Shortlegs and I caught Hereditary last weekend.

I really dug it. Take one messed up family and then mess it a little further through tragedy and maybe something more. I am not going to say much more than that because I don’t want to spoil any of the fun … because there are some genuinely surprising twists and turns. I want to go see this again because there is a lot to unpack.

As a Side Note:
Hereditary is another example of how expectations can ruin the movie-going experience for everyone. The audience we saw it with must have been expecting a “jump scare” marathon. You could feel the mood in the room change about 3/4 of the way through. People started getting restless, making noises, and laughing at things that should have been scary. The people that aren’t enjoying the movie ruin it for those of us who are really into it. It was a total repeat of my viewings of The VVitch and It Comes at Night (both great, unsettling horror movies released by A24 that don’t play well for mainstream audiences). I love that A24 is releasing more unconventional horror movies. I just wish the general public would catch on to this as well and leave anything with A24 before the title to us hardcore horror fans.