Hereditary (2018)

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When Ellen, the matriarch of the Graham family, passes away, her daughter's family begins to unravel cryptic and increasingly terrifying secrets about their ancestry. (imdb)

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Directed By: Ari Aster

Written By: Ari Aster

Starring: Gabriel Byrne, Toni Collette, Ann Dowd, Alex Wolff, Jarrod Phillips, Mallory Bechtel, Jake Brown, Zachary Arthur, Milly Shapiro, Heidi Méndez, Moises L. Tovar, Brock McKinney

Genres: Drama, Suspense/Thriller, Horror, Mystery

Country: USA

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Stars	User	Rating
22	BillyShears	85 _86%
Oh baby a film that relies on dread instead of jump scares to instil fear sign me up. I haven’t heard a score so full of dread (lol) since the shining horns baby. On a lighter note I would’ve died if at the end of the film it cut back to the kid smoking pot under the bleachers “dude you okay”
15	Leonardis	90 _65%
This really is just well made all around. I personally thought some of the last act was really chilling, and the film is directed extremely well, with a fantastic score. It's a pretty evil movie and it's quite unsettling, so I don't really know if there's a certain mood you have to be on to want to watch it. Excellent acting and filmmaking all around, good pacing, and it's not at all overly confusing. Good movie, but you're definitely not prepared for it.
15	Barthalen	82 _86%
At times unbearably tense or uncomfortable, this was exactly the kind of horror experience I didn't realise I was missing for a while. There's slow camera movement with long takes, a gripping score, creepy old naked people and it doesn't even use jumpscares. The heavy focus on Serious Drama halfway only helps build toward that satisfying conclusion where everything (tongue)clicks into place.
14	Luna6ix	81 _77%
A solid horror flick borrowing from a wide variety of classics, in the process coming up with an amalgum of elements that feel much more original than they really are. But originality is overrated, aside from being extremely difficult to come up with. What "Hereditary" does extremely well is draping a vast majority of scenes with a tension so taut it could stop a bullet, and pulls off an ending I didn't see coming, which is impressive in its own right.
13	Paxton	83 _91%
More like, Herediscary! Sorry, everybody. I'm still recovering from laying out a thousand terrible dad jokes from Father's Day. Ari Aster avoids making an Ari Disaster! Fantastic acting as the worrisome mother from Toni Co-fret! The freaky daughter left me "Chilly," Ms. Shapiro. I Wolffed down everything they gave me about the son, Peter. Big SPOILER ALERT for the untimely demise of Gabriel Byrne. Gabriel Byrne. Byrne. Hmm, I can't think of one for him.
11	loc42	80 _79%
Greek tragedies are about the punishment for transgressing the law and acting against the tradition. Here, we have an alienated & dysfunctional family unable to grieve properly for their loss (grandma and Charlie). This leads to the brutal punishment of the father & the son (similar to Greek Gods' execution of a punishment in mythology) to recuperate the matriarch's law. Brings a few novelties to the genre eschewing the cliches of classical horror. Dream sequence was one of a kind. Good job.
11	hardcoreufo	53 _12%
Starts off well, with an intriguing premise, before completely losing the plot and going off the deep end. It piles up the weird stuff to such a ridiculous level that it's just not effective as a horror movie. There is some good stuff here, and it's well acted, but sometimes less is more.
10	backwardsuit	74 _63%
Oh dear. I would love to love this movie for its horrifying core ideas (predetermined tragedy, externalized guilt), amazing performances (Collette for the oscar) & flashes of technical brilliance (first death, dream sequence). However, after the strong first act, the incessant repetition of needless effects & blunt exposition suck all the tension & mystery out of the finale. The inconsistent mix of originality & derivation make it extra frustrating. Aster is one to watch out for.
10	bof	73 _66%
Rosemary's Pet Sematary, hmmm? Well, sort of. An absolutely brilliant first half then settles into an admittedly very well-made but not TOO original final act that leaves more questions open than it answers even as it strains to spell out things that didn't need spelling out. I feel bad for saying this, but maybe this one should have just stayed a dark family drama? That said, I was absolutely transfixed for 80% of the movie, and I do like that it kicks it old skool.
10	terrymac	80 _84%
Really unsettling, really well made. really well acted. I can see this being divisive, but I was hooked. It feels like its influences are obvious (Rosemary's Baby primarily, perhaps), but it all felt fresh, unexpected and intriguing. I found myself trying to understand if the appearance of the colours red and green meant something, Might've been looking a bit too hard. Anyway, modern horror appears to be alive and well. Good work.
9	FrederikA	65 _59%
For the first 45 minutes or so I was totally emerged in the wonderfully atmospheric world, but then somewhere around the halfway mark the story turned downright pedestrian as most of the ambiguity is done away with in service of a -for the genre- familiar storyline and many of the clever details turn out to be red herrings. More of a well crafted greatest hits of genre tropes than the new horror classic it could have been.
8	KasperL	50 _30%
Stylish, but ... 1) I didn't like Colette's performance 2) The film felt very long 3) The ending sucked
8	jacobclark12	92 _89%
Hereditary is a deeply unsettling horror film, skillfully relying on the dread of the inevitable rather than the shock of the unexpected. Toni Collette's turn as a heartbroken daughter and mother perfectly balances the tension of her character's maternal role and her gradually unhinging emotional state. Ari Aster's writing and direction evokes the techniques of horror classics, using the camera as a way of peering into this emotionally-charged domestic drama that quickly becomes terrifying
7	Kojiless	91 _94%
Most horror movies like to give their viewers breaks in the tension where they can catch their breaths, regain their bearings, and unclench their bladders. These breaks usually involve someone going to the local library to study up on the town's secret past. Here, the audience knows nothing is going to scare them. They can relax and prepare for the coming shitstorm. From torturous camera angles to discordant electronica, however, Hereditary is ALL shitstorm. That includes the one in my pants.
6	glumpy_99	54 _12%
Baffling horror drama squanders a terrific first half establishing a poignant and unsettling paranormal manifestation of familial grief, before jumping the rails to absurdity, ultimately taking the least interesting path possible to tie up its strange tale. Collette's sustained, intense performance is laudable, but plot developments land her with some unfortunate bad laughs; recurring motif of scenes constructed to look like doll's house miniatures is an interesting idea, but where's the payoff?
