That scene really hit me. I mean, she could win an Oscar for that but too bad she did not win.
The ending explained: • Paimon is the demon spirit that the cult want to bring to the human world. In order to do this, Paimon needs to be put into a male body. • When Annie (Toni Collette), gives birth to Peter, her mother wants to “treat Peter as her own son” (aka - put Paimon into Peter). • Annie absolutely refused due to her issues with her mother, so the cult decided they would put Paimon into the next child, which was Charlie. • Since Charlie is a girl, they needed to kill Charlie in order for Paimon to transfer to Peter’s body. • Remember, in the therapy meeting, Annie said that her brother “killed himself because he said my mom tried to put people inside him”. Did this help anyone?
• They couldn’t put Paimon into the father because he was from another bloodline. • At the start, Annie found a note from the mother that said “Our rewards will be greater than the sacrifice”. • Also, the cult was living in the house the whole time. If you listen carefully, before the family enter the house after the funeral, you can hear people walking around upstairs.
Also, remember Charlie said: “Grandma wanted me to be a boy.” So Charlie was always sharing a body with Paimon, which is why when Charlie got decapitated, Paimon’s spirit was free and was able to go into all bodies such as Annie’s and Peter’s. • The classroom scene with Peter all disjointed, it’s because Paimon is trying to enter Peter’s body but it isn’t working because they need to kill Annie first. Hence why she’s killed next.
Don't forget that Annie had a brother who committed suicide. That's why Annie was afraid to give Peter to his grandmother. She knew something is wrong with her. I think the fact that she tried to burn him while he was a child, was to protect him from something more terrible than death.
@@shanekelly2259 i still don't understand. "Annie absolutely refused due to her issues with her mother, so the cult decided they would put Paimon into the next child, which was Charlie." So Annies refusal is what stops the demon from going into Peter? If so, why would it be allowed in when Charlie dies? Surely Annie still refuses to allow it in...
Okay so to explain the ending and general plot: Toni Collette's character hides Peter away from her mother. She doesn't allow him near her and thus she is not able to imprint on or coddle the spirit of Paimon inside of Peter. However, with Charlie, this is the exact opposite. The grandmother was even seen breastfeeding Charlie as a baby. This is hinted at slightly when Charlie asks her mom (or we think it is Charlie asking this), "Who will take care of me when you die?" We are meant to wonder, towards the end, what parts of Charlie's behavior was really her and what was the behavior of the demon. Once the grandmother dies, the coven/cult must orchestrate the death of Charlie in order to allow Paimon to have the rightful male body that he desires - Peter. You see their symbol on the light post that Charlie will hit her head on later as they are driving to the party - the symbol that the grandmother has around her neck in her casket.
Aspen I mean, not really. The movie is about summoning the demon Paimon. There are other elements and themes present in the movie, but ultimately that is what happens. 🤷🏻♀️
Have you seen/reviewed the Korean (? If I remember correctly it’s Korean) film Tale of Two Sisters? I just watched it a couple weeks ago and loved it, curious to know your opinion on a foreign horror film
I think of Hereditary as one of my favorite movies that I never want to watch again...at least not now. I had so much trouble sleeping for a month or two after seeing it because of the reoccurring theme of seeing things in shadow and in corners because I am also a person who is highly sensitive and easily impacted by movies like this. I loved that this film didn't rely on jump scares, like there were parts that were so subtle and SO EFFECTIVE that, like you said, you didn't need jump scares. I am such a sucker for atmospheric and oppressive horror and drama movies, and this checked all the boxes for me. Thank you so much for this amazing review!
If you see this, I honestly feel the same. I know I’m quite late to your comment, but I’ve only just seen a couple o’ scenes from this... And I’m literally keeping my light on ALL night. And I’m going to stay AWAKE, because I can’t after this. I’ve cried and my goosebumps I- I just hope I’ll get over these certain ‘scenes’ if you know what I’m talking about...
yeah. the scene where the accident happened and everything after was extremely realistic and it made me absolutely miserable for the rest of the day. that movie was an inescapable hell, it was so well done, i haven't been that impacted by a horror movie in a long time
SPOILER ... ... ... ... The scariest parts for me were a toss-up between Peter in his room anticipating Anne waking up followed by the sound of Anne's scream (UGH) and the end in the treehouse. A lotof people don't like the ending but Ari did a great job of subverting expectations. We are so used to everything being "Fight Club"-esque where everything becomes a representation of the character, but Hereditary turned out to be an actual tale of satanic worship. It felt SO incredibly evil, like I wanted to go to church afterwards, and I can't remember the last time a movie did that to me.
As someone who has no beliefs in the supernatural, it had the opposite effect for me; it felt almost silly after the film that had come before. The film had been so tense leading up to that scene that it was actually a relief, a sense of "Well, that can't really happen, so I can relax now." I find actual mental illness a much more frightening idea.
Scott Shepard the music in the end .. amazing. So weird. Not really sad sounding but like happy and exciting in a fucked up way. So perfect for the scene where the cult successfully completes their ritual.
*Spoilers ahead- explaining the end* So my take on it and from what I understand from reading a lot about this movie is that the grandmother was able to get close to Charlie so she put Paimon into Charlie's body and that's why she was so strange (cutting heads off birds/not understanding social norms) but to fully thrive Paimon needed a male host so the cult planned to kill Charlie to get Paimon into Peters body (hence why the cult symbol was written on the telephone pole that Charlie hits her head on, shown on their way to the party) throughout the movie the cult was slowly breaking the family down to weaken them and summon Paimon. In the ending Paimon possesses Toni's character right when her husband lights on fire and that's why she's floating around acting creepy and is able to decapitate herself. When Peter jumps out the window his soul leaves his body and Paimon enters. Also, in the book explaining Paimon that Toni found in her moms stuff a little earlier it showed that he needed 3 heads of the same family(grandma, Charlie, mom) and a male host. So now that Paimon finally has that, it's like he's being re born again in peters body, that's why at first he looks a bit confused and Joan is telling him "it's ok Charlie, you have a male host now". Crazy right?
but why call him charlie when he is a mighty demon named Paimon? isn't that very insulting? The cults members were aware that the body of Peter was possessed by Paimon when they address him. I feel like they used the "carlie name" purely as a hint toward the viewers that Charlie is inside Peter.
(spoilers) what i took from the ending personally is that charlie had been possessed by paimon the whole length of the movie (and beforehand), and the cult killed charlie to 1) free paimon from her body, and 2) start weakening peter to a vulnerable enough state to where paimon could completely take control of his body. that shimmering light that shines over peter at the end after he falls out the window is presumably paimon, and is seen multiple times throughout the movie. it seems that toni collette's mother and the rest of the cult were attempting to groom toni collette's children in order to succeed in summoning paimon as a physical form (there's so much detail that supports and explains all this but i couldnt even name it all; this movie is so thorough). listening to discussions and reviews really helped me process and understand the film's plot without having to go back and watch that movie so soon, which i'm still not ready to do and i saw it months ago. (shoutout to the dead meat podcast for being a great source for understanding this movie post-viewing! would def recommend that episode to anyone who wants to understand & think on it more without going back and watching it!)
THAT scene is going to make scariest movie moment lists for years to come, it’s on psycho levels iconic. As for the ending, I view it as the cultists seeing Peter as not strong enough of a soul to carry on their legacy, and so they used his body as a host and Charlie’s spirit as their true heir due to them need a first born son. I’ve only watched it once and I definitely wanna watch it again because there’s still a lot of questions I have but I love it so much, all the performances were on point.
George Snickerz Wait, did it say anywhere in the movie they need a first-born child? Or.. a first born son like the first son that is born? I don’t remember either phrasing But I could have missed that somewhere
I liked the ending. They hinted at it throughout. Plus, if at the end they said, "SHE WAS JUST CRAZY ALL ALONG!" That's about as interesting as 'it was all a dream.'
