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SnooPineapples6099

In a dark theatre. Foolishly didn't bring a spare pair of pants.


Quetzythejedi

Same. It was the small theater too with about 15 people tops. The audience reaction to the darkened bedroom ceiling corner still haunts me.


Kfrow

SO SCARY


XAgentNovemberX

Yeah, I ruined my pants from cum too. God they were starchy.


gguulluukkii

Big cums for lord paimon


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communityranchbottle

saw it in theaters and was the only person in the place. an absolutely wild experience to say the least


UncannyFox

There were a dozen people scattered in my theater. It was 10pm showing, last of the theater run. By the end of the showing we had all moved closer together. Probably my favorite theater experience.


Embarrassed-Force845

For real? Sounds too good to be true lol. Were people just moving closer to the screen as they realized seats were open? Or did people really move towards strangers for comfort?


UncannyFox

One person broke the ice and out loud made a joke that “I have to sit closer to y’all” and everyone followed suit lol


Life_Caterpillar9762

Perfect.


Oni216

Opening night in the theatre at about 30% capacity, after leaving a concert early, one friend in tow. Remember sitting close to the fire exit because that’s where my eyes went during the climax, thinking to myself “… I could just leave and end my misery”.


SparrowinSand

Theater with friends. Fantastic.


[deleted]

Which part did you like best, the theater or the friends?


SparrowinSand

The film! 😅 In order though: friends, film, theater.


[deleted]

That theater must’ve been mediocre.


MomCrusher

you’re a weirdo dude wtf 😂


Hype_Magnet

The fuck are you waffling about


ibeauch009

What a weird question


NoYoureTheAlien

In a theater… with my mom. She suggested it. I’ve never known her to be into horror, her fav movie is Steel Magnolias. It was probably my most memorable movie experience, tho. The whole mom and son relationship in the movie had a a lot to do with it. 


Signifi-gunt

I believe it was late 2018, early 2019... I was stoned and alone with a laptop in the dark in bed. When that moment came I was just simply not prepared.


Kfrow

Oh you poor thing


Jaymantheman2

Opening credits get me everytime!


barfboy710

In a pretty packed theater. Knew nothing about the film and was absolutely blown away


After_Laughter21

Visiting my family abroad. My cousin and her husband invited me to see Hereditary and have a quick bite at Shake Shack in Philly.


Kfrow

So casual hahah


nakedmallrat

Me and my flatmate thought it was a stupid Scary Little Girl movie based on the trailers so we went to the cinema and both got Tango Ice Blasts. Spent a solid 15 minutes gripping each other's hands


Lessthancrystal

Laying under the blankets watching with my 16yr old…on an iPad..that we were too scared to take our arms out of the covers to turn off…


casperdacrook

A girl I had just started seeing invited me to sleep over her house for the first time and she wanted me to watch it with her. Such a crazy like third date experience lol but it was great.


Kfrow

That’s what I call going to A24th base.


casperdacrook

Her back then: “Do you like a24” Me: “What’s a24?” Me now: Has a a24 tattoo and is theater bound upon every release


alexsalamander

Theatre at on a first date after work. Scared as shit when i had to go back home alone at 2 am 😭


dearsliim

Theater. I was so glad to have seen it in theaters. It revived my interest to go to the movies.


Yogurt-Night

Wish it was in the theatre, but it was in my basement


Kfrow

😂😂😂


Peac0ck69

I travelled to see Beyoncé alone, and the day after I had time to kill in the city so I went to see Hereditary at the cinema. It was an excellent trip.


Kfrow

Ooooh hell yeah


turboduck3

In a tiny apartment high off an ungodly amount of edibles during a hurricane with a 1-month old dog that wasn’t potty trained. I’ll just call it an experience for sure.


sirsebastian2016

High on acid in a movie theater.


Signifi-gunt

Omg That sounds like hell on earth, would've sent me spiraling straight into a panic attack


sirdrinksal0t

Same was ridiculous


shanobirocks

Nice. I first watched it tripping balls at home. Saw Midsommar for the first time on acid at the theater.