6	chadisdanger	84 _78%
Aster, inexplicably confident and bold with his very first feature, has a phenomenal eye for vivid horror imagery and a knack for exploring those little things that crawl right under your skin. More than just a spookshow though, this also manages to be a searing portrayal of inherited pain and the family dysfunction that arises from it. Toni Collette gets a rare leading role worthy of her talent and she tears into it with astonishing visceral power and subtlety in equal measure.
6	Ofterdingen	70 _75%
Rosemary's teenager.
6	INDYATMN	84 _70%
I'm generally not a fan of most horror films since they're usually kind of dumb, predictable & often feature painfully uninteresting teens as the protagonists. None of that's true here. Although the pacing is a bit slow at times, this takes the time to develop fully realized characters (!) w/ top-notch actors. The director is also incredibly skilled at creating a great deal of highly effective creepiness & dread. He also doesn't muddy his waters to appear deep which makes the climax extra creepy
6	sellis	79 _57%
Expertly paced and visualized. Toni Collette is outstanding - with nuanced restraint, evolving to something like manic desperation. My difficulty comes from the let down of such emotional honesty established in the first half. I know it's a genre piece but it's a testament to the family dynamics established early on that I was genuinely emotionally invested. Byrne does a fine job, but his character is the least defined. A satisfactory visual experience overall, though the logic loses me at times
6	WWallce4prez	90 _95%
An absolute clinic on how to ratchet up a sense of dread and Hereditary does it so well it is literally uncomfortable. I cannot recall many films that made me this uneasy. Toni Collette is the glue that holds everything together with a blistering performance that goes from zero to bonkers at frightening speed.
6	Hawkins	79 _66%
What a bitch, more like her attitudey. Also more like her head, it teary? This had me going for a while with it's artsy approach but lost me at the very end. Shit that's scary - grandma's resting witchface, mom on the ceiling, voodoo dioramas, the regular out-of-shape people just standing there naked shudders. Shit that ain't scary - overly specific arbitrary demon lore.
6	feublo	85 _73%
A horror that is quite exhausting with its agonizing moments, right up to the end. I found myself in a constant state of panic and anxiety living through the characters - simple elements support this, whether it be the change in shot/focus, the disturbing sounds, or the score. It feels spotty at times, but the plot almost rejuvenates the horrifying effects in film. The cult-like, ancestral connections with the devil/evil spirit is certainly spooky and well put together.
6	DavidBlast	45 _36%
Red Herediherring.
6	Dakota99	7 _77%
On the surface, Hereditary seems like a dumb horror flick. I didn't have the highest expecatations for it and I was pleasantly surprised. I was more moved by how the family handles traumatic and adversity filled moments more than anything. It comes down to being more phycological than I expected, similar to the Babadook from a couple years ago, and for such a slow paced movie, it works extremely well. The ending and how it all comes to fruition is...interesting to say the least. Very solid
6	Groovy_Souls	95 _97%
Ari Aster's horror flick is one that I won't soon be living down. In a day and age where horror films aren't often "bite your nails scary," Hereditary absolutely kills its horror aspect with effective scares and chilling tension. The cast is incredible with Toni Collette taking control, however, the real star is behind the camera, with Aster taking on a visually challenging and horrifying new film. Will not be forgotten.
5	joel-w-m	9 _92%
A truly torturous twisting of unbearable family drama and bone-chilling horror, with the strength of the former (great performances all around) providing a deep sense of dread to be accented by the terrifying visuals of the latter. Starts to unravel a bit in the final act, but it's no less riveting thanks to the continued strong cinematography and sound(track). Superbly directed (I don't think I've ever been more on edge or left more horrified then I was with that pivotal accident scene).
5	Bown	85 _76%
An excellent mix of almost Leigh-esque family drama and spooks akin to Kill List or The Witch, with two amazing lead performances from Collette and Wolff, a wonderfully atmospheric score, and some genuinely unique visuals. The last quarter isn’t as strong and takes away from the movie’s power a little, but it’s less of a sharp turn off a cliff than it initially appears. Gonna be clicking my tongue for weeks.
5	Matthew Parkinson (CineMarter)	80 _89%
Hereditary is a great horror movie. It does a wonderful job of marrying its horror elements and its themes in order to strengthen both and create an unsettling film that buries deep into your brain and isn't easy to shake. It's strong on the technical side, it has great actingespecially from Toni Colletteand while it runs for just over two hours, it doesn't feel long. It's sometimes a slow burn, but it's never dull, and that burn allows it to build a fantastic sense of atmosphere [Full Review]
5	Moribunny	73 _79%
For a while, I could barely tell this apart from the swarm of rubbish allegorical haunting movies that has plagued the screen in the last two decades. Ari Aster surprised me. He isn't just a horror film geek, he's a discerning one; harking back to certain 1970s classics, he avoids the common mistake of over-explaining paranormal things. And as the film progresses he comes up with more and more uncannily fresh scares for a genre mired in cliches, culminating in a proper crescendo of terror.
5	auhasarderik	8 _79%
Someone must have written about how awfully the horror genre deals with endings. It's such a curse. One a few brilliant ones can overcome it. This is not one of them -it spells everything so much you'd think it's a denounce piece, and its formal gimmicks are left out as loose ends-, but what a genre ride it is.
5	TheRealJ-Ro	60 _25%
I am rarely uncomfortable being far from the norm in my reaction to a movie. But I am here. This feels good, feels the way it probably should feel, and I'll never deride anything artistic for being different. But I've got to be honest, this just didn't work for me. It's very insistent on its tone, which is good, but then proceeds to shit itself with unrealistic, over the top reactions. I'm not a cynical viewer, I like much more often than dislike. But this made me laugh too much to unsettle me.
5	natebarrios	80 _86%
To provoke terror, every detail matters: the wide framing within the cold, spacious home, the washed out palette, the space to breathe while your clenching your asshole looking at one corner of the frame, and Toni Collette's godlike performance.
5	Dean Franz	65 _59%
Dark, gut churning drama gives way to messy horror nonsense that goes completely off the deep end. Which is not all bad, as I'm rather partial to stuff that goes off the deep end. Sadly, they squandered that goodwill by overexplaining the finale in that long, penultimate shot. Still, for a first feature it's an impressively fucked up little film.
5	jthusky	87 _92%
So on a technical level, I bow down to Hereditary. Objectively, the movie is pretty damn incredible - from the opening scenes, I was filled with tension and dread, the cinematography, score, performances and design all combining to create this utterly intense, anxious experience. I initially disliked the ending, but renembering all of the little subliminal touches that brought everything togeyher, it truly clicks. The overall experience is a thrill ride.
