HEREDITARY (2018) Explained

Hereditary is a 2018 supernatural horror film written and directed by Ari Aster, starring Toni Collette, Alex Wolff, Milly Shapiro and Gabriel Byrne.

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[stark]

the decapitation scene was unbelievably terrifying, how peter just goes home and lies in bed waiting for her body to be found, it was such good writing displaying the feeling of an unfixable event

[Ghaz]

I was emotionally stressed for the 2 hours and 7 min run-time of this movie.

[biggyman]

That poor father didnt even have a chance

[joshuamarsella]

Before Peter smashes his face into his desk in school he raises his hand in a weird fashion. If you look closely his hand is in the same form as Paimon’s staff on the statue at the end. Super creepy!

[fourthhorsemendeath]

This movie begs one of the most important questions to human life: "hey Annie are you okay?"

[StEvEnBrUlE]

Charlie getting decapitated was honestly one of the most fucked up scenes I have ever witnessed in film. All the marketing made it seem like she would be the main character, not Peter, which made her death that much more shocking. It's just wonderfully acted. The way Alex Wolfe just lays in his bed and cries, Toni Collette loses her shit, and the image of Charlie's head covered in fire ants. Fuck man that shit was nuts

[OMEGAZTECK]

Took a date to watch this movie at midnight...we haven't spoken since that day.

[andrewdubya]

Maybe its hereditary. Maybe its Maybelline.

[FireMadeFleshII]

I love the pacing of movies like Hereditary & Midsommer. They take their time, slowly building to the horror & aren't filled with cheap jump scares. It harkens back to classics like Poltergeist where you're truly invested in the characters & the story is just as essential as the scares

[doobiesoda]

I never got the vibe that Annie was a witch, just an innocent pawn in her mother's game.

[Roko]

I love the fact that the movie made me question if all the weird things that happened were real or if all the paranormal things were result of the family being mentally ill. Until the father (only "sane" character up to that point) literally went up in flames. Kind of destroyed my "it's a hereditary mental illness" theory I had at the beginning.

[Thatoneguy]

This movie legit made me feel like I was cursed or something after watching it

Edit: Thank you for the love guys. I still get creeped out by this movie 2 years after the comment and my viewing.

[Jalmerk]

The end really stuck with me. There's something about the juxtaposition of the really serene heavenly music and warm light, with the rotting head of Charlie and the decapitated corpses that just seared itself into my mind. Everything just falls into place in that final scene and it's also very reminiscent of Rosemary's Baby. And don't even get me started on the car sequence. That is one of the most disturbing things I have seen in a very long time, and it involves nothing supernatural, no demons, no stalkers, just humanity. You just feel the absolute dread Peter feels, and the complete denial, unable to look into the back seat, just trying to convince himself that it's okay, that nothing really happened.

[angelicalavender]

The scene where the dad almost ran a red light was such a heart breaking scene for me I actually cried. It's like you could see his greif where he could've have just been in an accident and the worry of that happening with his son in the car just set him over the edge like it was just a subtle reminder that what happened was a horrible accident that could happen at any moment and there was so much stress on the family at that point to where the dad started protecting his son from his mother. Oof the feels I can't even explain

[joezjymnazium]

Tony Collette should've won an Oscar for her reaction to her daughters' death. That part was agonizing to watch, but in a good way. Because she MADE me feel what she was feeling.

[OHCAM]

this movie messed me up. that ending creeped me out so bad.

[kirby]

Definitely one of my favorites. I was definitely shocked when Charlie died, I wasn't expecting it at all. But just goes to show that you can make a successful horror movie without jumpscares.

[faded]

Being brought up in a Catholic household and also being a believer, that last scene, with the statue of Paimon and Charlie's head, looked eerily similar to what Jesus looks like, but in a demented form. It creeped the fck out of me and honestly was the one thing that stuck to me.

[beef]

There's a big open field surrounded by trees behind my house and every time I go out I don't look that way because I am absolutely convinced that once I do, I'll see some old ass lady surrounded by fire.

[nickmattio]

“Women...can’t live with em...can’t be legit vessel for King Paimon..”