Hey, Hereditary isn't much fun, is it? It’s a horror movie, and so maybe it’s not supposed to be, or, more specifically, it’s one of those fancy-pants “elevated horror” movies, so they're certainly ...

In the 1970s, when horror movies started to get more and more extreme, it wasn't just the blood and the savagery that increased. So did the sensation that you were seeing something "real" — not mere ...