Customer Ratings & Reviews

Took a chance on this, and I am glad I did. This was a pretty creepy and trippy. Psychological thriller. Some really good acting, and the picture quality is fantastic. Make sure you watch it with the lights off to get the full effect! Ha ha

This movie will just freak you out! Toni Colette is brilliant and should of won an oscar! Definitely not for family night viewing.

I did not see anythe trailers, I went in blind. I love horror movies, I have seen hundreds and this was high up on my watch list. The film took a bit to get into gear, but like all the best horror movies once it started it doesn't let up. Days after watching my wife and I were still realizing things and twists within the movie. This film is up there with the shinning and the exorcist in terms of quality. I don't want to spoil any story beats, but if you enjoyed it follows or the witch, I'd say it's up there with high quality horror. This one is actually scary too.

First, the good. Ari Aster’s HEREDITARY is a beautifully well made film featuring fantastic performances, an unsettling mood, great music, and effective scares. Now, the bad. I hate to use the phrase “rip off” but it hews awfully close to a massively famous horror flick from the ‘60s. I won’t mention which one, because doing so would spoil the numerous pleasures this modern chiller has to offer. However, if you are at all versed in horror history, you might come away a little exasperated. Toni Collette is absolutely riveting as Annie, a troubled middle-aged miniaturist, wife, and mother of two. The story begins at her mother’s funeral. We come to understand that her relationship with her mother was strained, to say the least. The movie turns on Collette’s performance and she delivers. Gabriel Byrne plays her increasingly concerned husband. Byrne is convincing as a warm, if stoic, rational man trying to hold his family together as tragedy occurs. Alex Wolff, who impressed me in MY FRIEND DAHMER, goes to a whole other level as oldest child, Peter. Wolff, who gets the meatiest part next to Collette, is immersive as the son who butts heads with his unraveling mother and is unaware of the impending danger that creeps ever closer to his family’s lives. Milly Shapiro is a revelation as the younger socially awkward and nut allergy afflicted daughter, Charlie. Shapiro has to play a quirky role and the young actress knocks it out of the park. Ann Dowd also plays her role of Joan, Annie’s new friend and fellow griever, perfectly. Matronly and empathetic, she seems to be everything that Annie’s mother wasn’t. After another terrible event shakes Annie to her core, Joan provides somewhat strange comfort to our clearly unstable lead. Is Annie losing her mind, though, or is something literally more diabolical happening? This is a carefully constructed film, using cinematic tools to obfuscate and keep the viewer in the dark and on the edge of their seat. Pawel Pogorzelski composes some stunning imagery and disorients with expert camerawork. Much use is made of Annie’s strikingly accurate miniature dioramas to the point where it’s sometimes difficult to tell what’s real and what’s merely artifice, complimenting the mysterious maneuvers of the story itself. Aster, who wrote and directed, works with his cinematographer and composer Colin Stetson to weave a haunting and suffocating atmosphere. Stetson’s music masterfully adds an additional layer of dread to the proceedings. Script and performances work hand in hand to maximize our feelings for the characters. This is a film with class. With mainstream horror, that sometimes means the focus is on the psychological and not on gore. HEREDITARY has both. I was actually surprised by the amount of visceral images provided. No one will ever mistake this for a splatter film, but there are some fairly horrific sequences peppered into the visuals. So, you can probably tell that I enjoyed the film and that it is expertly crafted. It has a pretty major problem, though. It’s difficult to ignore the massive similarities to that other film that I mentioned earlier. True, it’s definitely not a straight remake, but it works from the same blueprint. How much you enjoy this will probably depend on either your ignorance of the other film or how much you’re willing to forgive. It’s no doubt a very good or even excellent film, just not a very original one. Ari Aster makes a splash with his debut film, HEREDITARY. Everything about the film is masterful, except for its originality. I especially admire how it structures the audience’s uncertainty about if we’re seeing mental illness or something more sinister. I am definitely looking forward to what Aster does next, I just hope it’s not as derivative. I watched this on 4K UHD and it is a gorgeous disc. The film itself is beautiful, too. Unnerving and deliberate, I recommend it with some caveats.

