This week we're watching Ari Aster's debut nightmare, Hereditary (2018), which we can most easily describe as "a KFC family bucket of trauma". Jaime faces her horror fears and puts herself to the test while Eric relishes in the research and flinches at the film. We talk about seeing this movie in theaters, the glory that is Toni Collette, and what element gender plays in Aster's works. Make sure to buckle your seatbelt for this one!
Content Warnings: Decapitation, gore, extreme depictions of grief and trauma, nose breaking, gaslighting, a brief discussion of suicide, A LOT of ants, animal death, and animal beheading.
This week we donated to the Abortion Fund of Arizona. Learn more here: https://www.abortionfundofaz.org/
Show Notes:
Toni Collette on ‘Hereditary’ and How She Crafted the Most Haunting Performance of the Year
https://collider.com/hereditary-toni-collette-interview/#ari-aster
“Family Swallows Everything”: Artificiality and Determinism in Ari Aster’s Hereditary (2018)
https://brightlightsfilm.com/hereditary-artificiality-determinism-ari-aster-hereditary-2018/#.X4klNNBKiUl
Heredity’s Ari Aster Answers Our Burning Questions About His ‘Upsetting’ Horror Film
https://www.vulture.com/2018/06/hereditarys-ari-aster-breaks-down-his-upsetting-film.html
Hereditary director Ari Aster on family trauma and researching that ending
https://www.vox.com/culture/2018/6/14/17460560/hereditary-director-interview-spoilers?__c=1
Australian Movie Theater Plays ‘Hereditary’ Trailer Before ‘Peter Rabbit,’ Families Panic and Flee the Cinema
https://www.indiewire.com/2018/04/australian-theater-hereditary-trailer-peter-rabbit-families-freak-out-1201957530/
Alex Wolff Lost “A Little Bit” of His Sanity While Filming Hereditary, the Horror Movie of the Summer
https://www.wmagazine.com/story/hereditary-movie-alex-wolff/
'Hereditary' Actor Thinks He Has PTSD from Shooting the Year's Scariest Movie
https://www.vice.com/en/article/j5kvd4/hereditary-actor-thinks-he-has-ptsd-from-shooting-the-years-scariest-movie
