A24 describes Hereditary as a 2018 film written and directed by Ari Aster. After their grandmother dies, the members of the Graham family begin uncovering troubling secrets about their ancestry and struggle to escape a fate that seems to have passed down to them.
The premise turns family history into a source of dread, giving grief and inherited patterns a distinctly unsettling shape. The horror grows from intimate domestic tensions as much as from the unknown, and the family's difficulty communicating deepens the unease. Hereditary may appeal to viewers who enjoy slow-building psychological horror, family-centered mysteries, and stories that let atmosphere linger after the immediate scare.