Hereditary is insane without being absurd or campy, or calculated in its provocation. Is it a masterpiece? I think it is.

| Jan 16, 2025

Where Hereditary truly impresses is in its setting-construction, in the unhurried building of one creepy atmosphere, in the attention to detail and characterisation.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Aug 12, 2024

A precision-tooled, dread-inducing atmosphere that refuses to loosen its grip.

| Original Score: 5/5 | Jul 31, 2024

Aster reminds us that when grief becomes foreboding, there’s no escaping the boxed burdens of emotional terror.

| Original Score: 5/5 | Jul 11, 2024

Toni Collette gives an all-time performance in this family melodrama that endlessly rewards repeat viewings. Aster has delivered one of the best contemporary horror films with only his first feature.

| Original Score: 5/5 | Jun 14, 2023

One of the horror genre's greats.

| Apr 20, 2023

Fine performances, a strong directorial debut, and soaked in the strategically menacing score by Colin Stetson, “Hereditary” slowly pulls you in before giving your nerves and your senses a good working over.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Aug 21, 2022

Audiences expecting run-of-the-mill horror will be shocked out of their moviegoing complacency early on.

| Original Score: 3.5/4 | Mar 11, 2022

Ari Aster's absurdly accomplished debut is the best horror movie of the year so far.

| Original Score: 5/5 | Apr 29, 2021

Pawel Pogorzelski's cinematography and Colin Stetson's score craft a visually and aurally ominous atmosphere that always hints and builds towards the ultimate evil reveal.

| Apr 16, 2021

So dark and so disturbing.

| Original Score: 7.5/10 | Apr 14, 2021

The film's chilling lesson is timely.

| Mar 5, 2021

The open-ended stakes of these genre experiments are rebellious at a time when horror movie messaging can feel so heavy-handed.

| Mar 4, 2021

Without a doubt, Hereditary really dug its hooks into me.

| Feb 19, 2021

A complete assault on your mind, body, and soul that will leave you feeling battered and broken.

| Original Score: 5/5 | Feb 5, 2021

Part of the fun, if "fun" is even the right word for such an upsetting movie, comes from the uncertainty over what kind of horror show this is, exactly.

| Original Score: B | Feb 4, 2021

Hereditary is a pitch black exploration of family dynamics and the fallout of dark supernatural secrets.

| Original Score: A | Jan 29, 2021

In the cruel, assured hands of writer-director Ari Aster, Hereditary comes off as an exemplary mood piece.

| Dec 15, 2020

Hereditary becomes more and more frightening, submerging the viewers in horror rather than splashing them with occasional waves.

| Dec 10, 2020

...if you keep your expectations within reasonable control, you'll be rewarded with a tense and atmospheric-if not all that terrifying-experience...

| Oct 26, 2020