Hereditary film review and analysis
Hereditary Hereditary, is a horror film that debuted in the Midnight category of the 2018 Sundance Film Festival. Produced by A24, an indie company that emerged in 2013. First time writer and director Ari Aster, delivers a formally confident story within a detailed family dynamic, and thoughtfully conceived visual metaphors to reflect them. The horror erupts from the characters, their relationships, and sometimes the cruel behaviours towards one another. The setting is a large homes surrounded by acres of trees and grassy hills. Our story follows the Graham family living in what looks like total isolation coping with the recent death of Annie’s mother, Ellen, and from the beginning the family doesn’t seem close and loving whatsoever, each usually occupying a different room by themselves and when they are around each other it seems very stiff and awkward, almost as if they’ve been isolated an distant for quite some time, and this is only made even more apparent when con...