SPOILERS so my theory with the entire film is that the cult is not real, it's a variety of metaphors and allegories for hereditary mental health struggles that was passed down from the grandmother to Toni Colette to Peter. The cult and various other related moments were either metaphorical or in Peter and Toni Colette's minds. Because Peter spent his entire life not feeling wanted by his mother, and spent the majority of the film searching for a "reason" or obsolvtion of guilt for the death of his sister, the ending creates: 1. A reason for her death (to give paimon a body) and 2. The feeling of being loved and worshipped for the first time in his life. This might all be my brain trying to connect some dots, but I really enjoyed thinking about it this way 🐜
I honestly would've preferred this, as it felt like the ending the film was earning, but it also shows us things like the magical iconography around Peter's picture in Joan's house, which only the camera sees; Annie never gets in, so it doesn't really make sense that she would be imagining specific things inside a house she didn't enter.
I am so glad you covered this! It's in my top ten list for sure. I saw it in the theater with my husband and we were both completely freaked. I definitely had a panic attack during the movie, so that's a good sign for how horrible it was for me. I loved the ending, too. It was so nice to just watch this awful, terrible, horrible thing just unfold and not get a silly jump scare. SPOILER . . . Child death is my biggest horror trigger and so THAAAAAT scene got me so deeply. I was cringing and honestly felt sick after. But I still love you, Hereditary.
THAT SCENE was honestly the most horrifying thing I have ever seen in a movie, and I love horror. I’ve watched tons and tons of movies but this affected me so much that I got sick to my stomach and just wanted to leave the theater. It became almost an obsession afterwards because I couldn’t stop thinking about it
I thought the ending was a great “Rosemary’s Baby” type resolution. The imagery was so otherworldly and disturbing in the treehouse and I’m super glad they chose the entity that they did when a lesser film would use “Satan” or something. If your neighbors are going to summon a demon, chances are you’ve never heard of it.
I went with my friend to go see it without knowing literally anything other than “it’s really good and artsy”, and I swear to god my friend almost never talked to me again after That Scene™️ 😅 when that scene happened and he was in the car, everyone in the theater was so quiet you could hear people in the crowd BREATHING, and then when they uh let’s say, showed what happened, everyone started literally doing these blood curdling screams and someone just said OH BITCH WHAT and i couldn’t even laugh about it cause I was so disturbed lol. (also the official twt acct for Hereditary liked my tweet “yelling” at them for making me so scared lol)
Hereditary scared me so much. In the cinema it was 16+ and I wasn’t 16 yet but they let us in and it was the first time in my entire life that I was like ‘maybe this wasn’t a good idea. Maybe I should have waited until I’m 16’ 😂
Spoilers I saw the movie twice now and the second watch is really worth it, because you catch so many details that you missed the first time. In the scene where the son goes to his window to have a smoke the camera changes to an outside perspective and just off screen you can actually see the breath of someone watching him. And even harder to see - When Peter wakes up towards the end and his mother is already posessed, the first shot of him waking up shows is whole room. And you can see his mother already sitting in the top left corner of the room. It´s just so dark that it´s barely noticable but if you do, dam, it´s just so scary. I love the way Aster includes those small details. Cant wait for his next film :)
“ *THAT SCENE* “ had me *SHOOK* ! And I saw the movie in theater! The whole room went silent! I love that they didn’t show the aftermath immediately after the way plenty of movies do. I watched it a third time with my brother and a cousin (their first time) and my brother loves the scenes towards the end where Toni’s character was hanging from the walls/ceiling. My cousin left the room before it ended. Couldn’t handle the cinematic genius.
Hereditary deserves to be in every top 5 modern horror discussions. I thought it was a near perfect movie. I loved the intensity and I personally thought the final moments were a homage to older horror films. 🥃
I’ve seen just about every horror movie ever and no other horror movie has given me such a visceral reaction as an adult. Flanagan is the best horror director for emotional stories of catharsis, but Aster has mastered the art of scaring the sh*t out of me 😂
im a big baby but after i saw the trailer i knew i HAD to watch it and Oh Boy, i was covering my eyes the entire end of the movie omg after the car scene, i was like convinced that maybe it was a hallucination or something bc of how calm the son was. like. wow.
YES! My jaw was on the floor as well!! For literally the entire 10-15 minutes that scene lasted!! And I had the same thought. If it started that freaking insane, I can only imagine where we are going.
I would watch it again (when you're ready) to start understanding the cult thing. I left my second viewing understanding a lot more of what was going on and also appreciating it even more.
I’m not even highly sensitive person, but that movie gave me so much anxiety! I was really shocked and disturbed by THAT scene. Still loved it a lot and I’m gonna buy it once it’s out on Blu-Ray.
"That scene" was like a kick in the throat to me. I never expected it which is unusual because movies are so predictable these days. The last time I was as shocked by a movie death scene was when I was a kid watching Jaws at the movies the first day it came out and the little boy suddenly gets eaten by the shark and the water turns red where he was a second before.
During *that* *scene* after they hit the pole, I wasent expecting them to show her head and when they did me and my parents were just physically sickened. We had to stop the movie and we finished the next day lol. Aside from that thanks to hereditary I discovered A24.
I was buzzing after Hereditary. Thats when you just sit on the edge of your chair when it's over and dwell on what you just saw thinking about it etc. It happens with few films. The last time it happend with me was years ago with The Exorcist when it came out.
from what i’ve read, all the stuff about the cult and everything that happened with the people in the tree house in the end and all the decapitation and everything was the actual ritual used to summon this particular demon. and all the lore they found about the demon in the movie is all the actual lore, not like some movies that use a demons name but the story in the movie doesn’t match the actual lore. and the creators of the movie did a ton of research to make it all as accurate as they possibly could. so i think that’s where it gets really confusing cuz if you don’t know the lore and rituals (which majority of people wouldn’t, i didn’t until i read about it after the movie) then it wouldn’t make sense
Spoiler - From what I remember... the grandmother wanted to pass down the “cult” to Charlie but she couldn’t cause Charlie was a girl. If you remember the mom says “grandma always wanted you to be a boy” and she says other stuff like “she liked you best” or something. So from my understanding grandma basically did all this and killed Charlie so Charlie could posses the son and Charlie could “run the cult” (lack of better words lol) If you rewatch it it’ll make sense also that creepy smiling dude at the end was at the funeral!!!! This movie fucked with me on so many levels but I agree the ending was a a bit messy. I’m still obsessed. When the mother is on the floor screaming for Charlie I almost got up and walked out of the theater I felt SO uncomfortable.
This new Halloween movie is supposed to take place right after the first so all you really have to do is watch the first one before you watch the new one.
Omg i’m been waiting im so excited!! i was willing to forgive the easy out of an ending bc it was just so visually stunning with her floating up to the tree house. all of that was so beautiful. Love your reviews Sarah!
“That scene” is still haunting me. I saw it when it first came out and didn’t hear any reviews bc I didn’t want it spoiled. Should of spoiled it for myself I’m way too weak for shit like that. I was stoned when I seen it too, so I kept forgetting it was fake. But usually when I watch movies high I can see all the mistakes, and usually laugh bc I can tell they are acting. I couldn’t tell with this movie. That was the scariest part.
Ok, I’m sold. Gonna watch it since I trust your taste in horror. For some reason I was thinking this was going to be about the horrors of incest, leading to some sort of hereditary genetic deformity or something
I LOVE that you pointed out how being a highly sensitive person can affect your viewing of this movie. I'm also an HSP and this movie REALLY affected me. And It's been like MONTHS and I still can't stop thinking about it. (which is why I'm watching this way at the end of the year lol) I didn't even think about that being the reason it impacted me the way it did.
I feel the EXACT same way!!! specially about 'that scene' I usually don't get too nervous when watching horror movies but this one was disturbing to me as well and as the movie progressed so was my anxiety. I also want to rewatch, but to this day I am not quite ready yet.
I was so surprised by the whole movieplot and completely blown away. I'm a huge movie enthusiast in general and not too much into horror per se. But I do love darker/eerie stuff with an interesting touch. Like the Witch. It reminded me of Hereditary in that certain artistic way, too. I hope that these kinds of films will still get made, even if the "usual" horror audience won't appreciate them that much :/ Thanks for your review, Sarah :) It's cool seeing more videos from you this month.