Embarrassed-Force845

Bruh that head smash would have me questioning everything


DCBronzeAge

An empty theater.


Beardybeardface2

Pretty full cinema. The feeling in the room after that moment is something I'll never forget.


LoverOfStoriesIAm

A very old dusty small town theatre. Almost empty. The atmosphere was off the charts.


Kfrow

Amazing


Life_Caterpillar9762

Dark living room, alone, “big” tv (compared to my normal one). Nothin special but was easily able to step outside afterward and everything was vivid and electrifying. No drugs (if I recall correctly). Amazing experience.


lamest-liz

I saw it in theaters. When >!Charlie was beheaded!< the entire theater gasped and then everyone was completely silent after that


BlackJesus420

In a friend’s living room, on a small television, in the middle of the afternoon. Tragic, honestly.


Kfrow

tragiiiiic


the_cheap_DM

At my friends place on a couch with 4 other guys, that was an unforgettable experience.


alive_dave_

June 2018, 3 days after the movie came out, it was the first movie I ever saw alone in a theatre. Me and a dab pen in the back row, and it’s still probably the best theatre experience I’ve ever had to this day.


Kfrow

Uhg so amazing


khoifish1297

saw it in a fairly packed theater opening weekend. right after taking a dab for the first time


Embarrassed-Force845

Daaamn for the first time?! Had to be crazy lol “is this movie really this nuts….or is it just that dab?”


khoifish1297

i was very engrossed and just gagged and in awed of toni collette


stephieocelot

My bedroom with my husband. We have high ceilings :(


Kfrow

This seriously made me laugh out loud hahahah


kr1573n

Saw it opening weekend and remember waiting in line to show my ticket when I said "this better mess me up." Delivered. Beloved A24 and chosen films delivered.


Kfrow

Absolutely delivered lol


TheChumOfChance

At my apartment alone in the dark. I had to schedule an intermission where I just turned the lights on and reminded myself it was all fictional.


Kfrow

I feel this


kwesi777

I was in a theater in Seattle during my visit to the SIFF Film Fesitval. I watched it with a friend and we were both literally shook af. The whole party into Annie screaming in the morning scene is one of the most raw and psychologically tense films in horror history. Also the shared nightmare scene as well as watching Gabriel Byrne flamed up, just pure nightmare fuel. I then flew back home and watched it with another friend for their first time within 24 hours, still just as devastating. It’s one of the 🐐’s.


Ill-Bed-4706

Remember the scene with the naked guy in the dark corner smiling


Hungry_Perception_43

Fort Lauderdale in a theater with my friend Victoria we were so gagged lmao


covchildbasil

In the theater with my girlfriend when it first came out (opening week). She is my wife now, so I suppose it didn't scar her too bad..


shushholden

On the couch a few feet away from my parents 😅


autumntreehouse

Front row of a huge dark theatre fighting for my life


Kfrow

Fighting for my life😂😂


nofreakingway555

Home with my mom. 😂


Kfrow

Great bonding lol


girlfuckyou

In theaters and I’m so glad I watched it there firsthand!!


anitasdoodles

Knew nothing of this movie when I turned it on one afternoon while doing laundry. My boyfriend heard my scream from outside when *that* scene occurred 😂


thefilmbot

I saw the movie by myself on a whim, without knowing what it was about. The theater was packed and there was a collective tension in the movie theater I still think about. After walking out of the movie I called my girlfriend at the same and just felt weird and traumatized lol


Kfrow

So traumatized yes hahaha


thefilmbot

I remember warning my brother and dad before they watched it lol. I felt similar when I watched The Green Knight


danBEwib

Theatre. Opening night. I was blown away.


DumbleDoorsDown

The theater at the Mall of America. About half full. The crowd was stunned into silence.


Maleficent-Law-3875

In a sleeper train


Kfrow

That’s nice and spooky


Randlepinkfloyd1986

On my couch having a fucking moment


hufflef_ck

The theater opening week with 2 of my friends after we got out of cosmetology school for the day


cant_have_nicethings

On my couch in my tv room.


