Hereditary (2018)
The Story
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. The more they discover, the more they find themselves trying to outrun the sinister fate they seem to have inherited. Making his feature debut, writer-director Ari Aster unleashes a nightmare vision of a domestic breakdown that exhibits the craft and precision of a nascent auteur, transforming a familial tragedy into something ominous and deeply disquieting, and pushing the horror movie into chilling new terrain with its shattering portrait of heritage gone to hell.
The Deets
Rating: R
Runtime: 2h 7m
Genre: psychological thriller, drama, supernatural, horror, fantasy, sci-fi
Original Language: English
Release Date (theaters): June 8, 2018
Main Cast
Toni Collette as Annie Graham
Gabriel Byrne as Steve Graham
Alex Wolff as Peter Graham
Milly Shapiro as Charlie Graham
Ann Dowd as Joan
Mallory Bechtel as Bridget
Production & Crew
Distributor: A24
Production Co: A24, PalmStar Media, Finch Entertainment, Windy Hill Pictures
Director(s): Ari Aster
Producer(s): Kevin Frakes, Lars Knudsen, Buddy Patrick
Writer(s): Ari Aster
Cinematography: Pawel Pogorzelski
Music: Colin Stetson
Editor: Jennifer Lame, Lucian Johnston
Costume: Olga Mill
Hair/Makeup Leads: Lora Laing (hair), Greg T. Moon (makeup)