Hereditary

2018 Directed by Ari Aster

Every family tree hides a secret.

When Ellen, the matriarch of the Graham family, passes away, her daughter’s family begins to unravel cryptic and increasingly terrifying secrets about their ancestry.

Toni Collette Alex Wolff Gabriel Byrne Milly Shapiro Ann Dowd Christy Summerhays Mallory Bechtel Brock McKinney Jake Brown Morgan Lund Jarrod Phillips Heidi Mendez Zachary Arthur Moises L. Tovar Austin R. Grant Gabriel Monroe Eckert Bus Riley Harrison Nell BriAnn Rachele David Stanley Ari Aster Mark Blockovich Kathleen Chalfant John Forker Rachelle Hardy Marilyn Miller Jason Miyagi Lorenzo Silva Alexis Long

Alternative Titles

Hereditary: Das Vermächtnis, Ondskabens hus, Hereditary: le radici del male

thriller horror mystery

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Review by BRAT ★★★★½ 27

This review may contain spoilers. I can handle the truth.

dude, what do you mean you don’t worship king paimon, lucifer’s most obedient servant and master of the arts? oh, you’re still stuck on the babadook?? lol grow up 😂 there’s a new LGBT demon in town and anybody who’s anybody is getting naked for him #HAIL
Review by davidehrlich ★★★★½ 39

watching HEREDITARY in a packed theater (with *bright projection*) is one of life’s great and terrible pleasures. go see it this weekend. bring your whole family.
it’s very important that you bring your whole family.
say the words exactly as they’re written on the page.
your sacrifice will be rewarded in the end.
HP.
Review by adrianbalboa ★★★★½ 32

This review may contain spoilers. I can handle the truth.

👉 you 👈 are 👺 paimon 👹 one 👆 of the 8️⃣ eight 🤴 kings 👑 of 🔥 hell ‼️ we 👫 have 👀 looked 👁 to the 🗺 northwest ↖️ and 📞 called ☎️ you 👈 in 👇 we’ve 👫 corrected ✔️ your 👼🏻 first 👩 female 🚶‍♀️ body 🏃‍♀️ and 🎁 give ☝️ you 👈 now 🕑 this 💁‍♂️ healthy 👦 male 👱‍♂️ host 👯‍♂️ we 🙅‍♀️ reject 🙅‍♂️ the ⛪️ trinity 💒 and 🙏 pray ✝️ devoutly 🎗 to 👉 you 👈 great 👹 paimon 👺 give 👬 us 👭 your 🧠 knowledge 🤔 of all 🤫 secret 🤭 things 🤝 bring 👫 us 🏆 honor 🎖 wealth 💵 and ✅ good 👨‍👩‍👧‍👧 familiars ⭕️ bind 👨‍👨‍👦‍👦 all men 🙆‍♂️ to 🗣 our will ✊ as we 👯‍♀️ have 🤝 bound 🤞 ourselves 👈 for 🕣 now ⏳ and ⌛️ ever 🕯 to yours 👊
🙌 hail, paimon! 👏
Review by davidehrlich ★★★★ 24

Toni Collette does *at least* three different things in this movie that might fuck you up forever.
imagine a supernatural creep-fest like THE CONJURING, but told with the patience of THE WITCH, the emotional depth of THE BABADOOK, and the kind of scares that that James Wan would kill for.
curious how it hangs together the second time around (scary movies tend to lose their edge, but a part of me suspects this one might get even better), but for now this feels like a *major* debut.
[clucks tongue]
Review by beck ★★★★ 9

if anyone ever clicks their tongue around me again i’m calling the police
Review by demi adejuyigbe ★★★★½ 23

i’m so goddamn glad i avoided all of the trailers and info on what this movie was about. the way the camera movements and lighting in this movie play on the audience’s expectiations of horror to build tension without jump scares is so fucking outstanding that i’m already mad that the cinematographer of this movie probably doesn’t win an oscar in 2019
Review by katie ★★★★★ 15

I honestly don't know how to talk about this movie. There are no words that could describe how terrifying, heartbreaking, hysterical and fucking brilliant this movie is. Nothing could have ever prepared me for this.
It's been almost an hour since I walked out of my Hereditary screening, and I find myself baffled. Still shaking and laughing, trying to have a normal conversation with my mom. I have fallen in love with movies over and over again, but horror movies never seem to captivate me as much as others do. But Hereditary is brand new. Hereditary busted through our doors, confident and blazing. Hereditary doesn't let the genre define what it can be. Hereditary takes your head and slams it…
Review by LME ★★★★★ 24

Horror movies strive for that ONE scene that sticks with you. This movie has 3.
+The drive
+The mom’s confession | Toni Collette already won the Oscar
+The final act
WORK OF ART
Review by Ralph ★★★★★ 22

