Herman's Cure-All Tonic

2008
12m

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Guy Perry in Herman's Cure-All Tonic (2008)

A pharmacist struggles with obsessive requests and severe criticism from his clients while he sells a flagship product invented by his father. Meanwhile, his father puts pressure on him beca... Read allA pharmacist struggles with obsessive requests and severe criticism from his clients while he sells a flagship product invented by his father. Meanwhile, his father puts pressure on him because of his angry, despicable behavior.A pharmacist struggles with obsessive requests and severe criticism from his clients while he sells a flagship product invented by his father. Meanwhile, his father puts pressure on him because of his angry, despicable behavior.

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Christina Mason

Old Woman

Joan McCrea

Mrs. Wexler

Guy Perry

Harold

Sam Wilson

Herman

Director
- Ari Aster
Writer
- Anayat Fakhraie
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6/10

The Era of Aster Begins

I'm a big fan of Ari Aster's three feature films so far, so I feel like exploring his older short films. Herman's Cure-All Tonic was the earliest, released 10 years before he made his feature debut with Hereditary.

I can't lie - it's a little rough, with a fairly simple horror premise and a setting that's confined to a pharmacy with a dark secret. It can only do so much in 12 minutes I guess, but for what it is, and for how young Aster was when it was released, I guess Herman's Cure-All Tonic is fairly decent.

It's one of those early movies in a filmmaker's career that's only really recommendable to big fans of the filmmaker who want to see how they got their start, but that does still mean that it could be worth checking out for fans of Ari Aster's feature films.