I saw Hereditary. I thought it was okay, not as scary as it was hyped. It was very effective in the first half with scenes of family grieving over loss, and being silent in sorrow, feeling guilty over conflicting emotions over the dead, or howling in pain. I really felt for them more there. I was especially impressed by the performance of Alex Wolff as the family’s average teen son who is stricken by a chilling turn of events. He did a fantastic job in playing a traumatized teenager and digging deep into emotions. I had only known of him prior from Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle as the teen who turns into The Rock in a video game, so this was a pleasant surprise to see him in a heavily dramatic role.
But the second half became more supernatural, with seances and apparitions, and the effect was more hokey than terrifying, and I stopped caring as much and felt outside of the story, not invested anymore. I think the film was mismarketed as this chilling horror film, whereas it’s more a supernatural thriller about grief. I wanted to like it more than I did, and I definitely preferred the first half before they went for more cliched movie scares.
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