'Hereditary' is Ari Aster's directorial debut. When he goes to horror movies, he's never affected by a horror movie unless he's invested in the characters.
"I certainly wanted to make a film that was patient and that demanded a certain amount of patience from the audience and that took the time to really immerse you in their lives and in their dynamic and in really just the feeling of their home before shit gets crazy.”
Ari says the movie examines grief and trauma in a way that would be hard to sell if were just made to fit one genre.
"Then suddenly, what might serve as a deterrent for an audience in one genre, suddenly becomes a virtue in another genre. That’s the beauty of the horror genre, that you can smuggle in stories that would otherwise be too bleak or too difficult in another space."
The director is aware some people won't like parts of the film. "With a film like this which is straddling a couple different genres and a few different subgenres and is aiming to do several different things at once, you’re not going to please everybody.”
If you're still obsessing over 'Hereditary', you can check out the director's short films here.
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