Hereditary - Das Vermächtnis
Hereditary
Hereditary
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Ari AsterDrehbuch:
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Toni Collette, Gabriel Byrne, Alex Wolff, Milly Shapiro, Ann Dowd, Mallory Bechtel, Jarrod Phillips, Austin R. Grant, Brock McKinney, Morgan Lund (mehr)Streaming (5)
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Familie Graham führt ein beschauliches Leben: Annie (Toni Collette) ist eine liebevolle Mutter und lebt zusammen mit ihrem Mann Steve (Gabriel Byrne) und ihren beiden Kindern Peter (Alex Wolff) und Charlie (Milly Shapiro) etwas abgelegen am Waldrand. Als Annies Mutter Ellen, das Oberhaupt der Familie, stirbt, muss sich die Familie mit mysteriösen und grauenhaften Ereignissen auseinandersetzen. Nach und nach kommen die furchterregenden Geheimnisse ihrer Ahnen ans Licht. Für Annie, Steve, Peter und Charlie beginnt plötzlich ein Wettlauf gegen ihr dunkles und unheilvolles Schicksal, welches ihre Ahnen ihnen hinterlassen haben… (Splendid Film)
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Ein Horrorfilm für anspruchsvollere Zuschauer*innen, denen ein schleichendes Tempo und die Abwesenheit von Genre-Klischees und Schreckmomenten nichts ausmachen, und die im Gegenteil ein innovatives Erzählen der sonst traditionellen Horrorgeschichte und zerstreuende Dialoge schätzen werden. Ein minimalistischer, fast ständig anwesender beunruhigender Soundtrack. Originelle visuelle Spiele mit den Figuren im Raum mit einer symbolisch surrealistischen Auffassung vom Schauplatz des Grauens (das Haus, die Modelle). Es handelt sich um keinen eindeutigen Mainstream-Genre-Film. Es ist ein vollwertiges psychologisches Familiendrama mit einem sehr lange gehüteten Geheimnis. Nur von seiner Enthüllung war ich nicht so überwältigt, wie ich erwartet habe.
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Beautifully nasty, dark, stifling, chilling. Something few people will appreciate as much as the knowledgeable horror fans. In Hereditary you need to be able to enjoy the slow, atmospheric, unsettling and emotionally tense first half (or rather, three quarters) as much as the literal (beautiful, if you can call it that) horror atrocities into which the film dives in the end. Half the people will say that it’s slow and lacking cheap attractions (“where are the jump scares?”), while the other half will lament that it didn’t stick to only hints all the way. I love how this film portrays the broken relationships in that family. I love how the director, with only one sound, is able to generate a deeper awful feeling than a dozen jump scares and gore scenes of other films. I love how the actors (excellent, all of them), with just one look and expression, managed to make me shiver and tremble. I haven’t felt so permanently nervous in film in a long time. And last but not least, the advertising campaign also deserves praise for being able to be attractive without giving almost anything away. I strongly advise potential viewers against reading any random comment about this film, because sooner or later, some idiot will say something that you really don’t want to know; the moment when I knew this the film hooked up, and I realised wasn’t watching your average overrated horror indie flick that’s forgotten after a year. Thanks to Planet Dark for the early preview at Kino pilotů, free of any random teenagers going to the multiplex for the new James Wan movie.
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Unreasonably long and Toni Collette (true, ungrateful in terms of acting) is not able to handle the central character of a hysteric women. So much for the shortcomings that are unquestionable. Then there's another weakness regarding the final frantic twenty minutes, which lapses into a literally degraded guilty pleasure mode. And although we can enjoy it a lot, that´s for sure, it is in such a sharp contradiction with the slowly built creeping atmosphere full of hints that it doesn't match together. Not even remotely. Which is terribly unfortunate, because otherwise it is a great movie for a genre viewer looking for something slightly different but at the same time well-known.
