A beautiful, psychologically terrifying film

Rating: 9/10 (6 September 2018)

I was lucky in that I had never read a review or synopsis of this film before viewing. So from the beginning, I had no idea where it was going. I hate to compare it to another film because it is unique on its own, but I am reminded of Rosemary's Baby, where for most of the film you are wondering if you are just watching a masterful character study of madness in a claustrophobic NY apartment. At the end of that film you realize you have watched a film about contemporary satanism.
Hereditary keeps you on the edge of your seat. It keeps you guessing. It's a slow boil of pychological horror. You also have the sense that you are watching a master filmmaker at work, an auteur to watch.
I won't give anything away but in the last act of this film, you are exhausted and terrified. You are not exactly sure what you just saw. I will say this. There is no way in the beginning of this film to predict how it will end. There are enough pychological twists and moments of pure horror that it will keep you thinking about it for days after.