5	sproost	90 _97%
I have a good stomache for horror but this was another level. The acting, the sound design, the cinematography, the gluttal tick.. it all contributed to making this a movie I experienced as pure terror. It was extremely unsettling and I just wanted it to end to be relieved of the nightmare it was watching this.
5	deep_green	25 _8%
All this movie means is that Babadook and The Witch were made before it. Now we're doing that with some nifty jump scares and an incredibly goofy plot, which could be right out of Hammer studios.
5	VengefulKBM	90 _92%
One of the very best horror movies of recent years; a throwback to the slow-burn pacing of 70s horror. It's a truly unsettling experience. I really hope Toni Collette gets an Oscar nod (not to mention the sound design and cinematography). Not for the faint of heart, as you will be thinking about this movie a long time after you leave the theater.
5	baseballs	75 _55%
Similar to Ouija: Origin of Evil in that I was enjoying it so much as a family drama that I felt it lost something when the genre elements showed up. It takes a while to reveal its hook and when it does it's disappointingly familiar. The first half is so great though - steadily builds an atmosphere of wrongness though off-kilter editing and tense, uncomfortable character dynamics. There's also one sequence that shook me in a way a horror film hasn't for a while.
5	Jasongirl67	75 _69%
This is not my normal type of horror film and everything I usually hate and find wrong about a film it does But somehow it manages to work in a strange wonderful way Toni Collette gives an amazing performance
5	Ytadel	5 _56%
For better or worse this may be one of the most slow burn horror films I’ve ever seen. It’s really more of a tense and depressing family drama about super unlucky people for like 85% of its runtime before finally introducing horror right near the end. I guess how much you like that will be pretty much how much you like the film. Personally I was really feeling its long runtime by the end. Toni Collette and Alex Wolff give very strong performances.
5	cutecake	35 _10%
A completely dull and predictable movie that masquerades as a deep psychological story while being so shallow that it couldn't drown an insect. This ends up being up being a watered down and less interesting version of Babadook with an ending so laughably bad that you'll actually wonder if the movie was a comedy the entire time.
4	damil	70 _67%
Over-hyped, but I quite liked it. The direction and cinematography are wonderful. It does have a few truly unnerving moments. It does, however, have some pacing issues. I was really intrigued at the beginning, but during the middle, the film felt a little directionless and I felt dissatisfied. Everything does come together fairly nicely in the third act. I will say that the film is a bit of a puzzle, in a way, and it was fun putting together all the pieces when discussing it afterwards.
4	Seethruskin	5 _80%
It do really be like that sometimes
4	omgfridge	8 _80%
Gave me similar vibes to "The VVitch". Had a lot of elements I liked including strong performances. A tense gripping ride.
4	fenixdown	81 _79%
That was messed up. :O
4	Yoshinaruto	80 _90%
Hereditary is difficult to rate. It’s not very enjoyable, but it’s very well made and unsettling. It’s a slow burn dark family drama for the first half, and gradually shifts more towards straight horror in its second half. The acting is strong all around, with Collette being a standout. I think Ari Aster did a phenomenal job directing this film. A lot of the shots are creative and well done, and the film isn’t littered with jump scares like most horror films.
4	Mentaculus	77 _65%
8/10s of the film is a spiritual successor to The Shining and Collette's performance is among the best of the genre. And yet... the logic is lost once the mystery explains itself. It talks down to us once we know precisely how and what the (demon from) hell is going on. What it gained in mystery it lost in expository relevance, and the lack of mystery in the third act feels like the wind got knocked out of the movie.
4	Corbad	75 _67%
Toni Collette is superb and carries the weight of this patiently unwinding, sinister tale. The visual and aural atmospheres are utterly effective, if one ignores the black-dot CG flies: the darkness literally swims within the eerie, dragging cinematography. The twisted grief of the first half is more compelling than the supernatural finish, but it doesn't feel incongruous. An effective horror flick.
4	xacviant	85 _74%
Not as scary as some would have you believe, but fantastically acted (by Toni Collette and Alex Wolff especially) and well-made in all departments. Slightly overlong, with an ending that spells out too much, but that can be forgiven.
4	MontyCircus	40 _37%
The critics hailed it as a classic, but opnening night audiences gave it a "D+" CinemaScore (that's bad, that's bottom 3% of wide-releases bad). Perplexing. I didn't hate it, but it did seem like a lot of elements just fell flat. There weren't any jump scares I can remember, and nothing had much of an impact (eliciting a "so what?" instead of an "oh shit!"), including the ending which shamelessly rips off that flick from 1968.
4	Darren	88 _88%
I just couldn't break away from how much I felt like this could've been made by Cassavetes if he were into it. Creepy stuff
4	Trash Puppet	9 _88%
That first death scene was so great.
4	Jerky	75 _93%
This is definitely not a main stream horror movie. The Mystery Machine won't be showing up at the end, where the gang pulls off the mask off the monster, to reveal it was old man Farnham all along! It's more of a an unwinding cryptic puzzle, that can only be solved once the film ends. I had to retroactively go back and connect the dots to understand it. Great acting and cinematography, and the influence of older horror films can be seen throughout.
4	Kmilchev1	90 _96%
This thriller shocks you in a new way I have not seen before. Scenes blur from day til night at which point the family has to experience some of the most bizarre spiritual occurrences.
4	hellboy76	75 _92%
I am really starting to appreciate A24's commitment to the unnerving. This is a slow burn horror hybrid. It's unsettling and depressing and it lingered with me for a while after viewing. Although not a period piece like The Witch, it feels similarly bleak and hopeless. The whole cast is good, but Collette and Wolff stand out.
4	Nathan S	4 _74%
Grief tears great gaping holes, and the attempts to fill them reveal the most severe secrets, pressures, anxieties, and demons. It's a cliche to invoke The Shining for each excellent modern horror piece, but in this film's nervy depiction of familial agitation, the comparison seems appropriate. It's a dreadful movie, its terrors closer to the ground than more standard entries into this genre, at least until it crescendos during the last act into something outrageous and totally fucking metal.
4	twincinema	80 _75%
More unsettling than spooky. If the Oscars recognized horror films more often, Collette would be up for an award.
