Utter tripe

Rating: 3/10 (26 September 2019)

How Ari Aster, the man that brought us possibly the best horror flick of modern film in Hereditary churned out this complete nonsense is a mystery equal to that of the building of the pyramids..
It's ridiculous in (many) places, way too long, predictable and our main protagonists are as thick as they are annoying. Those praising the film, ask yourself please, after the first ritual would you really of hung around for more? It just wasn't true to life. I appreciate horror is escapism and delves deeply into the impossible, but the impossible should not extend to human reaction to given situations. What made Hereditary such a great film was the human element, the pure raw emotion that encapsulated the film, it made it believable from a human perspective, this however.. The characters just came across as thick and disinterested. Will Poulter's character for instance. Just completely unlikable and unbelievable. Lets face it, it's getting a lot of trendy love for the director isn't it!
It wasn't all bad. The cinematography was fantastic in places, the soundtrack very similar to Hered's was good, but apart from that..
It even got interesting toward midpoint when one of characters takes photo's of things he shouldn't.. I thought a turning point in the film was coming but disappointingly it just carried on at the same mundane irrelevant pace and slowly, predictably came to its ending act, which I embraced wholeheartedly.
The next time they fill that barn up it needs to be with copies of this DS.
3*'s for it's cinematography, hilarious sex scene and soundtrack..