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Jun 21, 2018 - 4:43 AM
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Thor
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But the film is probably the most overrated horror since The Babadook.
Agreed, Kev. Neither this nor THE BABADOOK did much for me, but everyone around me seemed to love them.
It's a shame, because I had hoped this would be THE horror film for me this year, a la IT FOLLOWS, UNDER THE SHADOW, SPLIT, UNDER THE SKIN, MAMA etc. were for THEIR respective years. One good horror film always manages to sneak into my Top 10 of the year.
This year, there are other candidates vying for this/these revered spots - A QUIET PLACE and THE LODGERS (the latter is also not scary in the slightest, but it has some gobsmackingly beautiful visualizations that I just want to hang on my wall).
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Jun 21, 2018 - 8:37 AM
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Hurdy Gurdy
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Sorry Spook, didn't mean to bash your opinion. Yours is no more or less valid than mine 
I'm glad you connected with it, but I (and the Odeon Liverpool One audience) weren't on the same page.
Yeah, that dinner table argument scene was well done and intense and yes, the film isn't all bad.
It has some decent moments about grief and family, but none of it rang true for me.
It just seemed to be trying too hard to be this generations Rosemary's Baby or Wicker Man.
While some spooky moments and jump scares landed quite well, (although they hardly ever get me anymore  overall, it was laughter that accompanied much of the final 30 minutes of the film.
I also found Thor's list above to be full of stinkers, save for Quiet Place, which was one intense 90 minute ride.
It Follows was another of those overrated films that arrived full of praise, and left me seriously bored.
Mama looked good but was average at best. Under The Skin was effective but not scary (was it supposed to be?).
I think I'm gonna have to give horror films a rest for a while. Even the trailer for Marrowbone seemed like just so much 'more of the same' (although I think the score is gorgeous).
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Jun 21, 2018 - 8:43 AM
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Thor
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Goes to show how extremely individual the taste in horror movies is. Like comedies and what's funny or not. I want to point out that the level of 'being scared' is not the only criterion I use to evaluate them, however. Usually, it's more important to me if there are visionary qualities in images, sound, storytelling or atmosphere. So a film like THE LODGERS -- while not scary at all -- still scores high because of its mise-en-scene.
There have really only been two horror movies in my life that have made a dramatic impact in terms of sheer terror. The first is ALIEN, which I saw at age 11 (far too young) and the other is THE GRUDGE, which left me sleepless for two weeks. Also formative individual moments in THE SHINING and THE EXORCIST, also viewed at too young an age. Beyond that, however, I tend to look for qualities in horror movies elsewhere. Also, the more cheap jump scares, the poorer the movie. Fortunately, HEREDITARY didn't have that, at least.
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Jun 21, 2018 - 5:25 PM
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connorb93
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ANYWAY back to the music...
At first, I was rolling my eyes in the theater when the score began. "oh great, another glissando/crescendo score"...but I eventually found it all so fitting. Unnerving, understated, dysmorphic, and just plain creepy!
I'm a huge critic of all synthetic/manipulated scores of this century. They tend to blend together as effective as they may be in the film. Hereditary is a different story, however. No matter if it has gimmicky moments, it's got an identity all its own and I really appreciate the craftsmanship behind it; not to mention real instruments included!
A horror score like Beltrami's A Quiet Place is no help in the film as it just blares incessantly, insisting with every bar that what's on screen is horrifying. Hereditary does the opposite, getting under the skin and being present without being overbearing.
Listening to the score now and I'm just as tense and unsettled as I was watching the film.
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