SPOILER ALERT . . . . . . . okay so. I was fucking living for this movie. I was so excited to finally be so scared by a film, I'd never been so emotionally affected, like you said, by a horror movie. And then they ruined it by taking a paranormal/demonic route!!!! I was expecting this to be a psychological horror in the sense that the real scare factor would be that everything that happened was in the minds of the characters, hence the title of the film and the hint of the grandmother's mental illness. Hence the behavior of the little girl!!! If they took that route this would've been at the top of my list as the number one scariest movie I ever saw, because it would technically be possible for all of these things to happen and would make the fear feel more real... I was honestly in tears during the scene when Charlie died, I felt for the mom, felt for the dad (which never happens in a horror film, usually I feel detached from the characters due to a lack of character development). But they ruined it with a csgo Halo ass glitch with the dude floating into the tree house. I laughed so hard that every bit of immersion was lost to me. I hated that scene so much, that scene honestly ruined the entire film and made the ending feel so rushed. I had come to peace with the idea that the film in the end hadn't gone the route I expected/was hoping for until that fucking scene. Anyway end rant, to be honest I still like the film as a whole but whole heatedly agree with you, 8/10 for the same reasons.
imimaginingchaos Same I completely agree with you, I was really enjoying the movie until that final scene, it made me just kind of laugh inwardly I was like there is no way this can be real. It may just be because I am someone who doesn’t really believe in the paranormal. I would much more have rathered an ending that explored the psychological horror behind the plot, that would have been much more creepier.
No it would have been stupid like that inception shit. I couldn't watch the scene where she was decapitating herself cause I really wanted her to survive this and overtop the demon and because I connected with her character. However I will say that the end was too vague and felt "rushed". And yes up until the point where grandma's friend was yelling at Peter I thought too that it would have been a "it's all in the head of the character" type movie but it wasn't
Can we talk about the ending though about that naked man in the closet. That like startled me in such a scary way on a weird level. He was smiling in the beginning of the movie and then when I saw him in the closet I was like "Omg I've seen him" and realized it was him. Only because his smile in the beginning was so creepy. It affected me so much
I’ve been searching for a while for someone with a very Concrete and thoughtful perspective on hereditary and I’m very very happy I found it I’ll be looking forward to all of October with you!!
The accident scene was of course horrifying but the alter scene at the end scared me so much I felt cold and uneasy even though I watched it in the summer ,the praying bodies with no heads just went to a fearful place deep inside.
I teared up listening to you describe your feelings about that scene. When i first saw this movie, I went back to watched it a week later and it hit me just as hard. So jarring. So exhausting. 1. Aside from the disturbing imagery with ants, me crying that hard while watching such a beautiful motherly actress going through such a traumatically raw event. 2. Being emotionally and physical and psychologically “on the edge of your seat” for such a long period of time (Days for me)
The ending of the movie is setup throughout, starting at the very beginning. For those who were confused by the ending but still enjoyed the movie and wished they could understand, it's very much worth a rewatch to gather all the clues.
Yeah, I think this is what most folks don't pick up on is that the conclusion of the film has been foreshadowed throughout. Viewers think that the ending was messily tacked on to the end and is so heightened and different in tone from the rest of the film. It reminds me of the film Audition in this way which is funny because that one scene toward the end involving Toni Collette's character reminds me of a major scene toward the end of Audition! This is exactly why this film will eventually become a classic. The artistic merit as well as all the foreshadowing which is apparent upon each viewing. I don't buy dvd/blu-rays because I move a lot but I definitely want to own this one.
I totally agree with you on this! Nothing really phases me anymore in horror films, but that car scene and the scene with the son in class had me shaken for days!
Great review! I agree with a lot of your points. The end was confusing because the movie doesn't do enough to explain who the King is and his history. Most people don't know that there's eight kinds of Hell anyway! It's only shown/explained quickly through the movie and to have everything "show up" at the end doesn't result in the big pay off it should.
Well, the ending is that Charlie was the one who was possessed since birth by the demonic King. After she died, Peter started being targeted so his body can be possessed. By the end, he jumps out the window, dying (or at least weakening him), making it possible for the demonic King to possess him. He does seem to be, however, somewhat conscious of being Peter because he does have to be told who he is. But he is also possessed now. That was my takeaway from the ending.
So pleased you got round to doing this. I think when a film has been hyped and hyped it’s often hard to live up to it...but I think it pretty much did. Shocking, disturbing, well acted by all concerned (especially Toni Collete who was AMAZING) and bar a bit of a spoon fed weak ending a very good horror film. I love a slow burn. A film that doesn’t rely on jump scares. It had a sense of dread throughout. 8/10 for me. Nice review. Well worth the wait 👍🏻
Hi Sarah! I am a huge Halloween fan, it is my favorite franchise, and I just wanted to let you know that if you want back story that will prep for the new movie, just watch the original Halloween. The makers of the new film have said they are ignoring all the storylines after the first and are picking up 40 years later as if the other movies never happened. They wanted to stay true to the original, so even the fact that Michael is Laurie Stroud's brother, which we find out in Halloween 2, is not the case in the new film.
As fifty something old old old man who has been watching and enjoying movies of all genres ever since i can remember i rate this film as an Absolute Classic. Nuff said love your reviews thanks.
I own this movie and as much as i am also a very sensitive person. i gave this movie a chance and the cinematography blew me away. i have a good friend who suffers from DiD and she brought the us of tara to my attention and i agree that her acting in this movie was great.
I loved this movie, even dough the end was a bit to much. It was just so brilliant how the scary scenes was presented and the silence through out the movie! The most chilling and horrifing scene for me was ofcourse the car scene (the fact that they did'nt film the backseat just added to it!) but also when Peter got possesed in the classroom (when his head got smashed) and when you could se the mom in the background above Peters head when he woke up afterwards...
SARAH!! I saw a comment on your old Marilyn Manson video where someone said you should do a Marilyn Manson look book! I would DIE! also, you should do another Marilyn look this month. Love you!
I’m so happy you decided to review this film.. Hereditary was one of the best horror movies I’ve seen in theaters in a really long time.. I agree it has been a while since I’ve been scared from a horror movie and this one got me without having to rely on throwaway jump scares
Great review 😁 Have you seen The Open House? Most people say they're annoyed there was no ending, but the ending is why I liked it so much. Having read this made a huge difference I think, as when I realised what they meant I lost it with excitement. So while I won't claim it's as good as Heriditary, it's also not your typical horror movie and left me unsettled in a very satisfying way. I adored it!
Hereditary was amazing. It's now one of my favourite horror movies. I definitely understand about "that scene". The scene afterwards was just as hard for me. Toni Collette's wailing felt so real that I had to cover my ears. Just wow.
I legit had a panic attack early on in the party scene where you see them chopping up all those walnuts. My niece & nephew both have severe nut allergies so I definitely know that feeling of horror when Charlie says she complained of her throat swelling.It unnerved me up more than any other movie ever has.
first time i watched it i didnt fully understand the ending but i totally fell in love with the movie. then after watching a few more times it makes more sense and you piece together what really happened.
Its a depressing film from start to finish, we never get the chance to see the characters happily enjoying life. Oh no. I cant believe people found the Nun & Annabelle scary....they are garbage.
Jw Nj I don’t think they are garbage. I just think those are entertaining films. I definitely think the nun would be considered great if it were a 70’s Giallo film. Lol.
i honestly did not really like this film and i’m quite sad? i’ve heard some people say it’s better on the second viewing bc a lot of things make a lot more sense, so i’ll probably give it a try again - i agree with you that toni was rlly good and i also really loved alex wolff in this, i thought That Scene was brilliant and alex did a wonderful job with it. there’s a few more scenes that i liked, but i felt like the director rlly focused on those scary scenes and then the rest kind of left it there, so it became a little boring to me. i think the ending was weirdly paced, and sort of at times funny and then not and then just absurd and it was too much to take in, but i still rlly enjoyed the parts in the tree cabin. like, the last 5 minutes i thought were rlly great - so the end end for me was good. there’s just so many things i didn’t like about this film that brings down the parts that i did enjoy. it’s a shame, bc i think it could’ve been amazing, though most ppl did think it was amazing the way that it was presented so i guess to each their own. i do wish it was approached differently, still. the cinematography was absolutely mind blowing though and that’s something i rlly rlly rlly loved, and the reason i’ll probably end up watching it again someday.
