“Creepy drawings, fiery seances and decapitated floating corpses are just a few of the relentless scares that will haunt your nightmares after watching Hereditary, which grounds its thrills in harrowing family drama, and manages to make well-trodden genre tropes feel fresh with twisted humor and minimal special effects.” USA Today
” …Hereditary isn’t entirely bleak and grim. There’s a ribbon of dark humor running throughout, particularly in its wild climax, punctuated by a wicked final song choice […] I left the theater feeling a little rattled, a little spent, and entirely relieved that I’d made it through.” Vanity Fair
” …what viewers will discover is that the movie, unlike almost every mainstream horror film you see these days, has the substance to match its scares. It gets at something sophisticated: the way that mental and emotional damage becomes part of a family’s spirit, and is therefore passed on as if it were… a spirit. Wherever you stand on the subject of paranormal activity, this is a drama attuned to the ghosts of parent-child communion that live in all of us.” Variety
” …perhaps since Aster was inspired by his own family, he puts a lot of work into building the connections between the characters. He’s invested not just in their survival, but their emotional health, and their connections with each other. Which makes it all the more tragic as Hereditary threatens these things in turn, cruelly and effectively. It’s a merciless film, crafted for maximum effect.” The Verge
“It’s a tonal masterclass that delves into ubiquitous genre-bending devastation with no allowable escape, plotted admirably and wound tightly with poison-laced barbed wire that taunts as it twists inward. Prepare to be turned-ghost pale by horrors of the mind, body and soul, unlike you’ve experienced in quite some time.” We Got This Covered
Cast and characters:
- Toni Collette … Annie Graham – Velvet Buzzsaw; Krampus; Fright Night (2011)
- Alex Wolff … Peter Graham
- Milly Shapiro … Charlie Graham
- Gabriel Byrne … Steve Graham – Vampire Academy; Stigmata; Gothic; The Keep
- Ann Dowd … Joan
International titles:
- Hérédité – France
- Hereditário – Brazil; Portugal
- Hereditary – Das Vermächtnis – Germany
- Η διαδοχή – Greece
- Örökség – Hungary
- Dziedzictwo. Hereditary – Poland
- Наследственное – Russia
Filming locations:
Shot in February 2017 in Park City and Salt Lake City, Utah
Technical details:
- 127 minutes
- Dolby Digital – Dolby 7.1
- Aspect ratio: 2.00 : 1
Box office:
$79,275,328 worldwide
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