Spoilers are allowed.

Whenever I finish watching a new movie, I like to go to Reddit and browse the discussion threads to see what people thought of it. From now on, I’ll start a thread here if it doesn’t already exist.

What did you think of the movie? How did you interpret the ending? Feel free to discuss anything about the movie you like.

  • Hamon_Rye
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    1 year ago

    Such a great movie.

    Toni Collette put forward one of the strongest performances by anyone in anything ever and while awards are ultimately meaningless, deep down in the secret place in my heart that does care about them I am still mad pissed she didn’t get nominated for an Academy Award for what she did here.

  • Bri Guy @sopuli.xyz
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    1 year ago

    this movie surprised me in many ways. i initially thought it’d be one of those generic paranormal movies but nope!

  • MarcellusDrum@lemmy.mlOP
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    1 year ago

    I’m a fan of horror in general, but I don’t have a lot of time to watch movies, so when I do, I get really picky about what to watch. So let me tell you, Hereditary did NOT dissapoint. Probably my faviorate horror movie.

    I watched it with a couple of friends after midnight. We joked throughout the movie, and it still made us feel nervous. The acting, the sound/music, and the unexpected story line are all perfect. The casual grandma “ghost” at the start sets it up to be a generic ghost haunting story, which made the actual storyline of demons/cult more impressive. Not sure if that was the reason for the scene, because it was genuis.

    The scene where Annie is standing on the wall in the background, and hitting the attic door with her head made me shit bricks.

    The ending was a bit confusing at first (calling Peter Charlie for example), but after reading some explanations online, I think its a great ending.

    Also the amount of small details is mindboggling. Seeing the chuclkboard being purchased by Joanne for example. Makes rewatching the movie a must.

    Amazing movie overall.

  • minorsecond@lemmy.ml
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    1 year ago

    How truly scary is this movie? It has been on my watch list for a long time, but I haven’t had the guts to watch it.

    • MarcellusDrum@lemmy.mlOP
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      1 year ago

      It is more disturbing that outright scary, especially the first half. But it is a proper horror movies, so if you aren’t a fan of those, don’t watch it.

  • anon_water@lemmy.ml
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    1 year ago

    I interpret that Peter is now the eighth king of hell at the final scene. His entire life and family have been targeted for the rituals their whole life as evidenced by his grandma’s history as the queen shown throughout the movie. Also the cult members doing so many things in their home throughout the movie. None of the family members had any agency to stop this from happening for their entire lives!