Hereditary

Let me start here: this movie sat in my watchlist for years. Finally pulled the trigger, and honestly? I'm left scratching my head more than I am trembling. Look, I'm not saying it's bad. It's not. But after years of hearing "modern masterpiece" and "soul-crushing terror", I was expecting to leave my body. Instead, I left confused. And a little disappointed. Toni Collette though? Yeah, she earned every bit of that hype. Phenomenal doesn't even cover it. She's mid-scream, about to let it all out, and then her face just snaps into this cold, snatched diva expression like she remembered the camera was on her good side. You know exactly which moment I'm talking about. Iconic behavior honestly. She carried this whole movie on her back and made it look easy. Everything else? Mixed bag. The opening dialogue was rough—Peter and those classmates gave me secondhand embarrassment. He got better as it went, but those early scenes had me worried. And the naked cult people? Unnecessary. I did NOT need to see that old man. There's unsettling and then there's just... why. The pacing is slow but not the boring kind. It keeps you hooked even when you have no clue what's actually happening. And that ending? Still trying to piece it together. Cult? Demon? Grief possession? Honestly if I were the dad I would've just dipped out the front door and never came back. Would I rewatch? Probably not. But also maybe yes? There's this itch that a second watch might clear things up. Or it might confuse me more. Either way, it's stuck in my head. So yeah. Not a classic. Not a masterpiece. Just a fascinating, frustrating, occasionally brilliant movie with an all-timer performance and a plot that lost me somewhere along the way. Worth watching? Sure. Worth the hype? Nah.