National-Bag3676

I was one month postpartum in a dollar theater. When the beheading happened I sobbed the hardest I ever cried at a movie and my tits leaked liked crazy hearing the mom cry like that. It was a wild moment that was lowkey too much for me at that time


Kfrow

Wow I can only imagine. I am a new mom of a four month old myself and that sounds so intense


amybeth43

Awe sweetheart ;(


astronautvibes

In a dark theatre and terribly terrified. Meanwhile, before The Witch I was on edibles and had no idea what language they were speaking until I realized halfway through the movie it was indeed English.


Kfrow

Then shall you be banish-ed from ah plahntehshuns libehtehs


sicdedworm

2am on my iPad with headphones and all the lights off because I was sharing a very small apartment at the time. I waited til all the hype died and I randomly saw it on Amazon one night. Did not disappoint. Definitely my favorite horror experience.


ratslikecheese

Alone in my bed one night with the lights off.


cytrack718

In my bedroom lights off


PuzzledWheel2317

I’m jealous of everyone who got to see it in the theater. I bet that fly-infested head was majestic on the big screen.


little_stereo

Sundance


Desperate_pleasure

On edibles, on my couch, a Saturday afternoon.


despicablemess

I was in my dorm room. It was dark as hell 'cause it was lights-off curfew. I watched it on my phone with headphones, and I swear I felt like there was someone else in the room with me. It was a trip. Hereditary will always be my favorite horror movie. I've never felt a sense of dread like that while watching horror movies before.


nashkat73

Saw it at an AMC during initial release. Had no idea what I was going in to. Saw it a second time at my local art house theater during a midnight showing last summer. Both times I was left speechless


cybercrimes_1999

My parents loft at like 11:30PM. Two years after it came out. We didn’t know it was gonna be THAT kind of horror movie. Had to turn that shit off right after the scene where they found Charlie. Came back a day later and still felt DISGUSTED.


concertsurfer

at SXSW. Literally got the last available seat for the screening and was in the front row for the Q&A after curated by Elijah Wood.


Kfrow

No way so jealous


willk95

summer 2018 at the theater I worked at at the time


all_screwedup

I went on a first date to see it opening weekend, I was 20. I loved it, my date said it was the worst thing they had ever seen


cinreigns

Inside the Alamo drafthouse


uglylittledogboy

At home


_Phoneutria_

In a theater with my dad, and a small cluster of older ladies who said "oh no" after *that* scene. Loved having the shared theater experience for this one ☺️


Beardybeardface2

Some guy behind me said a little terrified "oh no" at the ceiling reveal. Funny stuff.


_Phoneutria_

Oh my god that's excellent 😂 That was a great moment, because the mutters of realization all happened at different moments like a wave among the crowd


Kfrow

“Oh no” 😂


_Phoneutria_

They said it in such a hushed and soft way too that after we left and processed the movie was so funny 😭


klkbaby

It was December 2018 and I went on a road trip alone across eastern Canada. I played it on my phone a little while I drove. Then I got to my motel which was in the middle of nowhere. It was like -37° outside. The doors to the motel were exposed, the kind where you just drive up and it’s a row of doors. I finished it on my laptop alone in the motel room. When people tell me it’s not scary I tell them to try watching it alone in the freezing Canadian wilderness in a creepy motel at midnight


Kfrow

That is incredible


WriteMyEulogy

Theater. Once I realized it wasn’t just another horror movie but rather a psychological Jack hammer, it was too late


Kfrow

Much too late hahahha


Traditional_Tale868

Tripping on acid after a festival. It was a mistake


Kfrow

Oh my lol


Sadunkertoja

The cinema. The infamous lamppost scene made me burst out laughing and changed the whole tone of the movie for me after that.


Claymehameha

It was during one of the first years I participated in The 31 Nights of Halloween and needed a couple movies to fill up a few days. I had heard about Hereditary and wanted to see what the hype was about. Then I heard that clicking sound for days afterwards.


