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 38

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 beck ★★★★ 9

if anyone ever clicks their tongue around me again i’m calling the police
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 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 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
Review by DirkH ★★★★½ 31

'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…

Recent reviews

Review by kelly ★★★★

I saw so many memes about the girl being headless but omg when i actually saw her get decapitated, i audibly gasped, and some parts of this movie made me laugh too..... don't call me a bad person
Review by Aaron Jenkins ★★★½

Not sure if the scares and tension really amount to anything specifically, so the whole "satanic overlord" stuff feels like it serves little to no purpose
That being said, it technically does everything right and successfully builds to a disturbing and cold ending, which I'm sure is the point. I just wish there was more to it. At the end of the day, it just feels like Ari Aster hates everyone and everything for no reason
Review by Eros ★★★★½

Espero que Toni Collette haya ganado algún premio por semejante actuación en las 2hs de película que está presente, sino me voy a enojar
Review by Angel Esteban Serrano ★★★★★

¡¡¡HAIL PAIMON!!!
Review by Tom ★★★½

Toni Collette on da wall
Review by Stephanie Chao ★★★

Steve deserved better........
Review by Oliver Palamara ★★★★

Credits song should have been "Annie are you okay?" by MJ
Review by yixiao ★★★½

ah another film about the female body.
Review by RySack ★★½ 1

I am very torn about this review.
Instinctively I would give it a 1. It was unpleasant, and I tend to avoid unpleasantries at all costs.
However, I went in knowing it was going to be unpleasant (which it was), and the cinematography was very beautiful, incredible editing for some transitions, a very nice soundtrack and well directed. The acting was pretty sweet, loved Steve (the poor guy). Great air-crawl and just the right about of bird-decapitation for a Wednesday.
As Owen always says, it got the intended reaction out of its audience.
I didn’t like it, but I guess I appreciated it?
Click.
5/10
Review by OJ81 ★★★★ 1

I like that this has a perfect 4.0 rating on Letterboxd. I also give it 4.0. Whopper. Wonder how you will rate it, Ryland? Thank you for watching a horror film with me!
Review by bugbaby5 ★★★★★

made me cry I loved every second of it
Review by dcsnuff ★★★★★

What the fuck