This definitely a rewatch kind of movie. Seen it three times now and a few summary/explanation videos and it does make more sense. I hope you’ve taken the time to give it another watch.
'That SCENE' is definitely in my top 5 scenes that messed me up. Guillermo del Toro is responsible for at least 2 of the other scenes on that list, one is from Pan's Labyrinth and one is from The Orphanage. I don't want to spoil those movies but let's just say, if you know you know. I think this film did it's job as a horror and Ari Aster is a director to watch. I'm very much looking forward to his next film. I think it's gonna be a recurring theme of his movies to have a 'that scene', in Midsommar of course it was the old couple scene although that was nothing in comparison to this because it didn't have the emotional connection it was pure shock.
New to your channel, so I searched for your Hereditary review because I L O V E this movie! Instantly shot up to maybe my favorite horror movie of all time (The Thing, Alien, and Candyman are interchangeable with it to me). I thoroughly enjoyed breaking this movie down for about a month after seeing it. Also, the first movie I can remember that I audibly and loudly said "aw hell no" during the accident scene. The pulsating bass at the beginning was so unsettling. The symbolism of threes was incredible to me, in which, in my opinion, the women of the family were metaphors for the son, the father, and the holy spirit. I think that played into the family drama aspect in which women have the most pressure of keeping a family together, especially in times of difficulty. The symbolism of three continued with the triangle under the bed, at the end with the treehouse shrine and the family's placement, and even with Paimon, whose symbol is really four people on a boat that was made three for the movie. Then there was the mental illness aspect of it, literally having the family members lose their heads. It also treated the audience with respect, not spoon-feeding every single detail. It was fun to piece it together. IMO, a perfect movie that didn't waste an ounce of my time.
If you look up the goetia on line and then look at the chapter about the demon named King Paimon you will find many pieces of info that will make this movie even more chilling. The sigil of king Paimon is very similar to the symbols that the necklace both the grandmother's corpse and Toni Collette are wearing at the funeral. Also this sigil is carved into the pole that decapitated the girl and later is drawn in the attic above the decapitated corpse.of the grandmother. It shows up several other palces. Also int the images of king Paimon in black magic literature, he has a bag containing three human heads attached to his saddle. There are many more symbolic references in the movie that relate to king Paimon in actual occult literature.
I fully agree! THAT scene and just before/after it were incredible and shocking. But I felt like the last part of the movie was just a rush of confusing...blah. This didn't live up to the hype for me. I'd love to hear what you think of the movie Mandy!
I've missed your reviews!! Also I also was highly sensitive during my watch and oh boy did i sleep with the lights on after i finished watching (checked my bedroom ceiling corners 10x a night LOL) Love how you review horror movies 💛
I suggest watching the end again. It's not too complicated and there's so much symbolism. Through out the beginning of the film ( before Charlie's big boo boo (^: ) the hallways and the wallpaper are a beautiful yellow which is for happiness obviously. Then after Charlie it becomes a a gross green , and the music becomes minor. Both can mean sadness, loneliness, emptiness. What's interesting about this movie is it's a "happy ending ". The music becomes major, the lights become warm, Charlie is alive , their king is home. I think this the most interesting part in my opinion (:
I thought the scariest part of it was the fact that he couldn’t bring himself to look after the car scene and I love that he never did.
ZoeMikkinzee are you talking about how he just drove right home and went to bed?
brook b Yes but specifically right after it happens and he just sits there stopped in the car for a little bit.
I had my jaw on the floor!!! It was crazy
ZoeMikkinzee same!
The whole scene from when it happened to when the mom stopped crying had me in shock
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other than that scene i feel like the scene where the mother is following the son while shes possessed up to the attic and hes screaming about "please stop mommy I love you im sorry" and then shes slamming her head against the door repeatedly something about that was so disturbing to me
Alyssa Blackheart Oh yeah! I forgot. I hated that part. Gave me the heebee geebies. Lol
Scariest part for me hands down. Just so fucking creepy!!
the mother bashing her head made laugh. Beside the scary scenes there are lots of details in that movie that Leave you open to speculate.
For instace the good looking girl in the protagonist's class is present in the final scene dressed in white, and was indeed part of the Conspiracy.
Alyssa Blackheart that whole scene still haunts me and I hate when people insert the part with her hitting her head on the door because it’s so fucking creepy lol
Same!! When I saw here banging her head against the door I was so scared and creeped about about that I don’t know why. I was just shocked when I saw that bit!
I think the best part was how they portrayed the afthermath of Charlie's death. It felt so real, how they were blaming each other (even though they knew it wasn't really anyones fault) and just the whole grief aspect.
especially with the mum screaming "I just want to die" after finding out about the death, that hit home and was so well done
I agree, Toni is such an amazing actress, and this scene, in my opinion, is Oscar worthy! I told my Mom, as we were watching it together that she probably portrayed what a mother who loses her child actually deals with. Amazing acting!
Jana Straub not only lose her child, she saw how violent her death was in charlie’s decapitated body hanging out the car, and that on a mother fuck her up
I streamed it the other night and when Peter started pulling off I was just melting into my bed internally screaming. Like you're really just going to let your parents wake up to that? You're just NOT going to explain, warn, or apologize? Oh, okay.
At that point I was waiting on that dinner scene! Whew, it was waaay too real!
The car accident scene was awful, but Toni Colette flossing her head off😳😳😳 I had to look away.
Machute8484 that was the scariest part for me. the sound of her sawing through her neck still haunts me 😖
So freaking creepy
YAS! That is the part that freaked me out the most!!!!! Being so possessed you saw off your own head. Like holy hell!!!!
yup! couldnt get that scene out of my head for a week
That was my favorite part!
Charlie was king paimon. Peter should have been king paimon because he is male but Toni collettes character would not let her mother have him. She let her mother have Charlie because she just didn’t have the energy. Charlie’s soul went into Peters body because king paimon needed a male body to inhabit. At the end the cult worshipper calls peter “Charlie”. That’s how I explained it to myself. Lol.
Natalie k He also does the click that Charlie does. That was another thing that made me believe she took his body.
Also prior to Toni's mom putting Paimon into Charlie. She tried to put him into Toni's brother. Toni went to a grief group after her mom died and talked about how her brother killed himself because he had schizophrenia. He claimed their mom was trying to put people (Paimon) inside of him. I also think Toni mentioned her dad starved himself to death. The cult was just trying to make sure Paimon's body was corrected from a female's (Charli) to a male's (peter). That's what Paimon required in order to bring the cult riches or whatever the fuck else.
I had to do my research on this paimon. this specific demon requires heads so thats why there was so much decapitation in the movie. Plus he has some kind of connection towards art. something like that. If you notice, the women in the movie all have some kind of artistic hand. The mother makes figurines, the daughter draws and makes little trinkets, and the grandmother would make floor mats. I think you have to google a lot of this movie to be able to fully understand it. There is so much foreshadowing and its an amazing movie. 10/10 once you understand it fully. I had a hard time watching the end without wanting to run out of the theater
that's also what i understood from the ending and I personally enjoyed how it ended
She clearly took over his body even the mother tells the story of her brother going insane thinking his mother was trying to put something in his body.
I love how everyone can say “THAT scene” and know exactly which it is
i don’t cuz i’m dumb. i’ve seen the movie. i think it’s the desk one?
@@largemale7821 no, it's the car scene
I watched it and I don't know what you mean, it was all fucking boring
@@shadowsoulless6227 are you one of those people who need jump scares and stuff to enjoy a horror movie?
Naked smiling people in dark corners. Terrifying.
I asked my husband to turn the movie off when Toni Colette was screaming that she wanted to die after discovering Charlie's body. That was such an incredibly real reaction and it made me sick. We did finish the movie, but I felt seriously ill the entire time.
I hear you. A long time ago I had a really bad nightmare that was very similar to the car scene, where I was the one driving. By far the worst dream I've ever had, and the only time waking up didn't bring near-instant relief.
Omg I had to take a break after that part.
One of the most heartbreaking moments I've ever seen in a horror film. Her screams were so primal and cut to the soul. Toni is phenomenal and deserved every bit of praise she got for this movie.
