Hereditary question - Obv spoilers

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Question is...would it be safe to say Peter's consciousness was still in him?

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I think so, at least a part of it is. He's just not in control anymore. Paimon is.

The thing about this movie that disturbed me the most is that Annie's mother knew what was going to happen to her daughter and grandchildren. She set the ball in motion. Remember the letter that Annie found where her mother said that all of the pain and suffering would be worth it in the end. It was all part of the cult's plan.

Toni Collette should've received an Academy Award nomination for her work in Hereditary.

Reading more on paimon I realize there are some attributes to him that worked for the story too

Needing a male host being one of them

What if Peter didn’t identify as a male?

Great timing…I finally got around to watching last night. My wife hates horror movies and she was out of the house. I have avoided all spoilers so I watched it blind.

I really liked it…because I lean towards paranormal or supernatural horror …and this one paid off. I also like that he went all in on the ending rather than leave it up to the imagination about what was going on. The score was interesting too…there was a very light “thump thump” heartbeat rythym during tense scenes that was so slight I muted the TV because I thought one of the kid was upstairs messing around.

After watching I was reading up on it and realized that there was a lot more going on that I didn’t pick up on originally. That would be my only critique in that I think the director could have brought a little more of this to the front so the viewer picks up on it rather than having to watch commentary after the movie walking through what was going on. Maybe I’m just obtuse but it’s tough to pick up on everything in the moment.

That said…good movie. I kept thinking that if I was Gabriel Byrne I’d have grabbed my kid about halfway through and gotten TF out of there. Also thought it was funny when she had her support group meeting (didn’t pick up that the whole thing was staged by cult members)

“My grandmother and I were estranged…”
“”My brother killed himself because he thought my mother was trying to put people inside of him”
“My son is scared of me because when I was sleep walking I doused us both with paint thinner and had a lighted match…I obviously wasn’t trying to set him on fire”

My first thought was the members of that group must be thinking “WTF lady…”

I thought it was a dumb movie on first watch. Maybe I should give it another chance with how much praise it gets around here.

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thought it was a dumb movie on first watch. Maybe I should give it another chance with how much praise it gets around here.

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Read a review on it or watch an explanation video on YouTube. There are definitely details that can be missed