4	astrakhan	80 _74%
Surprised me in a good way. Hereditary works on many more levels than recent creepy house films like Insidious or The Babadook, and keeps you guessing to the end. Aster's attention to detail is impressive. I thought killing off the creepy daughter so early was a possible mistake, but in hindsight it didn't matter. Toni Collette is as solid as you would expect, but what makes the movie work so well is how every character, location and plot point contributes equally towards the final destination.
4	SageSledge	80 _59%
There's something worth celebrating in the mere existence of something as horrifically inventive as "Hereditary". From start to finish the film's narrative defies explanation, perhaps even more so after having actually seen it, and so consistently subverts what we've come to expect from modern horror that it becomes truly unpredictable. Despite some indelicately handled exposition throughout, Ari Aster's directorial debut is an endlessly unique and genuinely haunting glimpse into the unknown.
4	getmoney	90 _89%
Extremely harrowing, original and well-acted. Genuinely disturbing, be warned.
4	Vandelay1	70 _75%
good movie
4	Obdurate	90 _91%
The first hour or so is mostly a really compelling drama about loss and a family falling apart, outside of some ominous music and atmosphere. Because of this, it earns its dread later. I love the way Aster filmed this, mirroring the family with the miniatures, the transitions and camera angles used to do so, to make the house a character. The ending is almost played off as happy/triumphant but is actually the worst thing that could ever happen to the world, great stuff. Collette was amazing.
4	P u l p	78 _83%
Does anyone know how can someone sell his soul to the devil and how much the price is? Asking for a friend.
4	antidood1	65 _47%
Hereditary really does bring a wide range of emotions to the table, which is exceptional for a horror movie. Moreover, it's shot, lit, scored and acted incredibly well. But story-wise, it goes from The Babadook to Paranormal Activity so quickly that my disappointment ran off the charts. All mystery and tension derived from real-life situations is deflated in favor of cheap horror cliches. Hereditary is interesting and very well-made in many regards but ultimately disappointing.
4	Neonman	81 _66%
A horror film with quite a bit to chew on, as it's often surprising and pretty much never boring or tiresome. The spooky atmosphere it builds up in the first and last scenes are excellently done (particularly for a debut), though I do wish there was actual ambiguity used for the more supernatural moments, which is when the horror seems to be more alleviated. This quibble aside, this is an inventive and absorbed horror film that's disinterested in how modern horror films are usually made.
4	janus	90 _94%
Utterly overwhelming, a huge achievement. Could it be the Mulholland Drive of horror movies, presenting just one character's bizarre rationalization of what really happened?
4	eCitizen	60 _59%
They created a very spooky atmosphere, so many points for that. Toni Collette made the most of a crummy role. The pace and music makes this feel drawn out and boring. The horror imagery was not special. The story, plot and premise is ridiculous and unsatisfying. This was simply too full of supernatural nonsense to be great. Also, the ending was pathetic.
4	bojanpopic	86 _77%
Half family drama that get you to get into the characters, half horror of the ordinary kind that get you scared. But since you care about the characters, you ARE scared. Also, acting on the level not usually seen in horror movies.
4	letskillrobots	33 _96%
Oops watched this at 2am and now everything scares me.
4	Syntheseizur	79 _56%
Shocking, draining, and impeccably directed, but not as wildly unique or innovative as I'd hoped, and it's far more stock than I dreamed a movie with this level of acclaim would be. If you've seen The Witch or It Comes At Night, you know more or less what you're getting into with the slow-burn narrative, moody atmosphere, and striking imagery in service of a fairly conventional set of horror tropes. That said, there are some interesting flavors here (notably the dollhouse/miniature motifs).
3	kevinmane	90 _92%
Definitely one of the best horror films in recent memory. Incredible visual storytelling with some really tense scenes while avoiding old horror cliches.
3	timmo	90 _66%
A quite good and unnerving modern horror, focused on tension and emotion more than its genre contemporaries; instead of relying on lame tropes, it adds some original thought and perspective to a genre overstuffed with boilerplate spookfests and slashers. The boil it builds is exciting, and could probably stand to lose a minute or two of static, but elements are well composed to make the time ultimately worthwhile and compelling.
3	jnydam	93 _98%
Toni Collette deserves best actress nomination. Scariest movie I have ever seen, great tension buildup from music, reminded me of It Follows music wise. Haunting. A+ for horror, B + for plot
3	iqcumber	67 _40%
Effective
3	wayofthegun	90 _89%
A modern horror classic. Reviews comparing Hereditary to The Exorcist and Rosemary's Baby seemed a bit sensational but were fairly spot on.
3	braddad68	92 _65%
Advertised as an instant horror classic, it was not as scary as I expected. It worked better as a family drama/thriller to me. Some quite intense and horrifying scenes for sure though.
3	KenMeisters	88 _97%
A superbly made, majorly unsettling and scary portrait of a grieving family with deeper mysteries along their heritage. Toni Collette is amazing, as is the rest of the cast.
3	ThereminJam	89 _89%
Just fantastic. Very unsettling. The traumatic scenes in particular stay with you.
3	semioticus	81 _73%
Great acting, especially by Colette and Wolff. The movie toys with you throughout, and has a late 60s (you'll know what I mean) feel to it. If you want a beautifully directed horror film with human elements, this is for you. The exposition in the first act could have been pacier, and there's something wanting about Byrne's character. Nonetheless, a very pleasant moviegoing experience.
3	TjlMovFrks23	90 _82%
Smart, Inventive, and Original, "Hereditary" combines a traditional haunted house story that centered around a family drama with a tale of demonic possession and symbolism. What you get is a slow-burn, disturbing journey of one family descended to madness and eventually hell, quite literally. Toni Colette gave a performance of her career as she steals every scene as the mother who has to cope with being haunted by her own estrange mother. Simply, a horror classic in the making.
3	3dRevelation	67 _37%
Missed opportunity for Little Miss Satan starring the cast of the much more upbeat Little Miss Sunshine. Seriously though, I'm torn on Hereditary. I didn't love, but I didn't hate it. It is definitely a strange one with some decent performances, but I felt the plot could have used some more focus. I liked it more than other A24 horrors like The Witch and It Comes at Night, but ultimately it goes in my meh category. Does seem to be quite a bit to unpack here, but not sure I want to watch again.
3	fra paolo	51 _54%
Effective. Predictable at moments, but it delivers a decent shot of horror.
3	luord	85 _93%
It might not be the best horror movie of this year, but damn if it wouldn't be so in any other year. Almost oppressively spooky, if maybe a tad too long.
