Don't expect a hereditary two!

Rating: 4/10 (23 October 2019)

I was very excited to see this and waited until it was on dvd. I loved Hereditary and thought it was brilliant in portraying demonology and the horrifying grip of supernatural on a family. However, I set my expectations high for this one, hoping if would embrace some sort of supernatural aspect to it, but it didn't. The characters are rather dull and there is somewhat of an unconnected feeling throughout the film. No where is there any real horror, just a plethora of psychedelic nonsense. It aims at depicting disparaging glimpses of pagan Litha and comes off pretentious, the ritualistic, purification, blood sacrifice, rebirth, fertility, blah, blah. I tried my best to not compare the film with Ari Aster's previous, but really the two films can't be more dissimilar. I could see the appeal of Midsomer to strictly those very interested in all things pagan, but other than that I think you will be met with disappointment, especially if you are expecting horror.