In its sense of poisoned family bloodlines, of the everyday invaded by unspeakable evil, of bonechilling terror you won’t be able to shake, Hereditary is a new ...

So a movie like Ari Aster’s Hereditary stands out. It’s genuinely creepy, it’s genuinely gross, its jump scares will make you actually jump. It’s a terrifically frightening motion picture ...

Hereditary isn’t just a scary movie. It’s much, much, much worse than that. The new instant horror classic (★★★½ out of four; rated R; in theaters nationwide Friday) follows along the ...

Now, let me be clear: That’s not to say it isn’t scary. I’m a generally phlegmatic moviegoer, but the first time I saw Hereditary I yelped a lot, and very nearly crawled under my seat once ...

This review was originally published after Hereditary’s debut at the 2018 Sundance Film Festival. It has been updated to coincide with the film’s theatrical release. More than any other genre ...

Ari Aster’s debut feature Hereditary brings forth those murky questions. Perhaps, in the end, it’s all the same kettle of demons, but there’s something to Aster’s approach that seems to ...

Yes, I would suspect that in the great book of horror films, Ari Aster’s new film “Hereditary” will indeed get a page, but with an asterisk or two attached. I’ll get to that. It’s safe ...

Based on purely anecdotal evidence, I’m predicting that one of the more recurrent arguments among film enthusiasts for summer 2018 will be, “Does the ending of ‘Hereditary’ work?” ...

While the ending raises more eyebrows from a logical standpoint and explains away some of the mysterious, metaphysical ideas (that are much more creepy), HEREDITARY is still a standout 2018 film and ...

Ari Aster's disturbing spook show, featuring a bravura Toni Collette, is a domestic thriller about the scariest ghosts of all: the spirits within. My question is: Why isn’t “Hereditary” part ...