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A film I never want to see again!! Hereditary has received a lot hype much like A Quiet Place, but the difference is that the former is loved and raved about by critics but hated by mainstream audiences, while the latter garners raves on both sides. Hereditary is not audience-friendly and can be placed in a similar variety of films to The Witch and Mother !, and it also features a twist that pisses-off most viewers. The film is a little over two hours long and is told at a very slow pace, thus impatient viewers may yawn with boredom, but if you can get sucked into the atmosphere, you will get an extraordinary experience that will make you very anxious to the point of being uncomfortable. The film is creatively shot, the camera angles are breathtaking for a debut, but above all it's the acting of Toni Collette, who delivers one of the most impressive female performances I've ever had the opportunity to see and if she doesn't get an Oscar nomination I'll be very surprised. Praise also goes to Milly Shapiro who wins the award for ugliest little girl I've ever seen, she’ll give you chills! Hereditary sets a new direction in horror and is very close to The Exorcist and The Shining. Definitely don't expect any jump-scares or gore, rather expect a disturbing, psychological, emotional horror drama, but one that has one of the most intense finales I've seen in a long time. A couple of scenes are very uncomfortable to the point of hard to watch and will definitely stick in my mind for a long time. I felt anxious and uncomfortable after leaving the cinema and the two near crashes on the way home didn't add much to the mood. 85%.
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A few clichés turned upside down, a few others confirmed in the most unpleasant form possible. An excellent cast of actors, so inconspicuous for so long that in key moments they are terrifyingly precise. But what will never leave my mind are those quiet jolts, when the sound engineer doesn't need to slam the door and the composer doesn't need to pluck three strings on the violin. Just at the right moment, the right object, outline, or cloth appears and I'm immediately having fits, wondering if the fabric has suffered any damage. Plot-wise, Ari Aster doesn't discover anything new, but that path full of hints and clues that become completely clear after you've seen it all the way through has something to it, and the atmosphere of life among the dollhouses transformed into a sense of being present in one of them is one of those million-dollar creative ideas that come once in a career. For me, Hereditary is incomparable, both in its rare combination of idea and execution, and in the fact that no one will ever bring me the same level of tense anticipation.
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Eine schwierige Prüfung für Mainstream-Zuschauer, da Hereditary - Das Vermächtnis nichts umsonst hergibt. Keine unnötigen Schreckmomente, keine blutigen Orgien (mit der möglichen Ausnahme von zwei Fällen) und überhaupt keine abschließende Erlösung. Dank der böswilligen, minimalistischen Musik und der absolut großartigen Schauspielarbeit der meisten Teilnehmer werden Sie diesen Horror am eigenen Leib erleben. Kein wohliges Gefühl an mancher Stelle, es läuft Ihnen von Zeit zu Zeit auch kalt den Rücken herunter, aber dank des nicht vorhersehbaren cleveren Drehbuchs und einem allmählichen Aufbau von Spannung werden Sie immer wachsam bleiben. Um das Ende ist aufgrund der hervorgerufenen Fragen anstelle von Antworten eher schade. Aber vielleicht ist das der Grund, warum diese "unangenehme" Erfahrung heute noch in meinem Kopf mitschwingt. Ja, und Toni Collette spielt hier überirdisch, und ich habe das Gefühl, dass sie beim Dreh wirklich verrückt wurde. (80%)
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I want to start my commentary on Hereditary with a reminiscence of a horror series and a very famous horror film. Do you know what the most impressive thing about the whole Hellraiser series was? It was not the creatures from hell, the screaming victims, or the splashes of blood. The most impressive scene is when an unknown man enters a bazaar and looks intensely at the salesman, who returns his gaze, and dryly asks, "What do you want?" - "The box." - "It is yours. It always has been." The viewer doesn't know where the screenwriter and director are leading him, but from the construction of the scene, he understands that he has encountered something fateful and extremely unsettling. The famous film The Shining doesn't show puppets in every other scene, but creatively and cleverly builds atmosphere and gradually unsettles not only its protagonists but also the viewer, letting them know where the boundaries of erupting madness and encounter with irrational evil begin. The director simply knows well that we fear most what we cannot see and do not know... From a single film, I cannot tell if Ari Aster is a director who people will go see just because of his name, but from our first encounter, I know that he is a skillful craftsman and, in terms of direction, clearly represents above-average quality within the genre. However, the situation is worse with his role as a screenwriter. What caught my attention in his title are basically two things that differ from the genre average, which - let's admit - is quite low. For one, unlike the genre average, Aster takes his time with the exposition. For a long time, he saves the jump scares and puppets, and the moviegoer has the feeling they are watching a psychological horror about a family falling apart due to alienation, guilt, bitterness, and increasing hatred. For an average genre fan, Hereditary will be slow and relatively intimate. Even the supernatural motif that appears roughly a third of the way into the film tends to be considered something that is meant to deceive the viewer for some time, and you do not attach much significance to it. Unfortunately, in the final third, the author descends onto a well-trodden path of supernatural horror with a satanic motif. It's a shame, as the psychological and mysterious aspect, which dealt with the unknown, was much more interesting to me, and I consider the result rather a malicious deception from Ari Aster. In terms of logic in building the story, the final part unfortunately clashes somewhat clumsily with the previous one, and as a viewer, I am not very satisfied with it. Either surprise me with something atmospheric that manages to precisely impact my emotions and psyche, and reveals nothing about the essence of the unknown evil, or introduce a complex, functioning mythology of the world you want to invite me into. The second thing is the successful casting choices, where, above all, Toni Collette and Milly Shapiro are true treasures for the film, and they could have been worked with even more intensively. Similarly, the musical aspect of the film works perfectly, creating tension and a growing sense of depression and doom. It is precisely because of them that I ultimately lean toward giving the film four stars. Overall impression: 70%.
