Factual error: Spoiler: In the scene toward the end of the movie when the dad is burned alive, his skin is completely black but his clothes are still on and intact, just blackened. With fire hot enough to completely blacken the skin, it would have burnt the clothes completely off (or at most they would have been shredded rags). (01:51:25)
Hereditary (2018)
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Directed by: Ari Aster
Starring: Toni Collette, Gabriel Byrne, Alex Wolff, Milly Shapiro
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Hereditary is a supernatural horror film about a very dysfunctional family with a disturbed daughter and some awful family secrets. With nods to films like Carrie, Rosemary's Baby, and 1970s classic Italian horror, the tension ramps up as possessions, decapitations and demon worship all combine towards a gruesome and macabre finale. While this movie may not be up to everyone's taste, it's a wild and weird ride that's not easy to forget once the credits roll.
I rented this movie at RedBox.
Honestly, this type of movie just isn't my cup of tea. I don't mind a suspense thriller here and there, and I do like a few horror films. When it's packed on constantly as hard as this film does it just bogs me down. I'm also really not too comfortable with all the satanic stuff that films like this have, but that's just me.
That being said, this film actually did a really good job at what it was doing. I found myself following along and staying with it regardless. It was well written and the acting was good for the most part. Some of the scenes with the child actors weren't so great, but mostly it was good. I don't really have much bad to say about other than the story itself and the ending are really not stuff I like. But it was done so good that I have to give it a higher rating at least.
Mistake Status: I struggled to find any while watching it the first time. Some of the ones I found I had to get from IMDb. I have no plans to watch this movie in the future so no more mistakes from me.
More mistakes in Hereditary
Annie: It's heartening to see so many strange, new faces here today. I know my mom would be very touched, and probably a little suspicious. (00:04:00)
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Question: After Peter is possessed by Charlie and he clicks his tongue for the first time after standing up, he starts to walk towards the tree house and heads off screen. The camera lingers though, and focuses in on something lying on the ground in the background. What is that on the ground? It almost looks like a dead dog or possibly the dead dear from earlier, but the shape isn't quite right. It does appear to be some sort of animal but I can't make it out. What is that the camera lingered on right then? And why? It's not shown again. (01:57:45)
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Answer: Earlier in the film, Peter swerves the car to avoid hitting a dead animal in the road, resulting in Charlie's decapitation. That animal appears to be a goat (a ram) with slightly curled horns. Within the context of this movie, this is probably a Sabbatic Goat, alluding to Occult symbolism associated with the Mystic Pentagram and the Satanic deity Baphomet. The implication is that Satanic forces caused Peter to swerve off the road, killing Charlie in preparation for migrating her soul into Peter. The dead animal seen in the background at the end appears to be the Sabbatic Goat again, marking completion of Charlie's soul migration into Peter.
Charles Austin Miller