Hereditary

Film - 2018

7,8

382.7K

Hereditary it's a movie with Toni Collette, Alex Wolff, Gabriel Byrne, Ann Dowd, Austin R. Grant Full cast. Original title Hereditary, runtime 126 minutes. Genres Horror, Drama, Mystery, Thriller.

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A more conventional horror than Midsommar but still modern: a great debut for Ari Aster of

Bongo

As I wrote in the title, I appreciated this film more than the subsequent Midsommar, although perhaps it is a more "canonical" horror and therefore only allows us to glimpse at times the grotesque and surreal style of the young director, much more evident in Midsommar. For some of the public, this may be a flaw, but for me it is a point in favor of the film (while on the contrary it did not allow me to fully appreciate the otherwise excellent Midsommar). It is an excellent horror that is not based only on the usual jump scares (still present, but used with remarkable maturity for such a young director) but on the construction and maintenance of a deep and visceral tension (a characteristic that Aster shares with another “child prodigy” of A24 horror, Eggers). The family theme that acts as a frame and background to the film adds depth to the story, which can be seen as a drama with notable horror and splatter overtones (in this Aster is very different from Eggers: the latter has a refined and elegant approach to horror, as the former tends to insert rather gruesome scenes without warning, obtaining an even more extreme effect), but also on the contrary as a horror with a story that is as exciting as the scary aspect, if not even more so. Just as in Midsommar Ari Aster shows a remarkable talent in the representation of pain and mourning, presented in a heartbreaking and visceral way. The story, although quite linear, must be followed carefully and I am not ashamed to confess that I have searched online for some explanations on some points that were not clear to me, not due to the screenplay's fault but simply due to the complexity of the story, which lends itself to multiple interpretations, although some elements remain without a real explanation and give the impression of being placed a bit Read all

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Emiliano Baglio

Annie (Toni Collette), together with her husband Steve (Gabriel Byrne) and her children Peter (Alex Wolf) and Charlie (Milly Shapiro), has just buried her mother. Not even time to process the mourning and the complicated relationship that tied her to parent who is hit by a new tragedy that strikes her with the same devastating force as the terrible scene that describes it. Now for the woman the only thought is to end it. The only glimmer of light seems to come from Joan (Ann Down ), a woman she met at a support group who had an experience similar to hers. Hope increases when Joan reveals to Annie that, thanks to a séance, she has managed to communicate with her loved ones. Annie will desperately cling to this possibility but perhaps things are not what they appear. Let's get straight to the point: Hereditary, Ari Aster's first work, is not a canonical horror film. It certainly has many elements of the genre but, thank goodness, the director manages to avoid the typical clichés of these films. Just think of the refined use of sound which, instead of aiming for easy scares, helps to create that atmosphere of discomfort and anguish that permeates the entire film. Rather, the viewer will find himself immersed in a feature film that drips with pain in every shot. Even the paranormal part, the presences felt by the protagonists, seem to belong more to this dimension than to the supernatural one and can easily be interpreted as the embodiment of the unconscious that torments the characters. Dominating this dysfunctional family is the terrible weight of secrets, of everything that has never been said and of feelings of guilt. Annie's own mother took with her to the grave the secret of a double life, part of which is apparently obsessed with the paranormal and the occult. The same goes for Annie who suffers the burden of an unwanted motherhood which Read all

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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.