Had no idea about this movie when I first saw it, only that it had a reputation for being terrifying. Boy was it! Toni Collette's performance is worth the watch alone. Also, this deserves multiple viewings while paying attention to background stuff that you might not notice during the first watch. Recommended horror film and quality Blu Ray release!

I really liked this movie. The ending was different

I’m terrible with scary movies, I was petrified of this movie before I watched it. Enough so that o went and had to read a little bit about it before I could convince myself to watch it. Don’t do that. I really enjoyed the movie, but it would’ve been a bit better if I didn’t know some of the scenes along the way. It’s worth watching.

The ending caught me off guard and I'm still trying to figure out the boy climbed up the tree and everybody up in the club house with no clothes on yelling oh hell king smh other then that I enjoyed it! Totally different from other movies out there.

Still feel like this is the best horror movie….of all time!!

The best horror film, alongside the Witch, in the past decade. Diehard horror fan for two decades, so I can truly attest to that. This film is amazing on it's own merits. Disturbing, violent, tragic, scary. It's a must-own for any self-respecting horror fan.

Ari Aster has announced himself as horror's next great director. This film is not for the faint-hearted, as there's not a single moment where you'll feel comfortable. However, it's original, scary, and unsettling - a must-watch for any horror fan!

Not your ordinary horror flick, but do prepare yourself to be mind blown with how perfect this film is put together. Excellent story line and one kill scene that will haunt your dreams. A must watch for any horror fan!

This movie is excellent! Great performances, great story, very scary, and an all around great movie. I recommend for everybody.

I've been wanting to watch something new in horror and it completely delivered. I walked out of the theatre asking myself "what did I just watch" but in a good way. A must see.

Ari Aster became a serious new player in the horror genre by virtue of this film, a shockingly effective examination of a family plagued by guilt and demonic secrets. Toni Collette (whom you might remember as Haley Joel Osment's bewildered mother in "The Sixth Sense") here stars as a mother driven to the edge of insanity by the conviction that there's something really wrong with the family DNA. The things the Graham family endures and does are truly horrifying, but Aster's touch as a writer-director is so confident and assured that the scares he conjures never seem contrived or gratuitous. He's a director to watch for, and "Hereditary" is a horror film worth watching more than once.

This movie is excellent in being actually scary. It's difficult to come across a movie that is actually scary and disturbing. Many movies are just not effective in the genre.

One of the creepiest films I’ve seen in a long time. The pictures you see on social media of a house in the woods that says would you live here with no wifi or TV? Then take the films The Exorcist, The Amityville Horror and The Texas Chainsaw Massacre, then throw in some of the creepiest episode of the old TV series ‘The Twilight Zone and you have the start of one of the best horror films I’ve seen in a long time. Plus, if you’re into Cinematography the colors and beautiful scenery, this film has some beautiful sites where the film was filmed. But after watching this film, it will never be the same. A great film to watch with someone.

In my opinion this is one of the best horror movies ever made. Pure terror. I have never seen anything like it, if you havent seen this give it a shot.

The acting alone is enough of a valid reason for a purchase. This movie is going to make you uncomfortable, which is intentional. HDR is a bonus because this isnt a film of heavy color. Lots of neutral background tones makes certain objects stand out more. This is a drama with horror elements and when those elements kick in, watch out. Lots of research went into the back drop of Pagan rituals for this one. Toni Collette's performance was academy award worthy. Her range is put to the test. Pay attention to the little details of how she absorbs her character. OUTSTANDING

One of those movies that doesn't seem to make complete sense at first, but it rewards you for paying attention. Not perfect, but close. It goes in some unexpected directions and rewards you with a shocking ending. Also serves a great purpose for the youngsters in why it is important to keep head, hands, and feet inside a moving vehicle at all times. Only problem with these movies is they never go much further than the final surprising moments. Still worth several viewings if not adding to your horror collection.