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Am Anfang hat der Film eine sehr gute Stimmung, die im Vergleich zu allem, was man heute als Horrorfilm bezeichnet, auch angenehm anders ist. Es sind unerwartete Dinge passiert und ich habe mich nicht getraut zu raten, was kommen wird. Aber im Laufe der Zeit… Der Darsteller vom Sohn wurde immer unerträglicher und seine Heulattacken sahen wie aus einer Parodie aus. Das Geheimnis ergab für mich keinen großen Sinn und es schockierte mich auch nicht besonders. Und das blutige und hinausgezogene Ende hat mich ausgesprochen angeödet. Es ist keine zweite The Witch (geschweige denn ein zweiter Der Exorzist).
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Although I much appreciate the unconventional attention management and the minimum of mainstream elements, I have my reservations. The pacing is simply poor and there are a number of empty scenes with very limited narrative value that stick out of an already inadequate runtime. In the final half hour, however, the plot suddenly kicks into high gear and the depressing portrait of a family tragedy completely gives way to a horror feast and an elaborate explanation of the whole plot (personally, I had a big issue with it). On the other hand, it is admirable how Aster manages to mask the stagnation of the plot by constantly playing unpleasant music and visual games with the environment, and how he handles really suspenseful or suggestive sequences, which are few but all the more impressive (mainly because the viewer has to engage their own imagination). And yet, I'm still bothered by the story, which simply leaves too many question marks and oddities for me to be carelessly carried away by the uniquely constructed atmosphere. Maybe after another viewing I'll reconsider, for the time being, though, I’m not going any further.
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Hereditary - Das Vermächtnis ist ein wahrhaft unkonventioneller Genre-Mix, der den Zuschauer nicht kalt lässt. Das Familiendrama wird von einer durchdringenden und sehr beunruhigenden Atmosphäre durchdrungen, die den Rahmen für einen mysteriösen Horrorfilm bildet. In diesem Fall geht es jedoch nicht so sehr um die Grusel- und Schreckensszenen, sondern vielmehr darum, beim Zuschauer ein äußerst unangenehmes und schauriges Gefühl zu erzeugen. Die Schauspieler waren gut ausgewählt und spielten ihre Rollen gut - jeder von ihnen trug zu mehr als einer unvergesslichen Szene bei. Das Einzige, was mich an dem fertigen Film gestört hat, war vielleicht das etwas wild konzipierte Ende, das mir vom Drehbuch her zu weit hergeholt erschien.
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Going through many of the reactions, I'm thinking that horror filmmakers couldn't possibly want anything more than scandalized reviews about the fact that the audience found out at the end that they were actually watching an occult horror film. I'll go for five after the third viewing, I promise. It's really just a matter of tightening a few screws and trying to teach Alex Wolff to cry so we can have a future horror classic to show for it. I'm looking forward to Midsommar like a kid.
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The American horror film Hereditary contains scenes that managed to completely blow me away. The film is not original in its story, but it is original in the scenes it creates and how the filmmakers were able to capture them. It's absolutely surreal in places in terms of what is going on and how it's done. This is a film that is definitely worth your attention, because films like this are not all that common.
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