Deeply disturbing; not for the impatient

Rating: 9/10 (17 October 2018)

HEREDITARY, as demonstrated by mixed reviews, is not for all audiences. However, I found it to be one of the most deeply disturbing and unique horror movies I've ever seen. Few times has a movie left me feeling so unsettled and thinking about it days after viewing.
I think what people don't like about the movie are the following choices made for the film: slow pacing, complicated mythology woven in between "normal" scenes, and a staggered layering of the film that devotes 70% family drama, 20% tragedy and terror, and 10% mythological horror. Also, some say it's "artsy," which is true. But it's so much more than that.
I really can't understand how some users claimed they laughed during HEREDITARY. Sure, there are some nonsense scenes near the end that are hard to interpret as anything other than bizzare. However, you have to be very desensitized or unsympathetic not to be disturbed by some of the tragic and terrifying moments the family in the film goes through. Just skip this movie if you don't have the patience for emotional drama, metephors, or self-interpretation.
If you have an appreciation for unsettling horror that takes root slowly rather than through frequent jumpscares, watch HEREDITARY. If you're looking for a horror movie that goes outside the norm of the genre and flays it from the inside, watch HEREDITARY. If you sympathize with mental illness and the devastating impacts it may have on families, watch HEREDITARY.
Side note: the acting is incredible. I will never forget Toni Collete's performance as Annie. She deserves so much praise.