I think most people I've talked to think the ending was the highlight.
CZsWorld I liked the ending
The ending was too similar to the ending of Rosemary's Baby for me.
Absolutely was the best part. Something about the extreme darkness of the scene matched with the ethereal and almost heavenly “Reborn” track just struck me so hard. I still listen to the song when I want to feel inspired.
Love that czsworld is just a basic commenter here
I'm really glad you mentioned something about how your hypersensitivity was triggered by this movie. I'm not a hypersensitive person but I think my boyfriend may be (at the very least, he's extremely empathetic) and we were both really affected by this film. We loved it but we both had anxiety during and afterwards and he ended up having night terrors that night for the first time in his life.
I'd still highly recommend this movie but it is absolutely terrifying, especially if you pick up on some of the more subtle themes throughout
This is one of the most sjw comments in response to a horror film I’ve ever seen lol. Y’all are wayyyy too sensitive. It’s a movie, they’re actors, no one actually died and all of them are fine.
@@hartyhart6154 people are affected by art in different ways, no one’s saying that horror film shouldn’t exist or anything like that, so stop being pressed.
@@hartyhart6154 please shut the fuck up honestly.
if Toni Collette doesn’t win an Oscar for this role...I will personally fight the academy
It seems Oscars do not even matter.
When Toni Collette's character found out the next morning that Charlie died and she cried "I wanna die!" That scene really hit me. I mean, she could win an Oscar for that but too bad she did not win.
No, because Oscar these days sucks
She’s so incredible
She wasn’t even nominated. Just shows how corrupted the academy is
The ending explained:
• Paimon is the demon spirit that the cult want to bring to the human world. In order to do this, Paimon needs to be put into a male body.
• When Annie (Toni Collette), gives birth to Peter, her mother wants to “treat Peter as her own son” (aka - put Paimon into Peter).
• Annie absolutely refused due to her issues with her mother, so the cult decided they would put Paimon into the next child, which was Charlie.
• Since Charlie is a girl, they needed to kill Charlie in order for Paimon to transfer to Peter’s body.
• Remember, in the therapy meeting, Annie said that her brother “killed himself because he said my mom tried to put people inside him”.
Did this help anyone?
• They couldn’t put Paimon into the father because he was from another bloodline.
• At the start, Annie found a note from the mother that said “Our rewards will be greater than the sacrifice”.
• Also, the cult was living in the house the whole time. If you listen carefully, before the family enter the house after the funeral, you can hear people walking around upstairs.
Also, remember Charlie said: “Grandma wanted me to be a boy.”
So Charlie was always sharing a body with Paimon, which is why when Charlie got decapitated, Paimon’s spirit was free and was able to go into all bodies such as Annie’s and Peter’s.
• The classroom scene with Peter all disjointed, it’s because Paimon is trying to enter Peter’s body but it isn’t working because they need to kill Annie first. Hence why she’s killed next.
Don't forget that Annie had a brother who committed suicide. That's why Annie was afraid to give Peter to his grandmother. She knew something is wrong with her. I think the fact that she tried to burn him while he was a child, was to protect him from something more terrible than death.
@@shanekelly2259 i still don't understand. "Annie absolutely refused due to her issues with her mother, so the cult decided they would put Paimon into the next child, which was Charlie." So Annies refusal is what stops the demon from going into Peter? If so, why would it be allowed in when Charlie dies? Surely Annie still refuses to allow it in...
@@crackiechan1209 Good point
Okay so to explain the ending and general plot:
Toni Collette's character hides Peter away from her mother. She doesn't allow him near her and thus she is not able to imprint on or coddle the spirit of Paimon inside of Peter. However, with Charlie, this is the exact opposite. The grandmother was even seen breastfeeding Charlie as a baby. This is hinted at slightly when Charlie asks her mom (or we think it is Charlie asking this), "Who will take care of me when you die?" We are meant to wonder, towards the end, what parts of Charlie's behavior was really her and what was the behavior of the demon.
Once the grandmother dies, the coven/cult must orchestrate the death of Charlie in order to allow Paimon to have the rightful male body that he desires - Peter. You see their symbol on the light post that Charlie will hit her head on later as they are driving to the party - the symbol that the grandmother has around her neck in her casket.
Christy Gordon this wasn’t really an explanation, there’s so much more to it than that.
Aspen I mean, not really. The movie is about summoning the demon Paimon. There are other elements and themes present in the movie, but ultimately that is what happens. 🤷🏻♀️
Have you seen/reviewed the Korean (? If I remember correctly it’s Korean) film Tale of Two Sisters? I just watched it a couple weeks ago and loved it, curious to know your opinion on a foreign horror film
Finnally. The review I came for. Glad you didn’t tell your life story in between :3
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I think of Hereditary as one of my favorite movies that I never want to watch again...at least not now. I had so much trouble sleeping for a month or two after seeing it because of the reoccurring theme of seeing things in shadow and in corners because I am also a person who is highly sensitive and easily impacted by movies like this.
I loved that this film didn't rely on jump scares, like there were parts that were so subtle and SO EFFECTIVE that, like you said, you didn't need jump scares. I am such a sucker for atmospheric and oppressive horror and drama movies, and this checked all the boxes for me.
Thank you so much for this amazing review!
If you see this, I honestly feel the same.
I know I’m quite late to your comment, but I’ve only just seen a couple o’ scenes from this...
And I’m literally keeping my light on ALL night. And I’m going to stay AWAKE, because I can’t after this. I’ve cried and my goosebumps I-
I just hope I’ll get over these certain ‘scenes’ if you know what I’m talking about...
yeah. the scene where the accident happened and everything after was extremely realistic and it made me absolutely miserable for the rest of the day. that movie was an inescapable hell, it was so well done, i haven't been that impacted by a horror movie in a long time
THAT SCENE made me pause the movie, smoke a cigarette and take a half extra dose of my prescribed benzo.
Same, I had to pause and walk away n hit the blunt myself.
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The scariest parts for me were a toss-up between Peter in his room anticipating Anne waking up followed by the sound of Anne's scream (UGH) and the end in the treehouse. A lotof people don't like the ending but Ari did a great job of subverting expectations. We are so used to everything being "Fight Club"-esque where everything becomes a representation of the character, but Hereditary turned out to be an actual tale of satanic worship. It felt SO incredibly evil, like I wanted to go to church afterwards, and I can't remember the last time a movie did that to me.
Scott Shepard Yes! I prayed and listened to Christian music after it. *shudders*
As someone who has no beliefs in the supernatural, it had the opposite effect for me; it felt almost silly after the film that had come before. The film had been so tense leading up to that scene that it was actually a relief, a sense of "Well, that can't really happen, so I can relax now." I find actual mental illness a much more frightening idea.
I legit started singing "Jesus loves me, yes he does." The moment it ended lolol.
Scott Shepard the music in the end .. amazing. So weird. Not really sad sounding but like happy and exciting in a fucked up way. So perfect for the scene where the cult successfully completes their ritual.
@@Corn_Pone_Flicks Supposedly Alfred Hitchcock said insanity was what really frightened him.
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So my take on it and from what I understand from reading a lot about this movie is that the grandmother was able to get close to Charlie so she put Paimon into Charlie's body and that's why she was so strange (cutting heads off birds/not understanding social norms) but to fully thrive Paimon needed a male host so the cult planned to kill Charlie to get Paimon into Peters body (hence why the cult symbol was written on the telephone pole that Charlie hits her head on, shown on their way to the party) throughout the movie the cult was slowly breaking the family down to weaken them and summon Paimon. In the ending Paimon possesses Toni's character right when her husband lights on fire and that's why she's floating around acting creepy and is able to decapitate herself. When Peter jumps out the window his soul leaves his body and Paimon enters. Also, in the book explaining Paimon that Toni found in her moms stuff a little earlier it showed that he needed 3 heads of the same family(grandma, Charlie, mom) and a male host. So now that Paimon finally has that, it's like he's being re born again in peters body, that's why at first he looks a bit confused and Joan is telling him "it's ok Charlie, you have a male host now". Crazy right?