3	LennyNero	95 _96%
Toni Colette is once again a serious Oscar contender, brilliant performance.
3	Gideon	2 _59%
Hereditary is a solid film, laden with all kinds of quality, however: it's overlong, pacing could 've been tigher and more effective, style wise it sometimes feels like oil and water crammed together, the ending being the worst part of the film. You know what they say about horror films with shitty endings, right? You dun goofed! In all seriousness, it is what eventually makes or breaks the film, therefore I cannot award it with '3', good. 'Beast' however is a must watch and underrated.
3	vgnpwrz	76 _86%
A very unsettling psychological horror. The movie creates a building tension that climaxes in the most WTF way that I've seen in some time. People could not keep their laughter at the absurd elements of the film. There is too much in the movie to really grasp in one viewing. Toni Collette is incredible as an achingly haunted woman who is desperately clinging to her family as they all plunge towards surreality. It doesn't frighten you with scares but it disturbs you from the inside.
3	NickTheo	85 _78%
Hereditary is tense throughout but it isn't really a horror movie until the last 20 minutes.It mostly follows this family's struggle to cope with a tragic event that really sets the movie into motion, and what makes that really riveting is the great writing and the impeccable performances by the entire cast(Toni Collete deserves an Oscar).And when it actually does become a horror movie it's dark,brutal,intense and wonderfully unsettling so you're not going to be disappointed either way.
3	amerigo	87 _91%
Firstly, let's talk about the cinematography. The gorgeously set-up camerawork channels Kubrick, with the innovating shot movements of Polanski at his best. There's also an admirable level of commitment to occult works that manages to strike a good balance between the audience-friendly Skeleton Key and the esoteric A Dark Song. And the dollhouse motif really ties things up with the ably-constructed ending. A few issues in superficial characterization mar an otherwise stellar piece of cinema.
3	Kalmah7	85 _83%
The worst thing about this and the Witch is that it makes all the other modern horror movies seem cardboard in comparison. Truly unsettling.
3	ABUNCHOFCATS	92 _91%
Creative and chilling. One of the best horror movies of the past decade.
3	ladymcdeath	95 _93%
tongue pop
3	The Beast	7 _75%
Extremely solid build-up, a (still concrete) story with plenty of plot twists which doesn't overindulge you with background in the beginning or embarrass itself with jump scares. Safe, to a degree in its ambiguity, which is also drawn upon for its mystery and scares. The unfamiliar aspects of the possession kept it fresh. The demon initially sharing the body of the young sister, the HEREDITARY nature of the possession, and coming to discover just who is being haunted and why were all original.
3	mwgerb	79 _94%
Strong candidate for best horror film of the decade in a period that has seen a resurgence in the art of the scare. The tension starts high and only ratchets up relentlessly higher. Gains as much suspense from its lingering, discomforting camera shots as it does from graphically disturbing imagery. Reminscent of The Shining and Rosemary's Baby in the best way possible.
3	CarsonWid	77 _81%
Wonderful tension and suspense (and the restraint of not using jump scares) and great performance by Collette, but I felt like the first and second halves were somewhat disconnected.
3	Koalafish	75 _83%
Would have preferred a more subtle ending. However this was pretty fucked up in a good way.
3	deaddilly	80 _72%
In a film boasting some of the most inspired horror imagery in recent years, the most horrifying sequence comes in a moment of sheer devastating reality. There is a lot to unpack in the rest of the film, and despite some loose writing, is certainly worthy of being compared to the greats of the genre.
3	Duder	70 _75%
* ı went in blind to this movie and was blown away. The atmosphere it creates with center frame is just amazing. Very well directed and amazingly acted, very good film. I couldn't believe that it was connected well in the end, and for the first time in a movie, what the haracters did made sense, surprising..
3	frederic_g54	6 _35%
As I've come to expect from Aster, having seen most of his short films, the film is played mostly for cheap gimmicks and shock value rather than narrative intrigue and genuine tension. Combined with his total lack of restraint as a filmmaker and a story that fails to strike any meaningful chord, Hereditary is about as grim and unpleasant an experience I've had at the movies for quite some time, and I don't mean that in a good way.
3	peyrin	80 _81%
There's an indescribable heightened sense of awareness that permeates every scene of the film, almost as if you're standing in such thin air that you feel aware of your own breathing. Every camera movement slow, deliberate, smooth, the setting itself chillingly unnatural, heightened even further by the ever-present miniature models that mess with even your sense of scale perception. Penderecki would be proud of Colin Stetson's warped score.
3	rosenritter	8 _86%
The atmosphere is oppressive throughout, in large part due to a great soundtrack. Maybe gets a little too reliant on horror tropes as it nears the climax, but the first two thirds or so are very unpredictable and make the supernatural forces seem volatile in a way horror rarely manages to present them, to the point that a common seance scene had me on the edge of my seat because I had no idea what was gonna happen. Completely unintentionally my 666th title ranked.
3	VinegarBob	20 _9%
Toni Collette's good, and it doesn't have stupid jump scares and loud music cues to 'scare' the audience, so that's a plus. But that's as far as my good will extends with this humdrum horror hokum. It's cliched from the start, tries far too hard to be 'unsettling' when in reality it's just boring, then it gets dumb and dumber as it progresses until it just becomes annoying trashy nonsense. Next!
3	Mist600	84 _62%
V FINE! As ambiguity fades & Conc nears, quality dip from 5 to 4. JUST missed being exceptional. Miniatures inherently unnerving & opening shot gold. 1st 65min = superb setup & as grief drama. POWERFUL acting (Collete ON FIRE & Wolff: V Imp)* ?: GB's last scene quite poor & cheap. ?: Slow, calm Dir style, no jump scares. If I'd left @ second candle flared I'd predict end = 'lose ur head for' stunner. Sadly, didn't quite land (or poss I just prefer Alt routes) but STILL V V Good
3	law	50 _37%
I commend the cinematographer; this looks great. Toni Collette Toni Collettes it up; she would have been more effective had the director restrained her a bit. I did like the scene where the son sits in the car in shock at what he's done, and what immediately follows. That's the only real horror that the movie has to offer. The rest is disposable melodrama. Unintentionally? funny. There's a theory that this is actually a really dry parody of horror movies. Maybe!
3	roonay3k	80 _92%
Wow! What a great performance by Toni Colette. This was a great movie with some original elements. It was a creepy atmosphere throughout the movie, but not many scares. The ending was a bit suprising, but good!
