Going in Cold

Rating: 9/10 (3 September 2018)

Do as I did: If you haven't seen this, stop now, rent/buy this movie and watch it as cold as possible. Can't ask for a much better movie-going experience.
Well, and then, come back and enjoy my review. :-)
Yep, one of my favorite ways to go into a movie is: COMPLETELY COLD. Not hearing anything, not who stars in the movie, the basic plot, hell, not even the subgenre, if it's divided. Someone recommended this to me months ago and now that it's available for home viewing, I finally got to see it.
These past few months haven't been easy to live in the dark surrounding the movie because...people like to talk. What they don't see as a spoiler is darn well a spoiler for someone like me that doesn't ever want to see trailers because, again, I like to go in stone cold and just on a recommendation from someone.
Whew! I severely digress. Back to the movie. Since I already gave the disclaimer up front, I can freely talk about the movie. Though, with as little revealed as possible.
As the title suggests, things are passed on in this overly melancholy family. In the beginning, the grandmother dies and leaves the Mom/Dad, Daughter/Son family the main focus, and actually two more than others. But, bam! Just when you thought it was safe to go down the path of normal horror, the tides shift and more misery emerges.
Honestly, I wasn't a fan of this movie for the majority of it. I thought the performances were too over the top, the family was obscenely creepy and the drama was thick enough to cut with a knife. And then...
Things began to open my eyes and more and more revealed to drop my jaw. And sadly, it's only then that you realize that they've given you so many clues in this supposedly slow-burn mystery that you almost feel stupid for not picking up on everything. And then we have the climax.
I loved it and it tied in everything so joyfully, this is definitely one of my favorite horror movies in a while and probably for 2018 for sure. It demands repeat viewings and I sure as HELL can't wait to see it again.
IF you took my warning up front seriously and managed to avoid the hype, the spoilers, the reviews including this one, and watched and enjoyed it, bravo. I hope you had such an incredible experience as I did and wish they made more horror movies like this and not the cookie-cutter-conjuring ghost stories of late. THIS IS ORIGINALITY and I crave it more than any sh]t-storm Hollywood spits out just to make a buck.
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Final thoughts: I was actually going to rewatch the entire movie a second time (and will do so, anyways) before writing my review. But, I watched enough "Ending/Movie explained" and "Movie Review" YouTube videos that I pretty much saw the movie a second time anyways. If you missed anything in the movie or felt this isn't as great as I'm portraying it to be, feel free to watch said YouTube videos. They'll probably convince you: You're Wrong, This Movie is GREAT!