Hereditary is a 2018 American supernatural psychological horror drama film written and directed by Ari Aster, in his feature directorial debut. It stars Toni Collette, Alex Wolff, Milly Shapiro and Gabriel Byrne as a family haunted by a demon after the death of their secretive grandmother.
Hereditary premiered on January 21, 2018, in the Midnight section at the 2018 Sundance Film Festival,and was theatrically released in the United States on June 8, 2018.It was acclaimed by critics, with Collette's performance receiving particular praise, and was a commercial success, making over $79 million on a $10 million budget to become A24's highest-grossing film worldwide.
Cast
Toni Collette as Annie Graham, a miniaturist artist.
Gabriel Byrne as Steve Graham, Annie's psychiatrist husband.
Alex Wolff as Peter Graham, Annie's and Steve's 16-year-old son.
Milly Shapiro as Charlie Graham, Annie's and Steve's 13-year-old daughter.
Ann Dowd as Joan, a support group member who befriends Annie.
Mallory Bechtel as Bridget, Peter's schoolmate and love interest.
The actress Kathleen Chalfant who portrays Annie's mother, Ellen Taper Leigh, is uncredited. Aster referred to her as "the sweetest person in the world".
Plot
Annie Graham is a miniature artist who lives in Utah with her husband, Steve; their 16-year-old son, Peter; and their eccentric 13-year-old daughter, Charlie. At the funeral of her secretive mother, Ellen Leigh, Annie delivers a eulogy explaining their fraught relationship. Steve is later informed that Ellen's grave has been desecrated. Annie attends a support group for the bereaved and reveals that her family suffered from mental illnesses that resulted in their deaths.
To attend a party, Peter lies that he is going to a school event, and Annie forces him to take Charlie with him. Unsupervised, Charlie eats cake containing nuts, to which she is allergic, and falls into anaphylactic shock. As Peter drives her to a hospital, she leans out of the window for air and is decapitated by a telephone pole. In shock, Peter leaves his sister's corpse in the car for their mother to discover the next morning. The family grieves and tension rises between them all, leading to Annie viciously berating Peter one night at dinner for his actions. Peter is plagued by Charlie's presence around the house.
Annie is befriended by a support group member, Joan. Influenced by Joan, Annie forces her family to do a séance to communicate with Charlie. Charlie seemingly possesses Annie until Steve douses her with water. Suspecting that Charlie's spirit has become malevolent, Annie throws Charlie's sketchbook into the fireplace but her sleeve also begins to burn. She quickly retrieves the book and heads to Joan for advice but Joan is missing. She notices that Joan's welcome mat resembles her mother's craft work and goes through her mother's possessions, finding a photo album linking Joan to Ellen, and a book with information about a demon named Paimon who is a king of Hell and wishes to inhabit a male host. She also finds pictures of Ellen with members of a cult who worship her as their leader. In the attic, she finds Ellen's decapitated and rotted body and strange symbols on the wall written in blood.
At school, Peter sees a disturbing apparition of himself and slams his head against his desk, breaking his nose. Annie begs Steve to burn the sketchbook so she can sacrifice herself and stop the haunting. Steve sees Ellen's body but assumes Annie has gone mad. When Annie throws the book into the fire herself, Steve bursts into flames and dies. Peter awakens to find his father's charred body, and encounters a nude man. He is then chased by a now-possessed Annie into the attic. Levitating, Annie beheads herself with a piano wire as naked coven members and a shocked Peter watch. In fear, Peter jumps out of the window. A light, most likely of the demon, enters his body, and he stands, following Annie's levitating corpse into Charlie's tree house. There, Peter sees Charlie's severed head with a crown. Joan, other coven members, and the headless corpses of his mother and grandmother bow to him. Joan puts the crown on Peter’s head, explaining that Charlie had originally been the host of Paimon since her birth - which was Ellen's doing - but they have now corrected their mistake: Paimon has been given the desired male host. The cult members pledge their lives to Paimon, allowing him to rule over them.