3	bentien	75 _83%
Great skuff from a complete newcomer. Although parts of the ending get a little rediculous it's still one of the most subtle and unsettling horror flicks in recent years.
3	td888	70 _76%
I'm not a big fan of using children in horror movies, but in this case it's very well done. The daughter looks like she just came from one of the 'Hills have eyes' movies. She's creepy as fuck. Although the build-up is quite slow, the finale is something quite 'special'.
2	greghend	86 _87%
This film was incredibly close to being my ideal horror movie. It leaves the jump scares mostly behind and lets the fear culminate in figures barely visible in dark corners, filling the audience with an almost overwhelming sense of dread. However, at some points this film feels like it was directed by a dark Wes Anderson, unfortunately undermining the building tension. Those particular moments aside, I loved the movie overall, particularly the ending.
2	gabba2k7	81 _33%
damn...i laughed hard on that episode with retarded...perhaps the compensation for 30 minutes of boredom. ...after that another 20 minutes of boredom and here comes a distant reminder that it is somewhat horror-related movie ...ok after 1h20min - above average and kinda fresh horror. ending is questionable.
2	Pratchett3	10 _96%
holy shit dude
2	RuruSmasher	90 _75%
This one kinda got to me emotionally more than viscerally. Family trauma is my kryptonite. It was not what I expected, but I went along with the ride. Toni Collette is amazing as usual and I really liked Alex Wolff too. The sense of utter dread and despair is well wrought and I actually liked the third act madness.
2	donquixotic	60 _51%
If this was cut down by 30 minutes it would've rattled me. Had some good bits but god damn the pacing stinks
2	Xenophule	3 _3%
On the technical side, the first 95% of this movie is amazing! There's a hard left turn into rediculous horror at the end. Instead of being scary, it was laughably tacky. Great concept for an ending, poorly executed.
2	Zangin	70 _60%
A really good film that sustains a consistent tension and unease throughout it's runtime. Honestly though, I felt it succeeded much more as a family drama than a horror film. That's not to say that the horror elements are bad, I just felt they weren't needed to highlight the already disturbing family portrait.
2	capodelnulla	60 _40%
etkileyici oyuncu performanslarına rağmen bu kadar uzaması bayıyor bir noktada. göz alıcı bazı geçişler ve etkileyici kamera kullanımına rağmen hikayeyi kuruş sürecindeki anlatı dağınıklığı ve savurgan süre kullanımı yönetmenin atmosfer kurma başarısına karşılık anlatı konusunda sıkıntı yaşadığını düşündürüyor. rahatsız edip germesine geriyor da neden yani? yeri geliyor gif, youtube videosu bile geriyor amaç sadece bir duygulanım yaşatmaksa.
2	krypt	73 _41%
I'm not totally sold on the true quality of this, but damn if it isn't one of the scariest films I've seen in a while.
2	JSchlansky	85 _86%
Video review: https://youtu.be/9mc0tc0fp1w
2	Ametrine	8 _64%
Such a brilliant horror film that tells its story in a compelling, terrifying way, but man do they go a direction in the end that just does not work. It gets a high recommendation because of the craftsmanship that went into it, but it left me feeling unfulfilled and honestly really angry. Be warned that it is extremely slow-paced and depressing. It's a movie about grief, and I often found myself comparing it to The Babadook. Make of that what you will.
2	FilmNoob	6 _62%
Completely lost me at the end, which is too bad.
2	erdu	55 _24%
nice acting terrible script
2	JanaMarie	7 _50%
This movie gets bumped up a point for not using jump scares and for the parts of the cinematography where scenes morph from or resemble Annie's art, which is pretty impressive because I am usually pretty unobservant when it comes to things like that. Maybe it's heavy-handed to other people? Idk. But apart from that, my level of enjoyment rose and fell repeatedly after the second death and I found the explanation too short and simple to be satisfying, especially compared to the slow beginning
2	schnofel	30 _13%
While Aster is good at accelerating hysteria, he is rather useless as a chronicler of hereditary dysfunction. Of course, it's my fault to have expected real-life complexity from a horror calling card which main objective is repulsion. Toni Collette wastes her emotions and empathy on a pointless puzzle, only for her character to be betrayed off-screen. This is run-of-the-mill séance, ghosts, and haunted house trash, its style mechanical, its shocks a self-contained freak show.
2	Kuroel	89 _97%
What an absolutely haunting cinematic experience. Disturbing on so many levels and leaves a permanent mark into the viewer's subconsciousness. If you're looking for straight-up easily digested spooks, this is not the movie for you. The true horror comes from psychological anguish rather than the few supernatural occurrences in the film. If the ending dialogue had been cut out (as it only served to be a recap for "you dumdums that don't get what's happening") it would have ended with more oomph.
2	Alex Watkins	5 _91%
As intense a portrait of exposed-nerve interpersonal drama as Bergman or Cassavetes, with a gonzo occultist finale to really shake things up. Aster's appreciation for both MOs enriches either half of his film, so that it feels like an expansion of what each the horror film and the familial drama is capable of. Haunting to the bone.
2	Hadleyreis	78 _70%
Started slowly, ended quickly
2	eric-jan	75 _74%
Seriously, Go watch this horror movie. It is freaking scary and awesome. I wanted to rate it lower at first, but that was just because it made me sick hahaha. You will NOT forget this movie, you will talk about it and you will remember the noise the girl makes with her tongue just to scare all of your friends! I am not kidding. That is why this movie is amazing. I am going to sleep with the lights on again tonight I think :(
2	walkearth	60 _60%
The film can proudly boast of having one of the most compelling and aesthetically complete sequences of the past decade of cinema, one that hits so hard that the viewer is left to try and collect the remains of his/her mind and emotion, shattered for the duration of the film. The "girl in the car" sequence is masterful, has a profound impact, and truly unravels the film. Alas, the overtly satanic themes towards the end hurt the film. A more collected Babadook approach may have been better.
2	sophie	85 _90%
It was refreshing to see a chilling Horror movie once again. It starts out as a more family drama type of film but picks up rather soon. I loved that there are only a few jump scares and the overall creepy mood.
2	CosmicMonkey	75 _49%
I loved the first two acts of the film, where this was a dark family drama that used the language of the horror genre as a metaphor for how hereditary (get it?) mental health conditions such as DID and Schizophrenia often get awakened inside people during times of extreme trauma. But then the last act turned into a typical, albeit well-made and mostly cliche-less, horror film. So much potential and great ideas that almost clicked together into a masterpiece but not quite.
