This post contains spoilers for Season 1 of The Haunting of Hill House.
We all lived in haunted houses. Or, at the very least, every one of us knows the intimate horrors of family, whether through their haunting absence or the full-bodied specters th…
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‘Hereditary’ still haunts its young stars, but not in the way you think
This post contains spoilers for the ending of Hereditary
Hereditary was declared not only one of the scariest movies of the decade, but a film that could actually traumatize its viewers.
With its glut of unparalleled performances, masterful cinemato…
9 details you missed in the horrifying ‘Hereditary’
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Warning: Major spoilers ahead for Hereditary.
Hereditary is the kind of film you need to sit with.
It’s not just that it has a lot of shocking twists, though it does, or that the scares linger in your psyche, though they do. It’s also that Hereditary is dense with details that only reveal themselves upon closer examination and careful thought… or at least a deep dive into an explainer like this one.
Here’s everything you missed in Hereditary.
1. Yes, King Paimon is real
And people really do worship him.
To be clear, Paimon is “real” in the sense that he was not invented by writer-director Ari Aster for this film. Whether you think he’s actually, literally real depends on whether you believe demons and spirits are real. For what it’s worth, mentions of Paimon go back centuries – he’s even included in the 17th century grimoire Lesser Key of Solomon. Read more…
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View More 9 details you missed in the horrifying ‘Hereditary’The real horror of ‘Hereditary’ is its realistic portrait of a family in grief
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This post contains spoilers for the ending of Hereditary.
At face value, Hereditary works as an elegant genre film about the occult. But on a subtextual level, even the most supernatural scenes in the film speak to the raw realities of being a family possessed by grief.
Director Ari Aster told Mashable that initially, he “described [Hereditary] not as a horror film, but as a family tragedy that looks into a nightmare — but in the way that life is a nightmare when disaster strikes. Especially in succession.”
Maybe the experience of family dysfunction and death is so monstrous that we can only face it through the lens of a genre that houses our greatest ghouls and demons. Because, as Aster said, “What happens to this family is inherently horrific, even if you strip away all the supernatural elements.” Read more…
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View More The real horror of ‘Hereditary’ is its realistic portrait of a family in griefPeople were really, really freaked out by ‘Hereditary’
There’s been a lot of anticipation around the horror film Hereditary, which was unleashed upon the world on Friday, and it seems that it’s as freaky as we hoped.
Mashable’s own Jess Joho said the film is the kind of movie that “sinks its cl…
11 horror films to watch if you need a chaser for ‘Hereditary’
Spoilers for Hereditary ahead.
So, you’ve seen Hereditary. Need a hug from your mum?
Or perhaps you’re already ready to ride the wave of motherhood and madness into another utterly messed-up film experience.
SEE ALSO: The traumatic family…
The traumatic family horror of ‘Hereditary’ scarred me for life
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Once in a blue moon, a horror film comes along that you cannot shake — that sinks its claws deeper into your flesh if you try.
Hereditary is one of them, leaving you with images that refuse to stay buried, and a general sense of hysteria usually reserved for family gatherings.
Watching Hereditary feels like a possession, or the existential realization that you’re becoming your mother. It inhabits you, hijacking your senses from the very first shot and maintaining that hold in every minute that follows. Most horror gives viewers the comfort of voyeuristic distance, but not this one. An unrelenting descent into trauma, it insists that you become part of the family as the tragic terror unfolds. Read more…
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View More The traumatic family horror of ‘Hereditary’ scarred me for lifeThe ‘Hereditary’ heart rate challenge proves no one is ready for this horror movie
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People are losing their shit over Hereditary — and we mean that almost literally.
We knew we were in for a ride after the jaded film critics of Sundance called the A24 film the “most traumatically terrifying horror movie in ages.” Now, people are even asking “can a movie be too scay?”
As horror lovers, we say never to that question. But A24 is known for bringing some of the most riveting and unique horror in recent memory to the screen, like 2016’s much-adored The Witch.
Those heart rates at the 90 minute mark do not lie
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So they tested this hypothesis on Hereditary by tracking the heart rates of 20 participants during a promotional screening of the movie at LA’s Alamo Drafthouse. No one fainted or died, so The Exorcist has it beat there. But the results (graphed above) suggest that you may want to call your doctor as well as a therapist after watching Hereditary, which release this Friday June 8. Read more…
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View More The ‘Hereditary’ heart rate challenge proves no one is ready for this horror movieA cinema accidentally played that horrifying ‘Hereditary’ trailer at a ‘Peter Rabbit’ showing
This definitely falls on the horrifying end of the snafu-spectrum.
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Summer movie preview: What to watch if you only have time for five films this summer
Welcome to the final installment of our 2018 summer movie preview. We’ve already got you covered if you’re looking for action and adventure, drama and comedy, horror and thriller, or animated and family-friendly. Today, we’ll wrap it up with the best…
View More Summer movie preview: What to watch if you only have time for five films this summerThe new ‘Hereditary’ trailer is a lot to handle
There is something incredibly unnerving about the trailers for upcoming horror movie Hereditary.
In the latest trailer for Hereditary, which focuses on the young girl Charlie, the psychological terror does not let up. Horrible things are happenin…
Here’s the first trailer for ‘Hereditary’ in case you want to never sleep again
We know, we know. Late January is far too early to declare a movie the most anything of the year, especially when said movie isn’t coming out for another four months.
But seriously: Watch this trailer and tell us Hereditary doesn’t look like the …