Thing is Charlie was always the Demon King from start they been possessed since they were a baby.
but why call him charlie when he is a mighty demon named Paimon? isn't that very insulting? The cults members were aware that the body of Peter was possessed by Paimon when they address him. I feel like they used the "carlie name" purely as a hint toward the viewers that Charlie is inside Peter.
Jimmy Charlie was the last host for Paimon so maybe that’s why they call him by that name at first, and probably to also let the viewers know
(spoilers) what i took from the ending personally is that charlie had been possessed by paimon the whole length of the movie (and beforehand), and the cult killed charlie to 1) free paimon from her body, and 2) start weakening peter to a vulnerable enough state to where paimon could completely take control of his body. that shimmering light that shines over peter at the end after he falls out the window is presumably paimon, and is seen multiple times throughout the movie. it seems that toni collette's mother and the rest of the cult were attempting to groom toni collette's children in order to succeed in summoning paimon as a physical form (there's so much detail that supports and explains all this but i couldnt even name it all; this movie is so thorough).
listening to discussions and reviews really helped me process and understand the film's plot without having to go back and watch that movie so soon, which i'm still not ready to do and i saw it months ago. (shoutout to the dead meat podcast for being a great source for understanding this movie post-viewing! would def recommend that episode to anyone who wants to understand & think on it more without going back and watching it!)
The little girl in the movie was one of the original Matilda’s on Broadway; if anyone wants to check it out!
It's not a movie but can you review The Haunting of Hill House series on Netflix? I would love to hear what you think of it.
That scene literally made my jaw drop. This was definitely one of the better movies of the year
ya boi which seen is that scene omg there’s so many creepy scenes
@@melaniem7862 I want to know to, everyone's saying that scene but never say what seen it is
@@melaniem7862 O think they are talking about the scene where Charlie gets decapitated
kai is sad ahh i see. that would make sense lmao
@@melaniem7862 yeah, it was a very shocking scene
THAT scene is going to make scariest movie moment lists for years to come, it’s on psycho levels iconic. As for the ending, I view it as the cultists seeing Peter as not strong enough of a soul to carry on their legacy, and so they used his body as a host and Charlie’s spirit as their true heir due to them need a first born son. I’ve only watched it once and I definitely wanna watch it again because there’s still a lot of questions I have but I love it so much, all the performances were on point.
George Snickerz Wait, did it say anywhere in the movie they need a first-born child?
Or.. a first born son like the first son that is born?
I don’t remember either phrasing But I could have missed that somewhere
I liked the ending. They hinted at it throughout. Plus, if at the end they said, "SHE WAS JUST CRAZY ALL ALONG!" That's about as interesting as 'it was all a dream.'
SPOILERS so my theory with the entire film is that the cult is not real, it's a variety of metaphors and allegories for hereditary mental health struggles that was passed down from the grandmother to Toni Colette to Peter. The cult and various other related moments were either metaphorical or in Peter and Toni Colette's minds. Because Peter spent his entire life not feeling wanted by his mother, and spent the majority of the film searching for a "reason" or obsolvtion of guilt for the death of his sister, the ending creates: 1. A reason for her death (to give paimon a body) and 2. The feeling of being loved and worshipped for the first time in his life.
This might all be my brain trying to connect some dots, but I really enjoyed thinking about it this way 🐜
This is so much better than some paranormal shit.
I dismissed the suggestion that it was a metaphor for mental illness before, but the way you explained it actually makes so much sense.
you fixed the ending
I honestly would've preferred this, as it felt like the ending the film was earning, but it also shows us things like the magical iconography around Peter's picture in Joan's house, which only the camera sees; Annie never gets in, so it doesn't really make sense that she would be imagining specific things inside a house she didn't enter.
DONT YALL EVER FORGET TONI COLLETTE WAS IN LITTLE MISS SUNSHINE TOO
I am so glad you covered this! It's in my top ten list for sure. I saw it in the theater with my husband and we were both completely freaked. I definitely had a panic attack during the movie, so that's a good sign for how horrible it was for me. I loved the ending, too. It was so nice to just watch this awful, terrible, horrible thing just unfold and not get a silly jump scare.
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Child death is my biggest horror trigger and so THAAAAAT scene got me so deeply. I was cringing and honestly felt sick after. But I still love you, Hereditary.
THAT SCENE was honestly the most horrifying thing I have ever seen in a movie, and I love horror. I’ve watched tons and tons of movies but this affected me so much that I got sick to my stomach and just wanted to leave the theater. It became almost an obsession afterwards because I couldn’t stop thinking about it
I thought the ending was a great “Rosemary’s Baby” type resolution. The imagery was so otherworldly and disturbing in the treehouse and I’m super glad they chose the entity that they did when a lesser film would use “Satan” or something. If your neighbors are going to summon a demon, chances are you’ve never heard of it.
"In all things mysterious - never explain"
H.P. Lovecraft
I went with my friend to go see it without knowing literally anything other than “it’s really good and artsy”, and I swear to god my friend almost never talked to me again after That Scene™️ 😅 when that scene happened and he was in the car, everyone in the theater was so quiet you could hear people in the crowd BREATHING, and then when they uh let’s say, showed what happened, everyone started literally doing these blood curdling screams and someone just said OH BITCH WHAT and i couldn’t even laugh about it cause I was so disturbed lol. (also the official twt acct for Hereditary liked my tweet “yelling” at them for making me so scared lol)
Hereditary scared me so much. In the cinema it was 16+ and I wasn’t 16 yet but they let us in and it was the first time in my entire life that I was like ‘maybe this wasn’t a good idea. Maybe I should have waited until I’m 16’ 😂
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I saw the movie twice now and the second watch is really worth it, because you catch so many details that you missed the first time.
In the scene where the son goes to his window to have a smoke the camera changes to an outside perspective and just off screen you can actually see the breath of someone watching him.
And even harder to see - When Peter wakes up towards the end and his mother is already posessed, the first shot of him waking up shows is whole room. And you can see his mother already sitting in the top left corner of the room. It´s just so dark that it´s barely noticable but if you do, dam, it´s just so scary.
I love the way Aster includes those small details. Cant wait for his next film :)
“ *THAT SCENE* “ had me *SHOOK* ! And I saw the movie in theater! The whole room went silent! I love that they didn’t show the aftermath immediately after the way plenty of movies do. I watched it a third time with my brother and a cousin (their first time) and my brother loves the scenes towards the end where Toni’s character was hanging from the walls/ceiling. My cousin left the room before it ended. Couldn’t handle the cinematic genius.
seriously one of my favorite movies, hands down.
Dude, it was so good. 👌
Hereditary deserves to be in every top 5 modern horror discussions. I thought it was a near perfect movie. I loved the intensity and I personally thought the final moments were a homage to older horror films. 🥃
I’ve seen just about every horror movie ever and no other horror movie has given me such a visceral reaction as an adult. Flanagan is the best horror director for emotional stories of catharsis, but Aster has mastered the art of scaring the sh*t out of me 😂
im a big baby but after i saw the trailer i knew i HAD to watch it and Oh Boy, i was covering my eyes the entire end of the movie omg
after the car scene, i was like convinced that maybe it was a hallucination or something bc of how calm the son was. like. wow.
YES! My jaw was on the floor as well!! For literally the entire 10-15 minutes that scene lasted!! And I had the same thought. If it started that freaking insane, I can only imagine where we are going.
I would watch it again (when you're ready) to start understanding the cult thing. I left my second viewing understanding a lot more of what was going on and also appreciating it even more.
I’m not even highly sensitive person, but that movie gave me so much anxiety! I was really shocked and disturbed by THAT scene. Still loved it a lot and I’m gonna buy it once it’s out on Blu-Ray.
Lana Walker it IS out on Blu-ray!!
"That scene" was like a kick in the throat to me. I never expected it which is unusual because movies are so predictable these days. The last time I was as shocked by a movie death scene was when I was a kid watching Jaws at the movies the first day it came out and the little boy suddenly gets eaten by the shark and the water turns red where he was a second before.
During *that* *scene* after they hit the pole, I wasent expecting them to show her head and when they did me and my parents were just physically sickened. We had to stop the movie and we finished the next day lol. Aside from that thanks to hereditary I discovered A24.
