# Hereditary (2018)

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**Runtime**: 128 min
**Genres**: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
**Directed by**: Ari Aster
**Written by**: Ari Aster
**Starring**: Toni Collette, Alex Wolff, Gabriel Byrne, Milly Shapiro, Ann Dowd, Mallory Bechtel

> *Every family tree hides a secret.*

## Synopsis (in-house rewrite)

A suburban home at night, a tree branch creaks. 
A family dinner table, a mother's legacy unravels, inherited trauma spreads. 
Aster makes family horror feel suffocatingly real.

**Mood tags**: dread, gut-punch

**Critic & audience scores**: IMDb 7.3/10 (453527 users) · Rotten Tomatoes 90% · Metacritic 87/100

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