It was pretty good as a drama. Not scary at all though.
The thing it forgot to do was prime the audience about what the threat was, so to speak. Just making tense music and doing tight shots isn't enough. I never knew whether the dolls were gonna do stuff, or Toni, or ghosts, or some psycho, or etc.... The Witch nailed this. You knew about the witch and the abusive dad. So every scene can have that tension. But in Hereditary, I just stopped feeling tense after like 30 minutes since the tension never got a "source" of any kind.
Great acting though. I kinda wish it was just a drama.
The thing it forgot to do was prime the audience about what the threat was, so to speak. Just making tense music and doing tight shots isn't enough. I never knew whether the dolls were gonna do stuff, or Toni, or ghosts, or some psycho, or etc.... The Witch nailed this. You knew about the witch and the abusive dad. So every scene can have that tension. But in Hereditary, I just stopped feeling tense after like 30 minutes since the tension never got a "source" of any kind.
Great acting though. I kinda wish it was just a drama.