A masterpiece!

Rating: 10/10 (7 November 2019)

I watched this film last night after my friend and sister did. I knew it was violent, but holy moly does this film stretch its R rating to the max. Funnily enough, it was rated NC-17 at a point- albeit not for the reason I would have thought- though director Ari Aster managed to get it down to an R rating. However, in terms of artistic merit and thematic cohesion, this film absolutely rules.
The acting in this film is stellar. Florence Pugh provides so much soul in her performance, and at times, you can truly feel her grief towards what has brought her into the situation she gets stuck in for most of the film. The themes of the film are brutal and harsh, but not nihilistic, drab, or self-absorbed in the way that other experimental, artsy horror films can be (if you want to hate yourself, go watch the needless and pretentious film "Begotten" instead).
The cinematography of this film is just outstanding too. The pacing is slow, but the film has such a profound beauty in its sheer madness that I never got bored for a second (again, I'm looking at you, Begotten...). The film starts very simple and with a fantastically peaceful melancholy, but by the end, the film becomes the most chaotic thing I've ever seen on tape.
I didn't even like Hereditary all that much, but this film just rocks. I wholeheartedly recommend it.