“…an outlandish imagining of the effects of personal trauma.”

“Another identity-dismembering horror movie from Jordan Peele…”

“…tries to bring too much meaning to its horror conceit.”

“…a collection of ghoulish, creative impulses rather than a coherent story.”

“…clumsily stumbles into feminist significance in its final moments.”

“A werewolf movie that isn’t a werewolf movie, but really kind of is…”

“Grief has a demonic presence in Hereditary…”

“…makes it starkly apparent how loud other movies have become.”

“…envisions a coming world of authoritarian entertainment.”

“…a scorched-earth confession that still gets its sins wrong.”