Tag: Hereditary

  • ‘Midsommar’ Review: ‘Hereditary’ Director’s Latest Horror Epic Is Actually a Perverse Breakup Movie

    ‘Midsommar’ Review: ‘Hereditary’ Director’s Latest Horror Epic Is Actually a Perverse Breakup Movie

    “Midsommar” begins with a traumatic event and ends on a perverse sex scene, capped off by devious, vengeful circumstances at once cathartic and macabre. To that end, it’s a natural extension of the grim cinematic universe that spawned “Hereditary,” writer-director Ari Aster’s disturbing 2018 debut, but this sprawling follow-up has more audacious intentions. This is…

  • Film Review: ‘Head Count’

    Film Review: ‘Head Count’

    While most horror movies settle for the usual slasher thrills, recent indie breakouts like “It Follows” and “Hereditary” have reminded that there are few things more pleasurably creepy than outré psychological horror in a credibly ordinary setting. Elle Callahan’s directorial debut feature “Head Count” is another intriguing mindbender in which 10 collegiate types find themselves…

  • ‘Pet Sematary’ Trailer Delivers Stephen King’s Classic and Twisted Scenes — Watch

    ‘Pet Sematary’ Trailer Delivers Stephen King’s Classic and Twisted Scenes — Watch

    As with all beloved Hollywood properties, Stephen King’s horror classic “Pet Sematary” is getting an update for 2019. With a cast led by a near-holy trifecta of John Lithgow, Jason Clarke, and Amy Seimetz, the terrors are sure to come from inside the house. As Toni Collette showed in last year’s indie horror hit “Hereditary,”…

  • ‘Eighth Grade’ Might Head the Class of First Features

    ‘Eighth Grade’ Might Head the Class of First Features

    From the stripped-down authenticity of Jonah Hill’s “Mid90s,” to the fed-up outcry of Carlos López Estrada’s “Blindspotting,” to the prestige Oscar-bait trappings of Bradley Cooper’s “A Star Is Born,” 2018’s class of debut filmmaking talent built impressively on the promise of cinema’s future. Directors such as Ari Aster (“Hereditary”), Aneesh Chaganty (“Searching”), Josie Rourke (“Mary…

  • ‘The Favourite,’ ‘Sorry to Bother You’ Among Screenplays Not Eligible for WGA Awards (Exclusive)

    ‘The Favourite,’ ‘Sorry to Bother You’ Among Screenplays Not Eligible for WGA Awards (Exclusive)

    Fox Searchlight’s “The Favourite,” Annapurna’s “Sorry to Bother You” and “The Sisters Brothers” and A24’s “Hereditary” are among the films that will not be competing for the upcoming Writers Guild Awards nominations, Variety has learned. They and a slew of other titles are not eligible due to the guild’s strictures stipulating conformity to the its…

  • ‘The Favourite,’ ‘Sorry to Bother You’ Among Screenplays Not Eligible for WGA Awards (Exclusive)

    ‘The Favourite,’ ‘Sorry to Bother You’ Among Screenplays Not Eligible for WGA Awards (Exclusive)

    Fox Searchlight’s “The Favourite,” Annapurna’s “Sorry to Bother You” and “The Sisters Brothers” and A24’s “Hereditary” are among the films that will not be competing for the upcoming Writers Guild Awards nominations, Variety has learned. They and a slew of other titles are not eligible due to the guild’s strictures stipulating conformity to the its…

  • Stop the horror snobbery! I just want my jump scares back

    Stop the horror snobbery! I just want my jump scares back

    From Suspiria to Hereditary, the genre is increasingly ditching its B-movie bag of tricks in order to be taken seriously. But I was far more frightened by ‘duds’ such as Overlord and The Nun than this new monstrous Oscar-baitHorror is having a moment. Films such as Suspiria, Halloween, A Quiet Place and Hereditary are no…

  • The Essentials: The Films Of John Carpenter [Full Retrospective]

    The Essentials: The Films Of John Carpenter [Full Retrospective]

    After the slasher-heavy aughts and the found-footage saturation of the early-2010s, it seems we have finally entered a new era of prestige horror. Between “It Follows,” “The Witch,” “Get Out,” “It,” “Hereditary,” and dozens of others, it’s been proven time and again over the past few years that being a great horror movie and a…

  • Smart Genre, Zombies and Throwbacks: Trends In Genre Cinema

    Smart Genre, Zombies and Throwbacks: Trends In Genre Cinema

    San Sebastian — Smart genre, zombies and throwbacks to the ’70s and ‘80s are some of the current trends in genre cinema, according to some specialists in the field. It’s a cyclical dynamic now offering meaningful box office hits such as Corin Hardy’s “The Nun” or Ari Aster’s “Hereditary.” Genre cinema always attracts the attention…

  • ‘Lady Macbeth’ Star Florence Pugh Joins ‘Hereditary’ Director’s Next A24 Horror

    ‘Lady Macbeth’ Star Florence Pugh Joins ‘Hereditary’ Director’s Next A24 Horror

    Florence Pugh, the British breakout star of last year’s indie hit Lady Macbeth, is set to play the female lead in an upcoming project by Hereditary director Ari Aster, which A24 is once again producing.The untitled horror movie – currently filming – also stars fellow Brits Jack Reynor and Will Poulter.The actress revealed the news…