Hereditary (film)

Hereditary
Hereditary
	Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Ari Aster
Written by	Ari Aster
Produced by	Kevin Frakes; Lars Knudsen; Buddy Patrick;
Starring	Toni Collette; Alex Wolff; Milly Shapiro; Ann Dowd; Gabriel Byrne;
Cinematography	Pawel Pogorzelski
Edited by	Jennifer Lame; Lucian Johnston;
Music by	Colin Stetson
Production; companies	A24; PalmStar Media; Finch Entertainment; Windy Hill Pictures;
Distributed by	A24
Release dates	January 21, 2018 (Sundance); June 8, 2018 (United States);
Running time	127 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English
Budget	$10 million
Box office	$82.8 million

Hereditary is a 2018 American psychological supernatural horror film written and directed by Ari Aster in his feature directorial debut. Starring Toni Collette, Alex Wolff, Milly Shapiro, Ann Dowd, and Gabriel Byrne, the film follows a grieving family tormented by a demonic entity after the death of their secretive grandmother.

Aster's work on short horror films, most notably The Strange Thing About the Johnsons, attracted the attention of A24, who greenlit Hereditary as his first feature film. Aster conceived it as primarily a family drama consisting of two distinct halves. Filming took place in Utah in 2017, with most indoor scenes shot on custom built sets on a soundstage to give the film a dollhouse aesthetic.

Hereditary premiered at the Sundance Film Festival on January 21, 2018,^[4] and was theatrically released in the United States on June 8, 2018.^[5] The film received positive reviews and made over $82 million, becoming A24's highest-grossing film at the time,^[6]^[7] a record that was held until the release of Everything Everywhere All at Once in 2022.

^ "Hereditary (2018)". BFI.org.uk. British Film Institute. Archived from the original on July 4, 2018. Retrieved September 19, 2018.
^ Cite error: The named reference opening was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
^ "Hereditary (2018)". Box Office Mojo. Amazon. Retrieved August 25, 2018.
^ Means, Sean P. (December 19, 2017). "A horror thriller filmed in Utah is among the additions to 2018 Sundance Film Festival lineup". The Salt Lake Tribune. Retrieved January 25, 2018.
^ Guardian staff (January 30, 2018). "Hereditary trailer: will this be the year's scariest movie?". The Guardian. Guardian News and Media. Retrieved January 30, 2018.
^ Giles, Jeff (June 7, 2018). "Ocean's 8: Satisfying but Slight". Rotten Tomatoes. Fandango Media. Retrieved June 8, 2018.
^ D'Alessandro, Anthony (June 10, 2022). "'Everything Everywhere All At Once' Becomes A24's Highest Grossing Movie Of All-Time At Global Box Office". Deadline. Retrieved June 10, 2022.

[BFI-1] "Hereditary (2018)". BFI.org.uk. British Film Institute. Archived from the original on July 4, 2018. Retrieved September 19, 2018.

[opening-2] Cite error: The named reference opening was invoked but never defined (see the help page).

[BOM-3] "Hereditary (2018)". Box Office Mojo. Amazon. Retrieved August 25, 2018.

[2018SDFF-4] Means, Sean P. (December 19, 2017). "A horror thriller filmed in Utah is among the additions to 2018 Sundance Film Festival lineup". The Salt Lake Tribune. Retrieved January 25, 2018.

[5] Guardian staff (January 30, 2018). "Hereditary trailer: will this be the year's scariest movie?". The Guardian. Guardian News and Media. Retrieved January 30, 2018.

[6] Giles, Jeff (June 7, 2018). "Ocean's 8: Satisfying but Slight". Rotten Tomatoes. Fandango Media. Retrieved June 8, 2018.

[highest-7] D'Alessandro, Anthony (June 10, 2022). "'Everything Everywhere All At Once' Becomes A24's Highest Grossing Movie Of All-Time At Global Box Office". Deadline. Retrieved June 10, 2022.

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