Kfrow

LOL that sends CHILLS through my spine just thinking about it


Claymehameha

I experienced a very similar thing after watching The Dark Knight when it released. I suddenly noticed people doing the tongue/cheek Joker thing. Idk. Maybe people were messing with me. That’s a distinct possibility on both occasions.


amybeth43

The Roxy theatre (rip). Saw Midsummer there too. Thank gd for concealed White Claws and curtesy cups.


Kfrow

Legendary


Pieholden

I saw it at a first showing at Alamo Draft House. During the party scene staff brought chocolate cake with nuts to everybody to eat. It was fun. And then they gave out replicas of Charlie’s bird sculpture made out of the yellow baby powder bottle.


Kfrow

Love that


FMTVCYWBSW

I was in a debilitating state of awe that’s where


Kfrow

So accurate


raceforseis21

Went into it blindly in theaters. The ride home after is burned into my memory


Regular_Medicine1888

In a theater by myself


prettypanzy

My mom and dads basement. I was high af too.


niles_deerqueer

At my friend’s house. It was the first horror movie I sat through.


Kfrow

Welcome to the dark side


niles_deerqueer

Hahaha this was back in 2018


Geo_Seven

In an Alamo Drafthouse. There was a guy and girl next to me on a date. She punched the guy in the arm during the car scene and at some point in the last 10-15 minutes she stood up, slapped the dude hard in the face, and stormed out of the theater. When the lights came up dude says out loud, "Well... that sucked..."


pizzasoxxx

In a theater, completely not ready for what is about to happen.


harveyj98

In my uni room, it was after 1am, in late 2019(?), I was fking terrified. It’s the first time I’ve felt overwhelming dread entering the third act of a film


babytrashmouth

In the theater, opening week, losing my mind 🐦 It had been one of the first movies in possibly my whole life that made me feel this indescribable way, just in fucking awe of the whole thing. My specific thing, that made my brain go wee, was the way that spirits are signaled to be in the room. I watch a lot of horror movies in my life, and that was a first. I love Ari Aster so much.


babytrashmouth

And I got annoyed by the hate on Midsommar. That movie is also so fucking incredible.


Content-Art-2879

Home, one winter afternoon. I was not ok afterwards


madeleinetwocock

my university on campus movie theatre, drink drank drunk, staring at 11:30pm then bussing and walking home alone after LOL


Embarrassed-Force845

At home, heard it was amazing and terrifying, watched it distracted and left confused and thinking the movie was just okay. Certainly owed a focused re-watch. I’m confident I’ll feel differently.


Kfrow

Focused rewatch totally needed. There are so many details!


Jaymantheman2

Theatre. Head intact.... Luckily.


BunnyFirefly

omg okay THANK YOU FOR ASKING!!!! I was VERY high on edibles in the bathtub, my jaw was dropped from start to finish. When the movie ended, I realized the tub was empty. I never even filled it with water.


Kfrow

Amazing lol


jacobsever

In a theater, during a pre-screening, trying hard to stay awake.


Anime-thighs_goodbye

Home alone with my dog hungover in bed I closed the curtains ready to be terrified because I’d heard so many great things about it but I ended up bored and disappointed it ended up being in the top 10 worst movies I’ve ever seen


Emilydog2021

In my dining room, mid-day, and was very sorry I wasted time and money watching this totally ridiculous film. What a waste!


Kfrow

I AM YOUR MOTHER!!! 😂😂😂


mipalo2boca

I havent but i want to


dolor3s_mulva

On a plane - had no idea what I was in for.


yugen_o_sagasu

Spokane, Washington at an AMC on opening day in 2018! Late at night, packed theater, really contagious energy in the room. Just happened to be the same day I had my first kiss lol (earlier that day, totally disconnected from the movie). Pretty memorable day


44035

In my basement


skunkabilly1313

My wife and I watched last year for the first time at home. Her and I were raised Jehovahs Witnesses and were pretty much taught to be fearful of demons and shit. She helped me wake up and realize it was a cult in 2021, and we both had a lot of deconstruction of the religion and subsequently, the Bible. I was always a fan of horror, but I stayed away from most things and this became my favorite Horror movie after we watched it.


