Hereditary
Short description
Hereditary is a horror film about the Graham family, whose lives unravel after the death of its elderly matriarch, Ellen. Her daughter Annie, an artist and gallery owner who had a strained relationship with her mother, returns with her husband Steve and their two children, Peter and Charlie, to the family home. Strange occurrences follow, and Charlie in particular begins seeing apparitions. As unsettling events mount, Annie is drawn into investigating her ancestry, uncovering secrets about her family's past that carry consequences for everyone close to her.
The film was written and directed by Ari Aster, marking his feature debut after the short The Strange Thing About the Johnsons and preceding Midsommar, Beau Is Afraid and Eddington. It stars Toni Collette as Annie, Alex Wolff as Peter, Gabriel Byrne as Steve, Milly Shapiro as Charlie, Ann Dowd as Joan and Mallory Bechtel as Bridget. Produced by Kevin Scott Frakes, Lars Knudsen and Buddy Patrick, it runs 128 minutes and was made for about 10 million dollars, going on to earn roughly 88 million worldwide.
Audience response has been strong, with a rating of 7.3 out of 10 on IMDb from around 451,000 votes and the same figure on TMDB from fewer than 9,000 votes. A critics' rating of 8.3 out of 10 across 386 reviews places professional assessment somewhat above the general audience scores.
What's left behind the scenes
- The original title of the film can be translated as "Hereditary".
- A mixture of Hebrew and Enochian is used during the ritual. The latter was created by mathematician, geographer, astronomer, alchemist, and astrologer John Dee (1527-1609) for magical purposes during spiritualist sessions in the late 16th century.
- In the scene where his character hits his head on the table, actor Alex Wolff intended to hit himself in such a way as to break his nose, but director Ari Aster rejected this idea and told Wolff that the surface of the table would be soft. For some reason, the table on set turned out to be real, and Alex Wolff actually broke his nose upon impact.
- The film's trailer was mistakenly shown in Australia during a screening of the children's film "Peter Rabbit" (Will Gluck, 2018).
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