2	JacoIII	30 _19%
This really didn't impress me and, based on the hype, I expected it to. While the acting and direction are both great, the story was a mess. One big issue: The film is supposed to be about the destruction of a family, but these characters don't act like a family at all. There's nothing to destroy. Better films like The VVitch and Rosemary's Baby know that you have to show "the good times" before ripping the characters apart. Hereditary neglects that essential step and is far poorer for it.
2	muutanet	83 _88%
The beginning with the doll house, or small world as they said, hooked me permanently. There was not much of prelude. The score and the mood got into you from the start. Somewhere close to the end they slipped a bit aside but the closure clicked everything in place.
2	oldgoat	77 _74%
I didn't buy into the actual reason for everything, but the rest was good.
2	Vassago	77 _75%
Great until the ending.
2	theficionado	63 _61%
What initially self-presents as an exploration of grief through a horror lens is instead mere trappings for a clockwork Satanic conspiracy. The film tips its hand early on, in the very first shot, that the characters are mere figures Aster will painstakingly put through the motions at least until the destruction of the sets, when he indicates he's getting restless. HEREDITARY is a cosmic lark, more DRAG ME TO HELL than DON'T LOOK NOW, & only slightly less cartoonish than the former.
2	aaasolanki	68 _16%
I call this one of the most over-rated movies I have seen recently. The reviews and the chatter all labelled it it as something of an intelligently-shocking horror movie. Well, the movie was so intelligent that when it ended I just had two questions - "What just happened? How do the last 2 hrs make any sense?" If one needs to read an IMDB Synopsis and read a Director explaining the plot, the movie stops being fun. Too many lose ends, too many unanswered questions and just a few chills. Not much.
2	Henrik	90 _95%
Like the best horror films of the 70s the grief and trauma laden film takes its time. The ending has been criticized for being ridiculous but I felt that its absurd, disturbing, subtly unsettling vibe is right in line with other horror masterpieces like Rosemary's Baby and The Wicker Man.
2	overrated	93 _98%
Hereditary is a modern day companion piece to both The Witch & Rosemary's Baby, focused more on grief and regret rather than sexuality/patriarchy. It's very well crafted and Toni Collette deserved an Oscar (if they could get over the stigma of horror), though like RB there are moments of jet black comedy that will either add to the experience or take you out of the film. At certain points with the use of the models I felt like we got a peek of what a Wes Anderson horror film would look like.
2	Detox	75 _51%
As others have pointed out, the first half is amazing. Grief and guilt get hold of the family and soon enough no one can say where it all started and who is to blame. But that's about it. That the characters lack character is a major flaw, because as a case study Hereditary can offer nothing that we haven't seen in other movies about the subject.
2	moraesfelipe	50 _33%
It really has something to say about trauma and inherited evil in its first half, but it slowly becomes the show-off post-horror flick Aster always intented to do -- all the way too beautiful and not enough creepy in its depiction of grief and a family tormented by the unknown. It would be a really powerful film with a plot a bit less confusing -- which gets in the way of true horror -- and a less sanitized atmosphere.
2	AAAutin	44 _35%
(ROSEMARY'S HEAD)
2	closedmouth	70 _40%
Man, all that wasted tension. Honestly not even sure what happened in the third act. Who was I supposed to be rooting for? What was the goal of the antagonists? It's all a bit narratively muddled. First half is super good though. Unfortunately there's only so many times Alex Wolff can turn around slowly with a terrified look on his face before it stops being scary.
2	bluesman	80 _76%
Benzersiz ilk yarısı, tanıdık yerlere bağlanan sonu itibariyle ivme kaybetse de, en özgün gerilim filmlerinden biri. Bu filmi beğenmeyip, 3. sınıf oyunculuklarına hayran oldukları Türk işi cin filmlerine bayılanlar lütfen uzak dursun... Annenin ölümünün ardından adım adım ortaya dökülen sırlar, filmin başında sanki her şeyi bir hayal gücü gibi maketin içine girerek izleyişimiz, Ari Aster’in yazıp yönettiği “Ayin” (Hereditary)'i, iyi oyunculuklarla dengel
2	mattorama12	73 _71%
The opening shot was outstanding technically, visually, and thematically (granted my interpretation may be way off). I did get a little bored through the second act as the story felt pretty standard horror. But it stuck the landing with the ending.
2	TheDenizen	60 _40%
A bunch of really horrible stuff happens to a family and then it turns out it's witches or something stupid. Technically really well made, with some eye catching cinematography and an excellent performance from Toni Colette....but man, the script is dumb and predictable. The second Joan started her "seance" I knew exactly what was going to happen for the rest of it. And it's not really scary at all: Oh look, it's a weird creepy girl just standing in the shadows....again. Fuck off, movie.
2	Trooth	87 _95%
I was expecting a much more simple, straightforward psychological horror movie, but this one went places I was not expecting, then kept going further and further. Despite telegraphing a lot of the twists and turns that were to come, I still felt like it was full of surprises.
2	easydiff	90 _96%
It feels like a synthesis of everything that people actually like about horror movies, and is really a film for people who are literate in the genre. Also it's so, so scary. Funny what you can achieve when you forgo jump scares.
2	Sadman	90 _93%
Unfortunately didn't watch it in a theatre. The marvelous direction, sound design and score deserved to be experienced in the best way possible. Everything in this movie is firing on all cylinders and several shots are instantly iconic. A momentous achievement for a first time director. Toni Collette is playing her heart out and Alex Wolff impressed me greatly. Tempted to give it a full score, but the ending is - although carefully constructed - too literal for my taste.
2	nutcrackr	77 _66%
Unsettling in many ways. Toni Collette is off the charts creepy without doing anything too outlandish; her facial expressions and actions do enough. Not a fan of the very end. There was also a mother/son interaction that was sadly missing given the events. It felt like they toned back the horror a bit in places.
2	ciyakedi	67 _44%
OK, first, is peter sick too?
2	cowfrappe	73 _67%
Tense and unsettling with great performances. It builds so beautifully and then ends so disappointingly, with somehow too much exposition and not enough explanation.
1	cetincelik	90 _91%
Babadook'tan bu yana izlediğim en sağlam korku filmi diyebilirim. Ses, müzik kullanımı muazzam. Toni Collette'e Oscar vermeyen juri hemeroid olsun :)
1	r.Din	48 _11%
Some genuinely unsettling scenes in an otherwise confused and humdrum horror.
