Posted on 01/26/2018 12:29:22 PM PST by Red Badger
(NATIONAL) -- You say you like scary movies? Then grab your pants and get ready to dance because this one just might give you a heart attack and hardening of the arteries at the same time.
There’s a scary new horror flick on the horizon and it’s generating huge buzz off its debut at a film festival.
The British newspaper The Independent says it’s, “unanimously touted as the scariest (movie) in years following its premiere at the Sundance Film Festival.”
It’s called Hereditary and it’s a new entry from the same folks (distribution company called A24) that brought you ‘The Witch’, the ‘Green Room’ and Greta Gerwig's Oscar-nominated ‘Lady Bird.’
The film is directed by Ari Aster and stars Toni Collette, Gabriel Byrne and ‘The Handmaid's Tale’ star Ann Dowd as family members who have a secret but they don’t know that until there is a death in the family.
Here’s the story line: When Ellen, the matriarch of the Graham family, kicks the bucket her daughter’s family starts to unravel some weird facts about their ancestry. The more they find out, the more they find themselves trying to come to grips with what they have all inherited. And it ain't pretty.
USA Today says, “If you'd ever like to sleep again, then you should probably steer clear of A24's latest horror offering. Hereditary, which flew in under the radar on the Sundance Film Festival lineup, is the paralyzing feature-film debut of shorts director Ari Aster, who wrote the script four years ago amid unspecified family turmoil. “
Over at the Verge.com they say, "Hereditary picked up a reputation early on at Sundance 2018 as an exceptionally scary horror film, and it’s a particularly terrific experience in a packed theater. Aster’s story about a haunted family and a mysterious legacy is packed with jump-scares, but it also builds up the kind of slow-burn, nearly unbearable tension that can leave an entire theater holding their collective breath.”
The bible of show business Variety says, “It’s a freaky trance-out of a supernatural thriller, all about a family that’s being torn apart by ghosts, and it’s full of things that would look right at home in the megaplex horror-film-of-the-week…taken on its own terms…”Hereditary” may be the most exciting movie I’ve seen at Sundance this year…what viewers will discover is that the movie, unlike almost every mainstream horror film you see these days, has the substance to match its scares. It gets at something sophisticated: the way that mental and emotional damage becomes part of a family’s spirit, and is therefore passed on as if it were…a spirit. “
Hot dang, hop nail if anything that bad boy’s gonna sail!
No word on a release date but you can put solid money there's gonna be looooong long lines waitin’ to get in into the movie house when it arrives in your town
And remember kids, you read it here first.
Did you ever get to see it from the beginning?...................
My girls were very little (5?) when I found an old tape of “The Creature from the Black Lagoon”. They loved it! Wasn’t even all that scary for them, they would watch it over and over.
I thought “Hey - I wonder what other old B&W horror movies they might like?” I think we made it 10 minutes into “The Mummy” and they freaked out and I turned it off and my wife got all mad.
So then I brought home the silent movie “The General” with Buster Keaton - that became another favorite. That lead to other silent movies (Charlie Chaplin). I got such a kick out of these little kids loving the silent movies.
Once they were older they would go on their binges of having overnights and watching horror flicks. Lots of goofy stuff out there.
Probably waiting to see how it does at Sundance and others before general release.............
Life can be horrific without watching horror movies. Why indulge them?
I thought all Sundance movies were indys?..................
Can’t be scarier than any Barbra Streisand movie.
Nobody’s seen it except at Sundance ....................
Nope! It’s been years since I saw it, maybe I need to find it an rent it. Not sure I’ll be able to convince my wife to watch it though. Maybe?!
She did try to watch the Blair Witch Project with me. She thought it was stupid. I liked it in a quirky way. The kids behind me when I saw it in the theater were laughing at it and thought it was stupid too.
I looked at them and said “I’m guessing you haven’t spent too many nights alone in the woods then?”
But yeah - I can see where it isn’t the greatest movie - but I enjoyed it.
I don’t mind being out in the middle of nowhere. But my spookiest night was on the Appalachian trail. Lots of hikers (so PEOPLE!), and then lots of noises from either distant campsites or perhaps a house back in the woods. You know, the house with the hillbillies from Deliverance. (”Hey - is that Banjo music??!!”)
Did you ever see her in United States of Tara? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_of_Tara
Yeah, yeah, that’s what they said about “The Thing” in 1952.....
watch it in the dark, late at night.........................
Incest.
Or they are conservatives.(Ooooo... Scary...In Hollywood)
I have it on VHS....................................;^)
(Snicker, Snicker!)
did you like Primer?
Duck!!!!
(Snicker, Snicker!)
friends don’t let friends watch CNN
No get “Showtime” so missed out on that.
Muriel’s Wedding, In Her Shoes, Foster/Angel in the House, and Sixth Sense were the ones seen.
Will travel over to Daily Motion and see if it might be found there. Otherwise, will keep my eyes peeled. :)
All Sundance are Indies, but uncertain if Blair Witch was included the year it was released. Almost certain it was an Indie, just not SURE :>/
I’m pretty sure it was.................
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