Polarizing; yet, well executed

Rating: 8/10 (26 May 2020)

This film is even more polarizing than Hereditary. I understand why it's very off-putting to some, but many people will find another great film from Ari Aster.
I understood the film even better once I heard it's an analogy of a breakup. It just also happens to be a very, very creepy and disturbing film with a hell of an ending, if you ask me. It's not that the ending has never been done before; it's that Aster executes it in a way that gets under your skin. Very brilliantly done.
I found myself thinking about it a lot afterward. Even had a bit of trouble sleeping that night. It puts you into another world, a world of pure evil. Very much in the same "world" as Hereditary, where there is an absence of anything pure and holy, an absence of joy, and absence of goodness. Hey, it's a horror film. Isn't that what we want?
If hell exists, this is very much what I would imagine it would be like. Visually, you might at first think what you're seeing is beautiful, but you slowly start to realize you're not in paradise. It's the opposite.
Not quite as good as Hereditary, but very memorable nonetheless.
Ari Aster is a genius. I'm sorry if you disagree. I think he's truly a master at his craft.