I was buzzing after Hereditary. Thats when you just sit on the edge of your chair when it's over and dwell on what you just saw thinking about it etc. It happens with few films. The last time it happend with me was years ago with The Exorcist when it came out.
I LOVE The Exorcist
I love reading horror but can't watch it so I really enjoy listening to these and living vicariously through your movie reviews 😅
I still haven’t seen Hereditary. I know it’s amazing, but I honestly feel that it’s gonna affect me in a heavy way right now.
from what i’ve read, all the stuff about the cult and everything that happened with the people in the tree house in the end and all the decapitation and everything was the actual ritual used to summon this particular demon. and all the lore they found about the demon in the movie is all the actual lore, not like some movies that use a demons name but the story in the movie doesn’t match the actual lore. and the creators of the movie did a ton of research to make it all as accurate as they possibly could. so i think that’s where it gets really confusing cuz if you don’t know the lore and rituals (which majority of people wouldn’t, i didn’t until i read about it after the movie) then it wouldn’t make sense
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From what I remember... the grandmother wanted to pass down the “cult” to Charlie but she couldn’t cause Charlie was a girl. If you remember the mom says “grandma always wanted you to be a boy” and she says other stuff like “she liked you best” or something.
So from my understanding grandma basically did all this and killed Charlie so Charlie could posses the son and Charlie could “run the cult” (lack of better words lol)
If you rewatch it it’ll make sense also that creepy smiling dude at the end was at the funeral!!!!
This movie fucked with me on so many levels but I agree the ending was a a bit messy. I’m still obsessed.
When the mother is on the floor screaming for Charlie I almost got up and walked out of the theater I felt SO uncomfortable.
This new Halloween movie is supposed to take place right after the first so all you really have to do is watch the first one before you watch the new one.
Omg i’m been waiting im so excited!! i was willing to forgive the easy out of an ending bc it was just so visually stunning with her floating up to the tree house. all of that was so beautiful. Love your reviews Sarah!
“That scene” is still haunting me. I saw it when it first came out and didn’t hear any reviews bc I didn’t want it spoiled. Should of spoiled it for myself I’m way too weak for shit like that. I was stoned when I seen it too, so I kept forgetting it was fake. But usually when I watch movies high I can see all the mistakes, and usually laugh bc I can tell they are acting. I couldn’t tell with this movie. That was the scariest part.
I'm so happy you posted this.. I really needed something to keep me company
Ok, I’m sold. Gonna watch it since I trust your taste in horror. For some reason I was thinking this was going to be about the horrors of incest, leading to some sort of hereditary genetic deformity or something
I LOVE that you pointed out how being a highly sensitive person can affect your viewing of this movie. I'm also an HSP and this movie REALLY affected me. And It's been like MONTHS and I still can't stop thinking about it. (which is why I'm watching this way at the end of the year lol) I didn't even think about that being the reason it impacted me the way it did.
hi i’m such a huge fan of your channel! 🖤 i also think you’re absolutely stunning! 😍 keep up the awesome work girl.
Tony Collette was amazing as always, but i especially loved her in this film. It was such a great performance. She should win an Oscar.
I feel the EXACT same way!!! specially about 'that scene' I usually don't get too nervous when watching horror movies but this one was disturbing to me as well and as the movie progressed so was my anxiety. I also want to rewatch, but to this day I am not quite ready yet.
I was so surprised by the whole movieplot and completely blown away. I'm a huge movie enthusiast in general and not too much into horror per se. But I do love darker/eerie stuff with an interesting touch. Like the Witch. It reminded me of Hereditary in that certain artistic way, too. I hope that these kinds of films will still get made, even if the "usual" horror audience won't appreciate them that much :/ Thanks for your review, Sarah :) It's cool seeing more videos from you this month.
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okay so. I was fucking living for this movie. I was so excited to finally be so scared by a film, I'd never been so emotionally affected, like you said, by a horror movie. And then they ruined it by taking a paranormal/demonic route!!!!
I was expecting this to be a psychological horror in the sense that the real scare factor would be that everything that happened was in the minds of the characters, hence the title of the film and the hint of the grandmother's mental illness. Hence the behavior of the little girl!!! If they took that route this would've been at the top of my list as the number one scariest movie I ever saw, because it would technically be possible for all of these things to happen and would make the fear feel more real...
I was honestly in tears during the scene when Charlie died, I felt for the mom, felt for the dad (which never happens in a horror film, usually I feel detached from the characters due to a lack of character development).
But they ruined it with a csgo Halo ass glitch with the dude floating into the tree house. I laughed so hard that every bit of immersion was lost to me. I hated that scene so much, that scene honestly ruined the entire film and made the ending feel so rushed. I had come to peace with the idea that the film in the end hadn't gone the route I expected/was hoping for until that fucking scene.
Anyway end rant, to be honest I still like the film as a whole but whole heatedly agree with you, 8/10 for the same reasons.
imimaginingchaos Same I completely agree with you, I was really enjoying the movie until that final scene, it made me just kind of laugh inwardly I was like there is no way this can be real. It may just be because I am someone who doesn’t really believe in the paranormal. I would much more have rathered an ending that explored the psychological horror behind the plot, that would have been much more creepier.
No it would have been stupid like that inception shit. I couldn't watch the scene where she was decapitating herself cause I really wanted her to survive this and overtop the demon and because I connected with her character. However I will say that the end was too vague and felt "rushed". And yes up until the point where grandma's friend was yelling at Peter I thought too that it would have been a "it's all in the head of the character" type movie but it wasn't
Oh cut it with the "psychological" part, Then no film will be paranormal at all! I like paranormal films
Can we talk about the ending though about that naked man in the closet. That like startled me in such a scary way on a weird level. He was smiling in the beginning of the movie and then when I saw him in the closet I was like "Omg I've seen him" and realized it was him. Only because his smile in the beginning was so creepy. It affected me so much
This movie fucked me up for a week after watching it but it’s one of my favorite movies
This movie gave me so much anxiety and I loved every minute of it.
I’ve been searching for a while for someone with a very Concrete and thoughtful perspective on hereditary and I’m very very happy I found it I’ll be looking forward to all of October with you!!
Totally agree with you on this and The Witch. Both were fantastic.
The accident scene was of course horrifying but the alter scene at the end scared me so much I felt
cold and uneasy even though I watched it in the summer ,the praying bodies with no heads just
went to a fearful place deep inside.
I teared up listening to you describe your feelings about that scene. When i first saw this movie, I went back to watched it a week later and it hit me just as hard. So jarring. So exhausting. 1. Aside from the disturbing imagery with ants, me crying that hard while watching such a beautiful motherly actress going through such a traumatically raw event. 2. Being emotionally and physical and psychologically “on the edge of your seat” for such a long period of time (Days for me)
I hope u rewatch,. I had to in order to comprehend the end. but respect for maintaining your boundaries
The ending of the movie is setup throughout, starting at the very beginning. For those who were confused by the ending but still enjoyed the movie and wished they could understand, it's very much worth a rewatch to gather all the clues.
Yeah, I think this is what most folks don't pick up on is that the conclusion of the film has been foreshadowed throughout. Viewers think that the ending was messily tacked on to the end and is so heightened and different in tone from the rest of the film. It reminds me of the film Audition in this way which is funny because that one scene toward the end involving Toni Collette's character reminds me of a major scene toward the end of Audition! This is exactly why this film will eventually become a classic. The artistic merit as well as all the foreshadowing which is apparent upon each viewing. I don't buy dvd/blu-rays because I move a lot but I definitely want to own this one.
The sound design was so so good, happy to appear here in 2k24 ❤️
I totally agree with you on this! Nothing really phases me anymore in horror films, but that car scene and the scene with the son in class had me shaken for days!
Great review! I agree with a lot of your points. The end was confusing because the movie doesn't do enough to explain who the King is and his history. Most people don't know that there's eight kinds of Hell anyway! It's only shown/explained quickly through the movie and to have everything "show up" at the end doesn't result in the big pay off it should.
Well, the ending is that Charlie was the one who was possessed since birth by the demonic King. After she died, Peter started being targeted so his body can be possessed. By the end, he jumps out the window, dying (or at least weakening him), making it possible for the demonic King to possess him. He does seem to be, however, somewhat conscious of being Peter because he does have to be told who he is. But he is also possessed now. That was my takeaway from the ending.
