2018 · horror · drama
Hereditary (re-pass)
Directed by Ari Aster2h 8m2018
Following the death of the Leigh family matriarch, Annie and her children uncover disturbing secrets about their heritage. Their daily lives are not only impacted, but they also become entangled in a chilling fate from which they cannot escape, driving them to the brink of madness.
Our read: Hereditary (re-pass) (2018) reads as a heavy, measured, inventive horror · drama entry — extreme in intensity, mid-stakes in scope, cold in temperature, nihilistic in outlook, with a strong directorial signature.
Heavy, measured, extreme horror / drama, inventive in texture. Nihilistic, mid-stakes, cold.
- heavy
- measured
- extreme
- inventive
- bleak
- cold
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“You want unrelenting family horror and psychological dread that escalates brutally.”
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