The Exorcist is far way better...

Rating: 3/10 (30 December 2018)

When I saw "this generation's exorcist" on the poster of this movie I had to watch it. When judged by today's standards "The Exorcist" is still a good solid horror movie but when it came out back in 1973 it was something else, terrifying to death and put a new standard for horror genre and rightfully earned "the scariest movie of all time" title. I think many horror movie fans would agree with my comment. Naturally I was expecting a horror movie in "the Exorcist" magnitude but sadly after watching Hereditary the "this generation's exorcist" claim is nothing but a balloon and a disgrace to what "The Exorcist" accomplished almost 50 years ago!
Hereditary holds a solid drama character and I think it is a great drama movie than a horror movie. The acting, places, lights, ambiance, cinematography are great. It can reflect the sorrow of the main character's to the audience caused by the dramatic events. Sadly when the horror elements begin the movie quickly turn into a joke. Nothing is solid and consistent and it simply jumps all around different subjects of scary elements such as ghosts, cults, witchcraft, occult and you can't tell what everything is all about or what's going on. This is not a bad thing in most movies as it keeps the audience but Hereditary tends to loose most of them very quickly and even bore the audience with many inconsistent events.
The end of the movie is even a bigger joke! I wish they kept it as a good drama movie and had not touched the elements of horror ar all. I give just 3 stars because of the first half of the movie and all the good qualities I mentioned above however as a horror movie it doesn't deserve even 1 star!