Review of Hereditary

Ever wonder what a horror film with zero exposition would be like? The answer is genuinely unsettling. Hereditary let's you know so little until it's climax that you'll be paranoid and suspicious of every single damn thing going on in a bid to try to figure things out and convince yourself that it's main character is not going insane or has her fingers in the pie. A dash of Rosemary's Baby, mixed with some Suspiria and the original Wicker Man and you might begin to see where it all ends up.

Hereditary is tense, disturbing, disorienting, deliberately paced, devoid of cheap scares but full of genuine spine chilling scenarios, and filled with clues and riddles that will have you wanting to go back to see it again to get a clearer view of the plot. Foremost, Hereditary is clever in the way it approaches familiar ground. As aforementioned, exposition is done away with. The viewer is literally in the shoes of the afflicted and as lost as they are. We grasp for knowledge that the movie itself informs us we don't possess and it leaves you genuinely stranded in the midst of madness.

Of course, resolving the dilemma only makes thing all the more horrifying! Therein lies the genius of the movie, it will have you wanting to go back for more if only to see things more clearly and fit the pieces in place. Already being called as a worthy successor to such greats as The Exorcist, Hereditary has definitely earned it's place. An Instant classic.