Episode 85 - Mother Dearest Month - Hereditary (2018) - (With Video)

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Listen in as we discuss Hereditary (2018)

[@lary9860]

Sorry I couldn't attend this watch party! I'll be sure to join the next. Hereditary one of my favourite movies, let alone horror movies, ever. Lots of spoilers in this comment. Azeez and I saw this in theatres, and it was one of the best crowds we've ever had in a horror film. It had a mixed group, people of all ages, but especially younger adults. I was even sitting next to a group of 15 year old boys. It was heavily advertised as being an epically scary horror movie, so I remember thinking, "Uh oh, people are going to start playing with their phones or chatting" when the movie started off being a family drama. But that never happened. It was a gripping movie throughout. One of the biggest crowd reactions actually came when Toni Collette's character says to her son, "I never wanted to be your mother." The entire crowd gasped, even the kids beside me. I've NEVER encountered a crowd reaction like that from a drama before. But then the movie switches gears into the paranormal realm, and after being such a slow burn, it just escalates into being icily terrifying. The last 15 minutes are the most terrifying I've seen in a recent horror film. And after so many years of being desensitized to horror, that's a big deal hahaha I remember gripping onto Azeez's hand at the end and then looking over to the teenage boys, who at that point were huddled into each other. That was pretty amazing haha It even earned a peal of awkward laughter from me when Peter jumps out the window, because I couldn't help but think, "Yeah, me too, buddy. I'd do the same." But the film is extraordinary. So much attention to detail, incredibly meticulous. You can watch this movie several times and pick everything apart for analysis and find something new. I love that. And the movie is just evocative in its entirety, making you feel uneasy and uncomfortable from the first scene. One of my favourite lower-key scares is actually when Joan is yelling at Peter from across the street. I forget the exact like, but it's something like, "Peter! I cast you out!" And it's wild to think she's trying to force his soul to leave his body to make it easier for Paimon to take over. Kind of an interesting take, almost like a reverse-exorcism. There's something scarier about someone trying to drive you out of your own body rather than JUST something else taking it over. And yes, all of those naked old people were indeed members of the cult at the end. We do see them at the funeral, as you folks noticed. We might even see them elsewhere, but I am not fully sure off the top of my head. But there are elements of the cult seen throughout the movie, including a symbol on the pole that knocks Charlie's block off. It just kinda shows the family were always the means to the grandmother's demonic end. Great film.

[@reviewsthatscare]

Such a good movie!!!! Wild there was the cult marking on the telephone pole I don't think either of us even noticed that. Pretty awesome attention to detail!!