I believe people are seeing this for the wrong reason. If you want your typical horror movie you been conditioned to like: Jumpscares every 15mins and typical horror tropes, than THIS IS NOT YOUR MOVIE. This movie is a slow moving but heavily detail oriented film. It operates in belief that you will follow many scenes details and leave clues all over the film. Its wonderfully shot and long takes make moment feel unsettling. There is gore and many interesting concepts but its a hard story to follow and understand on the first viewing. This is what the horror genre (imo) should be unsettling imagery but also unsettling atmosphere not relying on a cheap scare tactic.

I feel compelled to defend this film because it was just that amazing! The people who are leaving bad reviews just.don't. get it. I mean this film is a horror masterpiece. A true horror film, it messes with your insides, it leaves you feeling defiled by the end of the film. It was awesome hearing the reactions in the theater especially during "that" first scene after the party. The director of this film directed the short "The Strange Thing About the Johnsons," so it's no surprise that this movie will shock you and it will leave you feeling some type of way for a good while, imo this is exactly what a horror film should do. Make your own judgment and watch this film.

Terrible movie with a disjointed script. Don’t waste your time or money on this disaster.

confusing and choppy. no answers? random ending that had nothing to do with the rest of the movie.

Total waste of time.

The perfect slow burn you hope for from A24. A lot of people won't know what they're getting in to. They're the ones ripping it apart.

I loved this movie. One scene made me scream out loud.

Not good. If you really want to see it wait for Redbox. So slow. Two hours of my life I’ll never get back.

this movie was horribe. no jump scares nothing scary about. who ever said this movie was and scary as the Exorcist should be in jail. the main character was the only shining star great actress as for the movie it was slow I mean slowwww it was like watching paint dry. save yourself 2 hours and stay home

Hollywood is dead

So many wonderful moments! Great acting, great storytelling. Kept my interest the entire time. 10z across the board for innovation and wit. Run don’t walk to see this one!

So sad I left so disappointed. I waited for that movie for months and it was horrible. Like the actors were good, but the movie itself and the script is one of the worst I’ve seen in years.

One of the greatest horror movies of all time.

Just plain garbage.

Well acted, well written, and original. I loved it!

I get the Hereditary part of the movie but what’s up with everyone needing to be naked towards the end...???

Waste of $24

This is a great modern day horror film. It toys with you psychologically while the plot burns slowly and steadily. You will be shocked, surprised, terrified and satisfied. And I’d be remiss if I didn’t mention that Toni Collette’s performance was magnificent.

This movie was terrible

Wasn’t what I thought it would be from the previews

Stupid

terrivke!!!!!

if the exorcist scared you, this will probably scare you, otherwise not.

slow to start from seeing the previews. a definite brain teaser. but odd ending leaving a lot of questions to be answered. sequel? prequel?

Ending sucked and ruined the entire movie

Toni Collette turns in an unforgettable performance in the year’s best horror picture.

First half was ok and had some scary, creepy scenes and then the entire movie took a nosedive!! Wtf was up with the naked old people?

The movie was sooo awesome up until the last 3-5 mins. I was unbelievably disappointed. Don’t waste your time. The ending literally ruined the entire movie.

It was just the mother’s weird actions that made the movie. Everything else was just unusual.

I really enjoyed watching this movie. it reminded me of Rosemary's Baby and Carrie type movies. slow burning and intriguing all the way through.

Loved how the trailer left the movie with a bit of a mysterious storyline. Unlike other horror films in a very intriguing way!!

the movie cut off right before the ending and the manager of the novico said he cant turn it back on

Produced by A24, if you are familiar with the company, then you already know what to expect. Some scary parts, some clever foreshadowing that gets lost due to the movie's length. Some parts seemed like they where trying to be edgey and the bulk of the movie would have happened if the actors used common sense.

It took a while for the build up

A nonsensense silly, slow bloody movie.

This was lame. 2+ hours of lame.

STUPID

Garbage

The beginning was okay. It didn’t really have a climax.. I left the last 10 min of the movie because it got dumb

It was scary for a hot minute, then it got stupid.

It's a little slow, creepy and tense in the beginning. Near the end things get disturbing and really creepy.

Stupid movie

Not your typical horror film. Beautifully shot, has some truly creepy moments and some certainly unexpected moments, but not scary in the sense that you'd expect and NOTHING like the movie the trailers led you to believe you'd be seeing. If you're wanting the movie you saw in the trailer don't waste your money. If you want to sit through a two-hour artsy film with a creepy vibe, this is the film for you.

This movie made no sense and was not very scary at all I don’t know what all these good reviews are about but I would definitely never see it again

Excellent. A masterpiece of a horror movie.

Started well but took a sharp nose dive into stupidity at the end.

terrible! almost walked out several times. should have!

Over 2 hours of slow moving movie torture. Sadly I stayed until the end and then listened to other audience members who had similar feelings. Are people getting paid for these five star reviews?

best parts of the movie...... the previews! disappointed!

The film felt like a dark fairytale

Hereditary isn’t just a scary movie. It’s much, much, much worse than that.

Brian Truitt

USA Today

Hereditary is a great scare-fest and a middling domestic saga, one that probably needed to be either 90 minutes long and brimming with terror, or three hours long and suffused with glacial, Bergman-esque dread. Aster has charted a middle path, and for a first film, it’s hard to fault the skill he’s shown in doing it.

Creepy, creepy, creepy. Writer-director Ari Aster makes an impressively unnerving debut with Hereditary, a meticulously crafted horror thriller.

Ann Hornaday

Washington Post