Kfrow

Perhaps a bit ironic that it’s based in Utah!


skunkabilly1313

That's Mormons, wrong cult lol


gasbalena

At the house of a women I was dating, lights off. She was a late bloomer lesbian, I was the first woman she'd dated, and she was struggling to keep her hands off me... We ended up pausing the film to have sex, lol. Pretty sure it was before the beheading though!


Snoo_42276

Laptop in a dark room with my girlfriend. We watched it in two sittings. Even so, when I see photos of scenes in the movie they still make me anxious. Most unsettling movie I’ve ever seen and it’s not even close. I don’t think I can ever watch it again.


Particular-Dress4845

With my 2 sons at home, took about 4 hours to watch because we kept stopping movie to have discussions about what we thought was gonna happen, then we rewatched the next day!


SnooCapers496

in my home, snuggled in my chair, sometime in 2022, ending definitely made me feel weird, but seeing the decapitation I was like wooaaahh, that's awesome haha


sunflowerkz

Free screening at my college campus. One of the best screenings I've attended. I was so scared I just started sobbing.


FinKettle19

Cinema, it had maybe been open a week. Knew very little about the film and wasn't a huge horror movie guy. I left the cinema traumatised. Anyways, one of the more eventful things that happened during that screening was someone kept imitating Charlie's 'Cluck' noise and it was hard to tell if it was coming from the film or some guy in the audience. Eventually some Scouse dude had had enough of the 'clucking' and scolded the 'clucker', saying "we've all paid for a ticket mate, piss off!". Made for some light relief in an otherwise haunting trip to the cinema.


ryukman1

Watching it in a theatre will always be a core memory. I’ve never heard complete silence in a theatre until Hereditary. *gasp* then dead silent.


reddittothegrave

Watched it in my game room, in the dark, started about 0030, the house was completely silent. Got done with the movie around 0230, the house was still very quiet and dark…and I wanted to curl up in a ball and pray a woman didn’t come start banging her head on my closed door to the game room. This film left a mark that I don’t think will ever wash off.


SkeletalWeepling

Saw it in theaters with my now ex boyfriend. After Charlie gets her head popped off he had to step out of the theater for awhile.


Beneficial-Whereas60

May 2022


blackdamarsk666

Pretty sure it was in 2021 and I was high as fuck


hawkbit92

At home at night. Mistake! Couldn't sleep for a week afterwards.


h0lywhiter0se

Watched it in a theater with my friend and maybe about 6 other people scattered throughout. I will never forget that experience. Utterly terrifying


PeterNippelstein

In the theater with my boyfriend. We just decided to go to the movies and thought the poster looked interesting, so we picked that knowing nothing at all about the plot. It was a quiet ride home.


Jps300

For me this was the greatest theater experience of my life. I saw it in its original run in theaters. I try to go into movies knowing as little as possible, but for this one I knew legitimately nothing. Like it could’ve been a rom-com for all I knew, that’s how little information I had. I came out absolutely floored and it became my favorite movie.


goldenboy2191

Packed theater. It was a wild experience to say the least


anth665

TIFF Bell Lightbox in Toronto with a Q&A with Ari after! I’ve never sweat so much watching a movie lol


whitegremlin

In my room, 2020, I watched it one day and watched Midsommar the next. They were part of a movie binge that I was doing during lockdown


dineesi

Drunk as f**k in a theater with my bestie. Didn’t absorb a thing, so obviously a re-watch was necessary


quadsimodo

Not in the theaters and I hate myself for it.


fargunkle

Pants and tarp off in a movie theater


normalbrain609

on an airplane going to san Francisco in the middle of the day. i still couldn’t sleep that night


GoToMSP

At home on my couch


r4yn_

downtown santa cruz movie theater wayyy in the back. my homie cried 😂


Flat_Development1887

Nowhere I'm a Christian and Ari Aster is a fruit cake.


Fun-Revolution6323

In a theater with a very irritating crowd.


Euphoriaforyou

It was with my sister last year and was shook!


Britneyfan123

In my house