Lived up to the hype and quotes as seen in the trailer!

Rating: 10/10 (23 December 2018)

Hereditary is seriously terrifying! My favorite horror film of 2018 followed by Halloween 2018 just because I'm a long time follower of the Halloween series. Anyway, back to this truly horrifying film, Hereditary is the story of a family who is thrust into a terrible and inescapable nightmare beginning with the death of the matriarch (the grandmother of the kids, and the mother of Toni Collete's character 'Annie'). The entire first half of the film is simply building the suspense and creating fantastic character development, the first half of the film also fills the audience with high tensions and complete dread which pays off in the second half of the film. The second half of the film (once the movie has you sucked into its horrifying vortex of non-stop madness) takes a much sinister turn as Annie as well as her sixteen year old son, Peter (played by Alex Wolfe) begin to discover the true terrifying secret of the family ancestry. Annie discovers that her late mother was apart of a cult which worshipped a demon named King Paimon, one of the eight kings of hell, (which also is the name of a REAL demon, not just a demon the director made up). After Annie finds out that a demonic force is after her son Peter to possess his body to enter the real world, Annie tries to desperately stop the madness by destroying her late daughter, Charlie's (played by Milly Sphario) sketch book, which is some kind of gateway for King Paimon.
There's the giant gist of this terrifying film. Now my thoughts and review for this film is that first off I HAVE to give a HUGE shout out to an outstanding performance by Toni Collette! Collete NAILED this movie and I absolutely loved her in this! You really feel for her character and you can see how much she's going through and how hard she tries to keep her family together and her sanity in check while in the meantime she loses her 13 year old daughter, Charlie, in a violent car accident caused by Peter, and also trying to find her place as a mother, a wife, and used to be daughter (before her Satanist mom passed away). In a scene in the film, Annie talks about her childhood and how she has dealt with death before, her brother hung himself because he was depressed and kept claiming their mom kept trying to "put people inside of him", Annie's father passed away after he starved himself to death. So as for the character Annie, there are so many reasons to feel bad for her and Toni Collette absolutely MASTERS this role, I literally can't think of anyone better to play this role.
The cinematography was astonishing and mesmerizing as well as eerie, the music score was absolutely dreadful, terrifying, and extremely bone-chilling. The story (plot) of this film is terrifically terrifying, gripping, Disturbing, and dreadful. What really makes this drama/supernatural suspense/horror film work is that there are NO cheesy jump scares, this film simply relies on the suspense, the dread, the mystery, and the psychological elements to get to the audiences deepest fears. It's a film that really gets into your head and once you see it once...theres no forgetting it. The heart stopping and frightening images will stick with you forever!. If you're reading negative reviews for this film IGNORE THEM! this movie IS terrifying and those who are saying it isn't are the type of people who rely on cheesy jump scares and lots and lots of action and Gore. This is not that kind of movie so dont be expecting that from Hereditary. BUT if you're looking for a film that will TRULY scare you to the core and get deep inside your head and will provide you with horror that will stick with you forever...Hereditary is definitely for you!!
My final rating for Hereditary: 10 out of 10 Stars. No I'm not exaggerating. This film truly is that great! Watch for yourself!.