Hereditary

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Movie Info & Cast

Director:

Ari Aster

Release Date:

Jun 8, 2018

Runtime:

2hr 6m

Synopsis

Death isn’t the end but the beginning of the terrifying mysteries facing the Graham family in writer-director Ari Aster’s debut feature. When the difficult matriarch of the family passes away, processing their grief should be the biggest hurdle facing her remaining family: her daughter Annie (Toni Collette), Annie’s husband Steve (Gabriel Byrne), and their children Peter (Alex Wolff) and Charlie (Milly Shapiro). But it soon becomes clear that Annie’s mother cast a long shadow, over Charlie in particular – and she may not be as dearly departed as they think. Her death has set off a chain reaction, unraveling the cryptic secrets in Annie’s ancestry and unleashing very real dangers her family can only begin to understand. What terrible fate have they inherited?

Cast

  • Toni Collette
  • Gabriel Byrne
  • Alex Wolff
  • Ann Dowd
  • Milly Shapiro

Atom Users Reviews

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POPULAR TAGS
#creepy
#disturbing
#intense
#slow
#original
#terrifying

Reviews

  • ST
    Sean Thompson
    #intense
    #original
    #creepy

    I believe people are seeing this for the wrong reason. If you want your typical horror movie you been conditioned to like: Jumpscares every 15mins and typical horror tropes, than THIS IS NOT YOUR MOVIE. This movie is a slow moving but heavily detail oriented film. It…

    LG
    Lazaro Gutierrez
    #creepy
    #intense
    #heartpounding

    I feel compelled to defend this film because it was just that amazing! The people who are leaving bad reviews just.don't. get it. I mean this film is a horror masterpiece. A true horror film, it messes with your insides, it leaves you feeling defiled by the end of the film.…

    AO
    Alex Ocello

    Terrible movie with a disjointed script. Don’t waste your time or money on this disaster.

  • AT
    Angela Tait
    #slow
    #notmyfave
    #justokay

    confusing and choppy. no answers? random ending that had nothing to do with the rest of the movie.

    AR
    aju rai
    #wtf

    Total waste of time.

    JB
    Jarrett Braun
    #creepy
    #intense
    #original

    The perfect slow burn you hope for from A24. A lot of people won't know what they're getting in to. They're the ones ripping it apart.

  • LL
    Linne Lem
    #intense
    #original
    #heartpounding

    I loved this movie. One scene made me scream out loud.

    DA
    Deborah Anderson
    #iwantmymoneyback
    #slow
    #boring

    Not good. If you really want to see it wait for Redbox. So slow. Two hours of my life I’ll never get back.

    RP
    Ramon Perez

    this movie was horribe. no jump scares nothing scary about. who ever said this movie was and scary as the Exorcist should be in jail. the main character was the only shining star great actress as for the movie it was slow I mean slowwww it was like watching paint dry. save…

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Metacritic

87
metacritic
Based on 49 Critics
6.7

USER SCORE (1156)

Generally favorable reviews based on 1156 Reviews
88
Jun 7, 2018

Hereditary isn’t just a scary movie. It’s much, much, much worse than that.

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Metacritic review by Brian Truitt
Brian Truitt
USA Today
70
Jun 7, 2018

Hereditary is a great scare-fest and a middling domestic saga, one that probably needed to be either 90 minutes long and brimming with terror, or three hours long and suffused with glacial, Bergman-esque dread. Aster has charted a middle path, and for a first film, it’s hard to fault the skill he’s shown in doing it.

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David Sims
The Atlantic
75
Jun 7, 2018

Creepy, creepy, creepy. Writer-director Ari Aster makes an impressively unnerving debut with Hereditary, a meticulously crafted horror thriller.

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Metacritic review by Ann Hornaday
Ann Hornaday
Washington Post
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Frequently Asked Questions

Is Hereditary (2018) family-friendly?
The movie has been rated as R, meaning that Under 17 requires an adult accompaniment.
How long is Hereditary (2018)?
The movie is 2hr 6min long.
What's Hereditary (2018) about?
Death isn’t the end but the beginning of the terrifying mysteries facing the Graham family in writer-director Ari Aster’s debut feature. When the difficult matriarch of the family passes away, processing their grief should be the biggest hurdle facing her remaining family: her daughter Annie (Toni Collette), Annie’s husband Steve (Gabriel Byrne), and their children Peter (Alex Wolff) and Charlie (Milly Shapiro). But it soon becomes clear that Annie’s mother cast a long shadow, over Charlie in particular – and she may not be as dearly departed as they think. Her death has set off a chain reaction, unraveling the cryptic secrets in Annie’s ancestry and unleashing very real dangers her family can only begin to understand. What terrible fate have they inherited?
Who's the cast of Hereditary (2018)?
  • Toni Collette as Annie
  • Gabriel Byrne as Steve
  • Alex Wolff as Peter
  • Ann Dowd as Joan
  • Milly Shapiro as Charlie
Who's the director behind Hereditary (2018)?
Ari Aster directed Hereditary (2018).