
Hereditary (2018) came as a shockingly pleasant surprise when it first hit the big screen. Ari Aster was up to something that no one could have imagined before. Audiences weren't aware that monsters could be much more than Freddy Krueger invading our dreams or virus-mutated zombies, something that could stay with them even after stepping out of the theater. Aster likes to distance himself from the traditional horror pack and focus on scares that are embedded within inescapable grief, dysfunctional family dynamics, and inherited trauma. The famous dinner table fight in Hereditary is a true depiction of trauma where Annie (Toni Collette) explodes at her son, Peter (Alex Wolff), after the death of his sister. When she screams, "Don't you swear at me, you little...
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