Categories:
2018 films,English-Hindi language films,2018 horror films,A24 films,American films,American supernatural horror films,Demons in film,Horror drama films,Directorial debut films,Films about cults,Films about death,Films about dysfunctional families,Films about Spiritism,Mental illness in films,Films about spirit possession,Films shot in Salt Lake City,Films about witchcraft,Films about grieving,Films about child death,2010s coming-of-age films,Supernatural drama films
Hereditary premiered on January 21, 2018, in the Midnight section at the 2018 Sundance Film Festival,and was theatrically released in the United States on June 8, 2018.It was acclaimed by critics, with Collette's performance receiving particular praise, and was a commercial success, making over $79 million on a $10 million budget to become A24's highest-grossing film worldwide.
Cast
Toni Collette as Annie Graham, a miniaturist artist.
Gabriel Byrne as Steve Graham, Annie's psychiatrist husband.
Alex Wolff as Peter Graham, Annie's and Steve's 16-year-old son.
Milly Shapiro as Charlie Graham, Annie's and Steve's 13-year-old daughter.
Ann Dowd as Joan, a support group member who befriends Annie.
Mallory Bechtel as Bridget, Peter's schoolmate and love interest.
The actress Kathleen Chalfant who portrays Annie's mother, Ellen Taper Leigh, is uncredited. Aster referred to her as "the sweetest person in the world".
Plot
Annie Graham is a miniature artist who lives in Utah with her husband, Steve; their 16-year-old son, Peter; and their eccentric 13-year-old daughter, Charlie. At the funeral of her secretive mother, Ellen Leigh, Annie delivers a eulogy explaining their fraught relationship. Steve is later informed that Ellen's grave has been desecrated. Annie attends a support group for the bereaved and reveals that her family suffered from mental illnesses that resulted in their deaths.
To attend a party, Peter lies that he is going to a school event, and Annie forces him to take Charlie with him. Unsupervised, Charlie eats cake containing nuts, to which she is allergic, and falls into anaphylactic shock. As Peter drives her to a hospital, she leans out of the window for air and is decapitated by a telephone pole. In shock, Peter leaves his sister's corpse in the car for their mother to discover the next morning. The family grieves and tension rises between them all, leading to Annie viciously berating Peter one night at dinner for his actions. Peter is plagued by Charlie's presence around the house.
Annie is befriended by a support group member, Joan. Influenced by Joan, Annie forces her family to do a séance to communicate with Charlie. Charlie seemingly possesses Annie until Steve douses her with water. Suspecting that Charlie's spirit has become malevolent, Annie throws Charlie's sketchbook into the fireplace but her sleeve also begins to burn. She quickly retrieves the book and heads to Joan for advice but Joan is missing. She notices that Joan's welcome mat resembles her mother's craft work and goes through her mother's possessions, finding a photo album linking Joan to Ellen, and a book with information about a demon named Paimon who is a king of Hell and wishes to inhabit a male host. She also finds pictures of Ellen with members of a cult who worship her as their leader. In the attic, she finds Ellen's decapitated and rotted body and strange symbols on the wall written in blood.
At school, Peter sees a disturbing apparition of himself and slams his head against his desk, breaking his nose. Annie begs Steve to burn the sketchbook so she can sacrifice herself and stop the haunting. Steve sees Ellen's body but assumes Annie has gone mad. When Annie throws the book into the fire herself, Steve bursts into flames and dies. Peter awakens to find his father's charred body, and encounters a nude man. He is then chased by a now-possessed Annie into the attic. Levitating, Annie beheads herself with a piano wire as naked coven members and a shocked Peter watch. In fear, Peter jumps out of the window. A light, most likely of the demon, enters his body, and he stands, following Annie's levitating corpse into Charlie's tree house. There, Peter sees Charlie's severed head with a crown. Joan, other coven members, and the headless corpses of his mother and grandmother bow to him. Joan puts the crown on Peter’s head, explaining that Charlie had originally been the host of Paimon since her birth - which was Ellen's doing - but they have now corrected their mistake: Paimon has been given the desired male host. The cult members pledge their lives to Paimon, allowing him to rule over them.
Categories:
2018 films,English-Hindi language films,2018 horror films,A24 films,American films,American supernatural horror films,Demons in film,Horror drama films,Directorial debut films,Films about cults,Films about death,Films about dysfunctional families,Films about Spiritism,Mental illness in films,Films about spirit possession,Films shot in Salt Lake City,Films about witchcraft,Films about grieving,Films about child death,2010s coming-of-age films,Supernatural drama films
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