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Hereditary (2018)

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Hereditary
R
Horror
Drama
Mystery

A grieving family is haunted by tragic and disturbing occurrences.

Director
Ari Aster
Release Date
June 8, 2018
Studio
A24
Cast
Toni Collette , Milly Shapiro , Gabriel Byrne , Alex Wolff
Writers
Ari Aster
Runtime
127 minutes

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Ari Aster's directorial debut, A24's Hereditary, masterfully examines grief, trauma and agency through the lens of psychological and demonic horror.

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Relic and Hereditary are both psychological horrors dealing with families, grief and death, but Relic is way better for one major reason.

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Always the wild card with content, A24’s popularity has grown, mainly due to its decision to create so many diverse and unique modern day classics.

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The first trailer for Midsommar, Ari Aster's follow-up to last year's Hereditary, has been released showing a much different kind of horror.

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REVIEW: Hereditary is a Horror Classic In The Making

With a restrained command of psychological horror, Hereditary proves to be a worthy heir to genre classics like The Exorcist and Rosemary's Baby.

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