Inheritance

*** REVIEW UPDATED 2019-12-30 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

3.6...? Seriously...? Pretty harsh for what in my lowly and wretched opinion is pretty good film. YES, it is ULTRA-slow. YES, it is completely ambiguous. But, that is the point... It fits the mood of the story.

What people seem to have forgotten is, at least what is important to me when I come here to read reviews, is, 'Is the movie made well?' And to me, the clear answer for this film is 'Yes' Moody, slow-building, LOTS of David Lynch influenced cinematography and atmosphere to spare. Sure, for a lot of people I understand that this kind of Horror just isn't their thing. I can see where to some a movie like this would certainly come across as B-O-R-I-N-G.

Just out of curiosity, I looked at a number of reviews on different sites for this movie, and most praise it fairly highly for it's slow-build subtlety and very keen and effective sense of dread, which is greatly increased by a powerfully effective soundtrack.

So, basically I feel that is the bottom line here. And, don't get me wrong, I frigg'n LOVE over-the-top Horror films like 'RE-ANIMATOR' and such. I think they are GREAT! But... I also really appreciate very serious, restrained, tension-building, dread-filled Horror where Atmosphere is everything (BTW, if you do happen to like this kind of film, I HIGHLY recommend the Psychological masterpiece 'SESSION 9')

This one definitely has a more Artsy approach which understandably will clearly not work for everyone. But, just to rate this well acted and extremely well photographed / edited / directed movie and give it a '1' or a '3' just doesn't make sense and doesn't really do anything to help others who like me really appreciate this kind of rare, quality, slow-burn Horror film. To me anyway FWIW, it certainly beats the living $hit outta most of the superficial and somewhat mindless Horror on cable these days...

This one truly engages your imagination...

-- There are roughly 3 types of rating on INHERITANCE (2017): 1 star, 6/7 stars, 9/10 stars. It's obvious that someone's apple is another one's poison. And some people in between regard it a slightly above average apple. No. This is not an apple to my eyes. Neither this a poison which kills 90 something minutes of my life. INHERITANCE is thin, slow, hardly nutritious or savory. Taste it once is enough, and I don't fancy a second bite; -- You need a great deal of patience watching this movie; -- The only interesting part is the beach house (and its view); -- Turn away if you're looking for entertainment, or the minimum level of shock/scare fun of "normal" horror films.

This was one of the most senseless movies I have ever seen. It made absolutely no sense at all. It was impossible to figure out the point of the movie as it had none whatsoever. Ugh!! This movie was a total waste of ninety minutes of my precious time-time that I can never replace. Time lost on a pointless - senseless - dumb movie. I would suggest that you not waste your precious time watching it - if you do, you'll be sorry. I wonder why people would make a movie like this without getting input from others before sending it out to the masses. A total waste of money that could have been put to good use elsewhere.

This was the most BORING movie I have ever watched in my life......I was waiting and waiting for the suspense to happen but it didn't!!! How dare they say "Horror" there was not one horror scene in that movie. This was a very very slow drama with no point at all.

There is no story here, only a collection of ideas, not one of which is ever fleshed out enough to be coherent. Waste of money, talent, and time. Where are the real storytellers anymore? This director has no clue what he's doing.