SMH!

Rating: 4/10 (7 August 2018)

For those who said that this is as scary as The Exorcist, or an intelligent horror film, REALLY?!?!. the film will work way better if the filmmaker focused on one thing instead of adding other storyline. at one point i thought "finally, a horror film that paid a closer look on details on the characters" because the way that the characters dealt with grief, guilt feeling, etc was not only accurate but also flowed naturally, it doesn't feel cheap at all. but then the as the film closes to it's end, another storyline revealed, and that could be okay, but the writer/director clearly abandoned the theme that he has built since the beginning. what a waste of potential.
this film is on the same line with those "clever" "intelligent because of the slow pace" horror films. i really liked The Witch, i hated It Comes at Night, i kinda liked It Follows, and i haven't seen The Babadook. and Hereditary is definitely has the potential of being a better film as 2/3 of the beginning of the film is fantastic, but then quickly runs from it as the third part of the film revealed.