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Hereditary

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. Use this page to compare cast context, genre fit (Drama, Horror, Mystery), release year 2018, and whether this film matches tonight's mood.

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Story of Hereditary

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.

Use this page to compare cast context, genre fit (Drama, Horror, Mystery), release year 2018, and whether this film matches tonight's mood.

Title facts

  • Type Movie
  • Release year 2018
  • Released 08 Jun 2018
  • Runtime 127 minutes
  • Content rating R
  • IMDb rating IMDb 7.3/10 from 453,527 votes
  • Metascore 87/100
  • Genres Drama, Horror, Mystery
  • Languages English, Spanish
  • Countries United States

Cast

Toni Collette, Milly Shapiro, Gabriel Byrne

Direction and writing

Directed by: Ari Aster

Written by: Ari Aster

Awards and recognition

52 wins & 112 nominations total

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