Movie; Hereditary (2018) Caution; Spoiler Alert

Hereditary

Came out; 2018
Time; 2 Hour 7 minutes
Watched on; Amazon



Rating; R for horror violence, disturbing images, language, drus use and brief graphic nudity
IMDB Rating; 7.3/10



Rotten Tomatoes Score; 89%
Average Rating; 8.2/10
Reviews Counted; 318
Fresh; 282
Rotten; 36
Audience Score; 63% Liked it

Caution; Spoiler Alert

After the family matriarch passes away, a grieving family is haunted by tragic and disturbing occurrences, and begin to unravel dark secrets.

Staring;

Alex Wolff as Peter

Gabriel Byrne as Steve

Toni Collette as Annie

Milly Shapiro as Charlie

Ann Dowd as Joan

Storyline;

When the matriarch of the Graham family passes away, her daughter's family begins to unravel cryptic and increasingly terrifying secrets about their ancestry.

Thoughts;
What the hell did I just watch? How did this movie get such good ratings? I'm confused and I'm not sure they watched the same movie I watched.
Toni Collette is a great actress and she carried this movie, but it made zero sense, nothing was really explained, why did the dad burn? The oldest son was dark skinned and the rest of the family was light skinned, just so confusing, then naked people?!



I really don't understand, this movie got great ratings and was supposed to be scary-it was not

Plot Summary; CAUTION; Major Spoiler Alert

Artist Annie Graham lives with her husband, Steve, their 16-year-old son Peter, and their 13-year-old daughter, Charlie. At the funeral of her secretive mother, Ellen Leigh, Annie delivers a eulogy explaining their fraught relationship. A week after, Steve is informed that Ellen's grave has been desecrated, while Annie thinks she sees an apparition of Ellen in her workshop. At a support group for bereaved, Annie reveals that the rest of her family suffered from mental illness that resulted in their deaths. To attend a party, Peter lies that he is going to a school event, and Annie forces him to take Charlie with him. Unsupervised, Charlie eats cake containing nuts, which she is allergic to, and falls into Anaphylactic shock. As Peter drives her to a hospital, Charlie leans out of the window for air. Peter swerves to avoid a dead animal and Charlie is decapitated by a telephone pole. The family grieves following Charlie's funeral, heightening tensions between Annie and Peter. Peter is plagued by Charlie's presence around the house.

*Edit 2/23/23

I re-watched this movie with my husband. He was interested in seeing it based on the preview. I still stand by what I said originally. This movie is weird, makes no sense, nothing is remotely explained and it's not at all scary!