The current rating is a bit bleak, at least above 7.5. Are you wise if you give one star because it is too scary, and are you wise if you accuse a religious movie with an unscientific plot?
This is a very good movie, and its quality is very high. It may be a generation of classics that can be compared to "The Shining" and "The Exorcist".
First, the sense of fear and oppression brought about by the heterogeneous culture shown in this film follows with you. This film does not rely on blood plasma, stumps, and sudden strange sell-outs, but is formed by showing a different culture that deviates from the mainstream culture. An unknown fear, simply put, you don't know what murdered you, but it has been monitoring you by your side and trying to control you. The bizarre rituals of the cult at the end of the film also brought a great shock, like the gathering of the monastery in Suanshan in "The Da Vinci Code", with flickering candlelight and naked men and women, mysterious community secret agreements and mysterious symbols that make the scalp numb . The last time I was equally shocked was the old film "The Magical Baby".
Second, the script and the narration complement each other, the plot is closely matched, each unfolding link has a summary of the previous situation, each character has a sense of existence, the strange sister wears clothes that do not fit, and uses scissors to hang the head of a dead bird; The rebellious son in a trance, his enthusiasm for socializing with his peers implies estrangement from his family. Flying leaves and chatting with girls also make the image of this high school boy more three-dimensional; the mother, who has never shown a smile, looks at her grandmother's relics and plays with herself The micro-sculpture model works of the film, and the statement of the original family relationship in the fellowship activities (or the psychological mutual aid society?) also played a huge role in the understanding of the film. The interspersed shots contain the narrative of the story, and the characters have their own clues. In the end, the confluence of all clues pushes the plot to a climax, pointing to the conspiracy behind it. To borrow the words of the game commentary circle, this film has a high degree of "completion". Unlike some "brain-burning films", the director and screenwriter have no intention of rejecting communication with the audience at all, and they have not spoken to themselves. The logic of the whole film is closed loop Yes, the advantage of this is that the audience can see clearly and enjoy it.
Third, the details are very rich. As a genre film, the interaction between characters and reality and the changes in psychological activities before and after are vividly portrayed. After the car accident, the son's reaction was not to hug the corpse tightly like a TV series, but to evade reality and pretend he didn't see what happened to his sister, and ran home to hide in the bed in a daze; the father who guarded the family with strength and understanding in the early stage collapsed For a moment, the camera gave a panoramic view, and his predicament and pressure were fully demonstrated under the low-key and restrained camera. The degree of his father's pain was not reflected by the number of tears and how loudly he cried, but by the results of his actions—— He finally couldn't take it anymore and lay on the steering wheel weeping, so the green light came on and the car was still in place. There are so many details like this that I won't go into details.
Why does "Hereditary" have the potential to become a classic? Of course, this is my personal opinion. The big boss of the film, King Paimon, is the material from the occultist Solomon 72 demons in Europe and the United States. The reality is more terrifying. If you ask for IP from an ancient book, if you are the first, it will be unprecedented. ! The more Count Dracula and Frankenstein see each other, the more boring it will be. Horror movies still depend on freshness. Who didn't know that Sadako could climb the TV, and I smashed the TV! See what you can endure. In addition, wide acceptance and general praise are also a standard. IMDb has a score of 7.4 by more than 70,000 people and a freshness of 89% on Rotten Tomatoes. The masses have said that it is good, even if it is well-known. Still highly recommended.
If there are any shortcomings forcibly said, it is the Chinese translation of "Hereditary Doom"... It's too Internet-like, I initially rejected it, and thought it was adapted from a domestic horror web article (I've seen too many rubbish and weird web articles with shadows ), I watched it under the repeated recommendation of my sisters, and it really looked good. In addition, hereditary has little to do with the movie. Her real name "Hereditary" does not mean bad luck.
Thanks for the recommendation from my friend, this movie is exciting enough.
Thanks to my roommate for being there, I didn't get scared badly.
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