1	nilkynarfy	75 _68%
Know what always creeped me out? Pictures of people enjoying themselves at church. I'm not even kidding; it's like this weird combo of alienation and ritual that makes me break out in hives (well, not really, it's just a lingering horror). So, the scrapbook was scary. The rest was kind of creepy and pretty good, but those innocuously evil pictures of old ladies throwing gold coins got me.
1	TheDiceman	80 _95%
Deliciously disturbing, must see for horror fans.
1	djross	50 _43%
Its best scenes are certainly better than those found in standard generic examples, and it does a better job than most at letting events unfold without explaining everything as it goes, but for this viewer it still didn't really reach the depths of horror necessary to raise it much above those standard generic examples.
1	frankswild	80 _75%
I think if you just sat and listened to the score you could have an almost identical experience to watching the movie
1	Adds	70 _63%
Scary in the fact that you can't predict when your entire family and everything around you will become systematically unhinged. The ending was shamefully bad. Overall worth watching.
1	themacsays	59 _13%
P - I don't understand why this film is so highly-praised. It's well made, but it's littered with characters doing stupid things for no reason. The tone shifts completely as it goes on, and the ending is weak, if not nonsensical. (Nothing to do with the film really, but all the rooms in the house are ridiculously enormous.) Also, when people in horror films walk into a dark room where something strange is happening, why do they never switch on a light?
1	AFlickering	3 _39%
lots of people purring over this as some devastating bergman-esque family drama, and i'm over here like gabriel byrne throwing up his hands and drawling "you mean there's more than your mother's headless body. of course there is." the real tragedy here is in his desperate attempts to get his wife to come down for dinner ("I ALREADY MADE IT") or his son to stop spazzing out/hailing satan/grieving the sister he murdered and just finish his damned SAT revision.
1	medinavi	80 _75%
Yarttığı atmosferle, izleyicinin bütün önyargılarını boşa çıkaran harika twistlerle ve özellikle Toni Collette'nin müthiş oyunculuğuyla kusursuza yakın bir giriş ve gelişmeden sonra filmin geri kalanı yavaş yavaş klişeler yumağına ve enteresan olmayan supernaturel olaylara, kuralları bize anlatılmadığı için içine giremediğimiz daha da önemlisi filmin en önemli unsuru olan mistisizmi boşa düşüren bir ruhani saçmalamaya dönüşüyor.
1	neurophate	60 _31%
Technical side of the film with great sound editing was almost perfect. The plot was too slow and had too much psychological drama in the first half. I enjoyed the afterwards of the party and was frightened only in the last part, but still, it was shallow and cliché.
1	sedric	25 _12%
Slow "I am an ambiance movie" for 1h50, end up with jump scare. Beside that, it had a shit tone of good ideas when it come to realization.
1	torbern	85 _73%
The film, thanks in large part to an oscar-worthy performance by Toni Collette, feels miles-deep despite its fairly simple premise. Aster is so good at cultivating his unique brand of dull-edged, burrowing dread that the profoundly dark, controversial (IMHO, wonderful) final minutes of the movie provoked, for me, not confusion or terror but relief.
1	DyanneThorne	50 _34%
Well this was certainly hyped up. But a) I'm not going to be afraid on behalf of the characters, when the whole family is just so dysfunctional, than I really think it's an excellent idea to just murder them all and b) me fearing the next supergross thing to happen is not the same as me actually being afraid.
1	myfavchords	72 _32%
This film takes a long time to get going. There are a number of thrilling scenes and this film is well cast. The ending is unexpected but it does not feel totally satisfying. Overall I would recommend this movie.
1	Bandy	85 _81%
"That" scene alone is reason to rate it highly. Pretty rare that a horror film can make you empathize with someone in grief.
1	Adam P-D	60 _71%
Much of this movie is stylistically refreshing but too often drops back into standard Hollywood horror. Hopefully it will pave the way for more horrors that deliver scares via character empathy rather than to the audience directly.
1	karatoprak	73 _47%
the director with his debut got in my following list. acting is top-class, cinematography is wonderful and well compatible with the story. but ah the story.. in the second half, it gets sloppy with its guilt-curse-satan-hereditary related themes and loses its attraction.
1	jbyn	90 _91%
A teacher asks his class if a tragedy is more or less tragic when a character has a choice. This question stayed in my mind for the entirety of the film and at several plot points left me shocked. I recently moved into a new house which always leaves me feeling vulnerable. Seeing this film took full advantage of this, and my electricity bill will show it from keeping lights on more than usual.
1	redacted	84 _81%
click
1	Lapalla48	73 _68%
Great acting and directing. "Unforgettable,bad, curious" plot.
1	sawe	80 _86%
A bid long, but still got the right stuff to be called horror.
1	radumsmn	76 _73%
Not enough tongue popping in the second half
1	Ippei	70 _58%
This was good but a bit of mixed bag. It was a genuine horror film, where the scares are created from the anxiety of each scene and the unknown, rather than relying on jump scares. The performances, especially Toni Collette, is amazing and the technical aspect of this film is fantastic. Where it lost me was the direction the story took and what the big reveal turned out to be. It seemed a little tried and tested, where a unique spin would have lifted this to great heights for mine.
1	EvilMangoes	94 _82%
A-
1	psim	78 _64%
A very unsettling (but mercifully light on jumpscares) film about grief and broken families that ratchets up the tension to its unexpected and unforgettable conclusion.
1	hughesj11	93 _98%
Astounding debut film from Ari Aster featuring one of the greatest performances of all time from Toni Collette. Not only one of the best films of 2018 but one of the best horror films of all time. Guaranteed to haunt you for days after!
1	thefriedone	80 _69%
Safe to say this is one of the most terrifying horror films of the last five to ten years! Very artful direction, great score that builds tension, and some really stellar performances by the cast (especially mother and son). However, the plot could have used some tightening up. The final act is blow after blow of insanity, almost like the writers brainstormed as many fucked up scenes as they could and crammed them all in, regardless of importance to the plot.
1	magdabag	92 _86%
Try not to lose your head. I dare you.
1	lofisofi	57 _55%
it was good but aside from some scenes early on i did not find it particularly memorable. it loses its emotional core and forgets its motivations halfway through and becomes disappointing.

Average Percentile 60.93% from 3059 Ratings