After their grandmother passes away, a family tries to outrun the sinister fate they've inherited.
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- Allie TranMay 30, 2025This is what I would consider a perfect horror movie. I remember watching this from home and having the crap scared out of me during that *SPOILER* one scene with the mom floating on the ceiling. Not only does it excel in its scariness, but has excellent acting, writing, everything.
- TanalienNovember 2, 2024Hereditary is a family drama disguised as a horror film. Given the brutality of these experiences and how they are captured, Ari Aster either turned his personal experience into a screen story, imagined such grievous trauma in his mind, or combined both truth and fiction. Hereditary is very often a hard watch, but it always feels honest.
- daveayling777July 30, 2026WOW. Watched it 5 days ago and I'm still thinking about it and dissecting the themes in my head. Not for the faint hearted. Make sure you have someone to talk through about it after watching. The themes and meaning are deeper than they originally appear. Even if watching at face value. Incredible acting, unsettling and scary in all the right ways and very well thought out to the finest detail. Well done!
- macaronzJuly 7, 2026Hereditary brings something remarkably fresh to the horror genre, offering a narrative presented in a completely unconventional way. The filmmakers successfully blend a devastating family drama with deeply disturbing supernatural elements, creating a unique hybrid that feels grounded yet terrifying. The atmosphere is crafted to be intensely creepy and gripping, maintaining an overwhelming sense of dread that holds you captive right until the final, shocking frame. Toni Collette is phenomenal.
- tellumAugust 18, 2025I did not enjoy this as much as other horror fans, for me it was very plodding and the ending I didn’t care for. But there is some very disturbing imagery that is burned in my brain, and relatable realistic terror as well as supernatural terror. For bigger fans of the genre this is still a good movie.
- Evan MayJuly 30, 2025Harrowing. The true terrors are in the first half. The second half tells a story to make sense of them. If only generational demons were so simple. The explanation is inexplicable. The result is multitonal, a partly comical fever dream dressed in visual discomfort. Yet the dread lingers past the runtime. Every scene holds attention. But the real artists were Steve Newburn and his team creating all those miniatures.
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Hereditary was released on June 7, 2018.
Hereditary was directed by Ari Aster.
Hereditary has a runtime of 2h 8m.
Hereditary was produced by Kevin Scott Frakes, Lars Knudsen, Buddy Patrick.
After their grandmother passes away, a family tries to outrun the sinister fate they've inherited.
The key characters in Hereditary are Annie Graham (Toni Collette), Peter Graham (Alex Wolff), Steve Graham (Gabriel Byrne).
Hereditary is rated R.
Hereditary is a Horror, Mystery, Thriller film.
Hereditary has an audience rating of 7.2 out of 10.
Hereditary had a budget of $10M.
Hereditary has made $87.8M at the box office.