Hereditary is fully part of the intelligent horror cinema genre

Rating: 10/10 (9 June 2018)

"If you think horror movies are nothing more than gore, gratuitous violence, slashers slashing, and supernatural creatures wreaking havoc, think again; intelligent horror movies demonstrate that smart horror exists - and is really good to boot." (Ranker.com)
Hereditary shall not soon be forget by his viewers. It has everything an horror movie needs to conquer horror amateurs: gore; intense (and for most people unbearable) scenes of violence, disturbing corruption of man's artistic taste; scenes in which spectators are confronted to the view of dead animals, putrefied bodies and, moreover, naked rotten bodies.
In addition to this masterly served-on-a-silver-tray violence, viewers get the chance to catch shivers when it comes to the part of spiritism experiences and the thrilling cult which practices those satanic rituals. With this many details wisely put through the entire film, it really felt like the movie was about a cult that had existed in real life. A24 added to Hereditary an artistic twist by making the mother (Toni Collette) a miniature artist, which fits really well the movie. In fact, those miniature rooms that the mother patiently builds and paints are meant to represent events of the movie or metaphorical, allegorical events that complete the sinister family history.
During the first half of the movie, a teenage girl (Milly Shapiro) is always seen eating sugary treats, such as candies or chocolate bars. It may seem to be so because she is nervous about the lost of her grandmother, but with a further analysis, and by the end of the movie, it would be adequate to say that her thirst for sugar has a darker meaning... It looks like she was the incarnation of King Paimon, one of the Lords of Lucifer. It was mentioned in the movie that she never cried, even at her birth, and that her grandmother, who was an influent member of a spiritism cult, cared very much for her and was always looking upon her. It is a demonology fact that demons love sugar, so it would explain why she always eat sweets. An other explanation for her love of treats would be that she is, indeed, feeling nervous and anxious because of her grandma's death. This and her allergy to nuts would also give a promisingly purpose for her anaphylactic shock caused by her ingestion of a chocolate cake that contained macadamia nuts.
The second half of the movie has more of a "pestilential" taste. It is the part of the movie when the spectators can get a close view of dead bodies, but also of bleeding and burned ones.
All in all, the present movie features an altogether thrilling and sinister story that filthily evolves through his sinister scenes.