Perfectly explained. Thanks for giving me hope in horror audiences again ha...💯🤘
Absolutely love your commentary, and opinions!!! Awesome as per usual!! ❤️❤️
So pleased you got round to doing this. I think when a film has been hyped and hyped it’s often hard to live up to it...but I think it pretty much did.
Shocking, disturbing, well acted by all concerned (especially Toni Collete who was AMAZING) and bar a bit of a spoon fed weak ending a very good horror film.
I love a slow burn. A film that doesn’t rely on jump scares. It had a sense of dread throughout. 8/10 for me.
Nice review. Well worth the wait 👍🏻
Hi Sarah! I am a huge Halloween fan, it is my favorite franchise, and I just wanted to let you know that if you want back story that will prep for the new movie, just watch the original Halloween. The makers of the new film have said they are ignoring all the storylines after the first and are picking up 40 years later as if the other movies never happened. They wanted to stay true to the original, so even the fact that Michael is Laurie Stroud's brother, which we find out in Halloween 2, is not the case in the new film.
Excellent review, I really enjoyed this movie I thought it was very intense and full of superb performances.
As fifty something old old old man who has been watching and enjoying movies of all genres ever since i can remember i rate this film as an Absolute Classic. Nuff said love your reviews thanks.
I own this movie and as much as i am also a very sensitive person. i gave this movie a chance and the cinematography blew me away. i have a good friend who suffers from DiD and she brought the us of tara to my attention and i agree that her acting in this movie was great.
I loved this movie, even dough the end was a bit to much.
It was just so brilliant how the scary scenes was presented and the silence through out the movie! The most chilling and horrifing scene for me was ofcourse the car scene (the fact that they did'nt film the backseat just added to it!) but also when Peter got possesed in the classroom (when his head got smashed) and when you could se the mom in the background above Peters head when he woke up afterwards...
SARAH!! I saw a comment on your old Marilyn Manson video where someone said you should do a Marilyn Manson look book! I would DIE! also, you should do another Marilyn look this month. Love you!
I’m so happy you decided to review this film.. Hereditary was one of the best horror movies I’ve seen in theaters in a really long time.. I agree it has been a while since I’ve been scared from a horror movie and this one got me without having to rely on throwaway jump scares
Charli sure loved chocolate.
Great review 😁
Have you seen The Open House? Most people say they're annoyed there was no ending, but the ending is why I liked it so much. Having read this made a huge difference I think, as when I realised what they meant I lost it with excitement. So while I won't claim it's as good as Heriditary, it's also not your typical horror movie and left me unsettled in a very satisfying way. I adored it!
Hereditary was amazing. It's now one of my favourite horror movies. I definitely understand about "that scene". The scene afterwards was just as hard for me. Toni Collette's wailing felt so real that I had to cover my ears. Just wow.
I legit had a panic attack early on in the party scene where you see them chopping up all those walnuts. My niece & nephew both have severe nut allergies so I definitely know that feeling of horror when Charlie says she complained of her throat swelling.It unnerved me up more than any other movie ever has.
first time i watched it i didnt fully understand the ending but i totally fell in love with the movie. then after watching a few more times it makes more sense and you piece together what really happened.
Its a depressing film from start to finish, we never get the chance to see the characters happily enjoying life. Oh no. I cant believe people found the Nun & Annabelle scary....they are garbage.
Jw Nj I don’t think they are garbage. I just think those are entertaining films. I definitely think the nun would be considered great if it were a 70’s Giallo film. Lol.
i love this movie so much
i honestly did not really like this film and i’m quite sad? i’ve heard some people say it’s better on the second viewing bc a lot of things make a lot more sense, so i’ll probably give it a try again - i agree with you that toni was rlly good and i also really loved alex wolff in this, i thought That Scene was brilliant and alex did a wonderful job with it. there’s a few more scenes that i liked, but i felt like the director rlly focused on those scary scenes and then the rest kind of left it there, so it became a little boring to me. i think the ending was weirdly paced, and sort of at times funny and then not and then just absurd and it was too much to take in, but i still rlly enjoyed the parts in the tree cabin. like, the last 5 minutes i thought were rlly great - so the end end for me was good. there’s just so many things i didn’t like about this film that brings down the parts that i did enjoy. it’s a shame, bc i think it could’ve been amazing, though most ppl did think it was amazing the way that it was presented so i guess to each their own. i do wish it was approached differently, still. the cinematography was absolutely mind blowing though and that’s something i rlly rlly rlly loved, and the reason i’ll probably end up watching it again someday.
This definitely a rewatch kind of movie. Seen it three times now and a few summary/explanation videos and it does make more sense. I hope you’ve taken the time to give it another watch.
'That SCENE' is definitely in my top 5 scenes that messed me up. Guillermo del Toro is responsible for at least 2 of the other scenes on that list, one is from Pan's Labyrinth and one is from The Orphanage. I don't want to spoil those movies but let's just say, if you know you know. I think this film did it's job as a horror and Ari Aster is a director to watch. I'm very much looking forward to his next film. I think it's gonna be a recurring theme of his movies to have a 'that scene', in Midsommar of course it was the old couple scene although that was nothing in comparison to this because it didn't have the emotional connection it was pure shock.
I loved this movie. I found THAT SCENE extremely exciting.
New to your channel, so I searched for your Hereditary review because I L O V E this movie! Instantly shot up to maybe my favorite horror movie of all time (The Thing, Alien, and Candyman are interchangeable with it to me). I thoroughly enjoyed breaking this movie down for about a month after seeing it. Also, the first movie I can remember that I audibly and loudly said "aw hell no" during the accident scene.
The pulsating bass at the beginning was so unsettling. The symbolism of threes was incredible to me, in which, in my opinion, the women of the family were metaphors for the son, the father, and the holy spirit. I think that played into the family drama aspect in which women have the most pressure of keeping a family together, especially in times of difficulty. The symbolism of three continued with the triangle under the bed, at the end with the treehouse shrine and the family's placement, and even with Paimon, whose symbol is really four people on a boat that was made three for the movie. Then there was the mental illness aspect of it, literally having the family members lose their heads.
It also treated the audience with respect, not spoon-feeding every single detail. It was fun to piece it together. IMO, a perfect movie that didn't waste an ounce of my time.
If you look up the goetia on line and then look at the chapter about the demon named King Paimon you will find many pieces of info that will make this movie even more chilling. The sigil of king Paimon is very similar to the symbols that the necklace both the grandmother's corpse and Toni Collette are wearing at the funeral. Also this sigil is carved into the pole that decapitated the girl and later is drawn in the attic above the decapitated corpse.of the grandmother. It shows up several other palces. Also int the images of king Paimon in black magic literature, he has a bag containing three human heads attached to his saddle. There are many more symbolic references in the movie that relate to king Paimon in actual occult literature.
I fully agree! THAT scene and just before/after it were incredible and shocking. But I felt like the last part of the movie was just a rush of confusing...blah. This didn't live up to the hype for me. I'd love to hear what you think of the movie Mandy!
I've missed your reviews!! Also I also was highly sensitive during my watch and oh boy did i sleep with the lights on after i finished watching (checked my bedroom ceiling corners 10x a night LOL) Love how you review horror movies 💛
The naked old people were the scariest 😩😩
Finally someone says something about that like it wasn’t creepy also they was smiling and shit
Watch The Visit 😹
THAT SCENE thooooooo!!!!!!!! I couldn’t believe it and I had goosebumps...
I suggest watching the end again. It's not too complicated and there's so much symbolism. Through out the beginning of the film ( before Charlie's big boo boo (^: ) the hallways and the wallpaper are a beautiful yellow which is for happiness obviously. Then after Charlie it becomes a a gross green , and the music becomes minor. Both can mean sadness, loneliness, emptiness. What's interesting about this movie is it's a "happy ending ". The music becomes major, the lights become warm, Charlie is alive , their king is home. I think this the most interesting part in my opinion (:
I liked this film. Toni Collette was awesome. I've been a fan since she was in Muriel's Wedding.
Many people miss things that happens in the end if your screen is too dark. I loved the end.