Hereditary is one of the best horror films I've seen in a long time.
When so many horror films rely on cheap jump scares, it's nice to see a genuinely terrifying and disturbing horror movie. When I pay to see a horror movie I want to see some genuinely frightening stuff and Hereditary delivers. This film doesn't shy away from violence or vile imagery at risk of offending the audience or making them uncomfortable.
The film does an excellent job building an erie setting with its camera work, lighting and score. I've been a fan of Colin Stetsons music for a long time and his style of music fits this film perfectly. The score manages to be both creepy and…
Review by DirkH ★★★★½ 29

'A Snoozefest'
'Not even a horror movie'
'It redefines the genre'
'This generation's Exorcist'
Just four snippets I picked up from reviews read after seeing Hereditary. I'd say those four bits embody what's wrong with how we view horror films.
Horror is and will probably always be my favourite genre. And there's a lot wrong with it. At least, in my PERSONAL opinion. Most horror films focus on scaring people. Which is fine, but also very easy, more often than not making them predictable and rather boring. Terrifying someone, now there's a challenge.
Another thing that tends to happen is that filmmakers apparently feel the need to create something completely unique. It's of course a good thing to strive for…
Review by lauren ★★★★½ 4

anyway...a movie AND .a two hour reminder to take your birth control
Review by iana ★★★★ 3

This review may contain spoilers. I can handle the truth.

toni collette: I JUST WANNA DIEEEEEE
me: oh big mood

Recent reviews

Review by siegelfinley ★★★★

A very good horror movie with amazing cinematography leaving the viewer questions what they saw or think they didn’t see. Suttle jump scares throughout create a constant sense of tension and are complimented with the variety of camera angles as they slowly panned around in certain scenes. A very different approach to spiritual and satanic horror but it had a great ending as we see a rapid change of events. However it doesn’t get the full 5stars based on the fact I am not a big fan of horror movies and I can’t compare this to many other films
Review by Coney İblisi 🎟️ ★★★★½

Artık alışkanlık olmuş, bir filmi izlerken onun hakkında yazacaklarımı da kafamda biraz biraz şekillendiriyorum. Hereditary'i izlerken bu ön-review devamlı olarak değişti. Film hakkında bir sayfalık kompozisyon yazacak kadar şey düşündüm belki.
O kadar beğendim ki. Sahiden de Midsommer ve Hereditary'i ikiz kardeşler: Anlatı, yöntemler, teknik detaylar... Midsommer'ı sonra izlesem beni hiç etkilemezdi bu filmden sonra. Çünkü finali bile aynı formüllerle çizilmiş. Yalnız şu var ki Midsommer rahatsız olduğum ve bir daha izlemek istemediğim bir filmdi. Hereditary ise hakkında yazılar okuyup çözülmesini yapmak için birkaç kez daha izlemek isteyeceğim ve önereceğim bir yapım.
'Modern Korku Sineması' sahiden varmış.
Review by kads ★

wth was this tbfh
Review by arky 🏕 ★★★½

do NOT click your tongue at me
Review by Kartoffel ★★★★½

Hereditary is probably the best horror flick I have seen yet. I like to describe it as "unpleasant the movie". Ari Aster's use of the camera is incredibly impressive and a big part as to why I like this film so much. He manages to make some scenes really hard to watch, but in a good way.
Review by Jake Henson ★★★★★

I genuinely want to be able to go back and watch this for the first time
Review by films6088 ★★★★

Well, Ari Aster what have you done? The camera works? Superb. Toni Collette's performance? Hands down. The storyline? Unsettling is an understatement. Was it a memorable movie? Yes. But do I want to watch it again? Definitely no. In fact I want to eradicate it from my memory. That's how disturbing it was... but nevertheless, brilliantly made.
Review by Minoru Fujihara ★★★★

This almost felt like a lovecraftian horror, or maybe it is. These kind of movies really creep me out even perhaps days after I’ve seen it. An experience!
This is my second viewing. I can’t believe I wasn’t able to enjoy it the first time. I didn’t even get to finish it then.
Review by Dominique Dias ★★½

This family barely know each other
Review by Ankit218 ★★½

When will I ever watch a horror film which truly scares me. This was supposed to be that, but didn't do that for me. The acting and camerawork on this was fantastic and had a couple of fantastic scenes, but overall I was probably hoping for more. On the up side : Dark magic horror > stupid jump scares any day.
Review by morgdeco ★★★★½

Ik ben nochtans niet iemand die naar horror kijkt bc i’m a broekpisserke maar deze was het waard
Review by tdotfilmstar ★★★★

Best horror film I’ve watched in years
Mainly for its storytelling
It’s not super conventional either
Just a good tense thriller
It must say a lot about me that I wasn’t really super scared about the film
Loved and thought the film succeeded more with the overarching stories and drama than its attempts to make me scream if that makes sense