Hereditary

5.00
    Hereditary
    2018

    Synopsis

    Following the death of Ellen Leigh, the matriarch of their family, her daughter Annie and the rest of the family start to uncover disturbing secrets about their heritage. Their daily lives are not only impacted, but they also become entangled in a chilling fate from which they cannot escape, driving them to the brink of madness.

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    Cast

    • Toni ColletteAnnie Graham
    • Alex WolffPeter Graham
    • Gabriel ByrneSteve Graham
    • Ann DowdJoan
    • Milly ShapiroCharlie Graham
    • Mallory BechtelBridget
    • Brock McKinneyAaron
    • Jake BrownBrendan
    • Morgan LundMr. Davis
    • Christy SummerhaysCharlie's Teacher

    Recommendations

    • 100

      Time Out

      A harrowing story of unthinkable family tragedy that veers into the realm of the supernatural, Hereditary takes its place as a new generation's The Exorcist—for some, it will spin heads even more savagely.
    • 91

      The A.V. Club

      It’s a supremely effective gauntlet of supernatural horror that’s also, at blackened heart, a grueling domestic drama about how trauma, resentment, and guilt can seep into the roots of a family tree, rotting it from the inside out.
    • 91

      The Playlist

      This is a remarkable, triumphant, and confident picture by Aster, who gives the film an almost meditative-like sensation, as you feel every space you’re in, every emotion, every moment of grief. Hereditary refuses to employ cheap thrills, creating its cinematic scares with atmosphere, and continuously reinventing itself at every turn.
    • 90

      The Hollywood Reporter

      Hereditary takes the core haunting element of a spirit with a malevolent agenda and runs with it in a seemingly endless series of unexpected directions over two breathless hours of escalating terror that never slackens for a minute.
    • 90

      Screen Daily

      Grief, guilt and family dysfunction prove to be overwhelming forces in Hereditary, a supremely elegant and tonally assured horror movie that trusts its audience will acquiesce to its measured, absorbing storytelling style.
    • 90

      Variety

      Ari Aster directs slowly, meditatively, purging the film of any of the usual horror-video razzmatazz. Instead, he creates scary coherent spaces for the audience to sink into.
    • 86

      The Verge

      Hereditary is a hell of an intense ride, made for a crowd that enjoys heart-clutching adrenaline spikes. The cast is unerringly terrific.
    • 83

      IndieWire

      Writer-director Ari Aster’s first feature culls from a tradition of slick, elegant genre filmmaking, making up what it lacks in originality with an impressive volume of atmospheric dread.

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