Hereditary

Every family tree hides a secret.

The Graham family starts to unravel following the death of their reclusive grandmother. Even after she’s gone, the matriarch still casts a dark shadow over the family, especially her loner teenage granddaughter, Charlie, whom she always had an unusual fascination with. As an overwhelming terror takes over their household, their peaceful existence is ripped apart, forcing their mother to explore a darker realm in order to escape the unfortunate fate they’ve inherited.

127 minutes.
No persons under 16 (Language, Nudity, Violence, Horror, Drug abuse).
Detective/Mystery, Drama, Horror, Thriller, On the art circuit

Not currently showing on the local cinema circuit.

Of course the house isn’t haunted ....

Credits

Cast	Toni Collette, Gabriel Byrne, Alex Wolff, Milly Shapiro, Ann Dowd, Mallory Bechtel
Director	Ari Aster
Screenplay	Ari Aster
Music	Colin Stetson
Cinematography	Pawel Pogorzelski
Editing	Lucian Johnston, Jennifer Lame
Soundtrack	Available
Made in	2018
Produced by	PalmStar Media

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Film and Publications Board (FPB) Report (SA)

Genre	Horror
Language	Fairly frequent moderate to strong impact crude language in the context of swearing and interpersonal conflict.
Nudity	Infrequent mild impact nudity in non-sexual contexts.
Sex	None
Violence	Fairly frequent strong impact violence, intertwined with horror, and containing blood-letting and fairly gruesome images.
Prejudice	None
Blasphemy	None
Drug abuse	None (sic)
Comments	The drama horror mystery film Hereditary explores themes of death, loss, grief, guilt, trauma, mental illness, secrets, lies, the paranormal, possession, Satanism, dysfunctional family relationships and seances. These dark and sinister themes are also complex and mature, and are presented with a strong sustained sense of threat and menace, underscored by sustained suspenseful low frequency sound, with the apparent intention to scare, discomfort and unsettle the audience, as justified within the horror genre. Themes and the way in which they are presented, are likely to be confusing, upsetting, disturbing and distressing to emotionally immature children under the age of 16 years, who may suffer psychological and emotional harm. For example, the scene of Charlie’s death as described below is extremely inappropriate for emotionally and cognitively immature children under the age of 16 years who are likely to be disturbed by them. Enhanced audio-visual effects of the cinematic format, and dark lighting in the theatre, contributes to the strong cumulative impact through elements of horror and violence, and the sense of threat and menace.
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USA MPAA rating

R: Restricted	Rated R for horror violence, disturbing images, language, drug use and brief graphic nudity
Runtime	127
USA version is usually but not always the same as South African release. Versions released on streaming or DVD, Blu-ray or Video may also differ.

ScreenIt Report (USA)

Sex / Nudity	Violence	Blood / Gore / Gross
Guns / Weapons	Profanity	Alcohol / Drugs
Smoking	Disrespectful / Bad Attitude	Imitative Behaviour
Frightening / Tense Scenes	Jump Scenes	Tense Family Scenes
Music (Scary/Tense)	Music (Inappropriate)	Topics to talk about

CommonSenseMedia Report (USA)

Suggested age limit 17 +	Positive messages	Positive role models
Violence	Sex	Language
Consumerism	Drinking, drugs, smoking

Ratings

Scale (Max)	20
What the Critics say
Die Burger Marguerite van Wyk 'Hereditary' laat jou hare regop staan.	10
Cape Times Ann Hornaday Brillians, scary ride to a vague destination.	10
24.com Herman Eloff The success of Hereditary sits in the way it inches to its hellish conclusion whilst spewing pure darkness at those brave enough to watch it. The stuff of nightmares.	15
ScreenIt Jim Judy This is otherwise still a decently constructed, slow-burn horror drama that takes advantage of a familiar setting, a terrific performance from Collette, and some genuinely spooky and creepy moments that likely will have many a viewer a bit apprehensive at home in the dark.	13
Metacritic.com 16 critics	17
Rottentomatoes critics 182 critics	17
Rottentomatoes tomatometer Tomatometer Hereditary uses its classic setup as the framework for a harrowing, uncommonly unsettling horror film whose cold touch lingers long beyond the closing credits.	18
Movie Review Query Engine MRQE critics	17
CommonSenseMedia Jeffrey M. Anderson Clammy, deeply unsettling horror movie is very scary.	15
What the People say
Metacritic.com users 119 users	16
Rottentomatoes users 3637 users	12
IMDB 11219 Netizens	16
The Movie DB Community	14
Average .. 73%	15