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Hereditary

2018 · 128 min · Director: Ari Aster ★ IMDb 7.3 · 474,183 ratings

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When her mentally ill mother passes away, Annie (Toni Collette), her husband (Gabriel Byrne), son (Alex Wolff), and daughter (Milly Shapiro) all mourn her loss. The family turn to different means to handle their grief, including Annie and her daughter both flirting with the supernatural. They each begin to have disturbing, otherworldly experiences linked to the sinister secrets and emotional trauma that have been passed through the generations of their family.

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Emotional fingerprint

Hereditary (2018) — Movie. Top emotional signals: Disturbing 35%, Fear 25%, Anxiety 20%. Source: AI estimate. Shares describe emotional signal, not percentages of people. Your experience may differ. How we measure

  1. Fear25%

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Why it feels this way

The strongest emotional signals are Disturbing, Fear, Anxiety. Genres: Drama, Mystery, Horror. AI estimate.

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Consider this title if you are looking for Disturbing, Fear and Anxiety. Its IMDb rating of 7.3/10 suggests a generally positive audience reception. For these leading emotions, its Feel Score is 74/100.

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Emotional journey

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  • Tension
  • Disturbing
  • Sadness

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No dominant emotion

Dominant emotion: Sadness

Dominant emotion: Tension

Dominant emotion: Empathy

Dominant emotion: Disturbing

Dominant emotion: Fear

Tension
Disturbing
Sadness
Emotional journey Emotional intensity over the film’s runtime, from quieter to stronger on a fixed 0–1 scale. Hatched intervals have insufficient subtitle evidence. The table provides the values. Not enough subtitle evidenceNot enough subtitle evidence
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Dominant emotion

Intensity dips around 3 %, then rises around 23 %.Ending hidden

Emotional journey
%Approximate minuteDominant emotionOverall intensityTensionDisturbingSadness
2.5 %≈ 3′Sadness40 %15 %5 %35 %
7.5 %≈ 10′Sadness41 %20 %10 %34 %
12.5 %≈ 16′Sadness49 %28 %24 %39 %
17.5 %≈ 22′Sadness55 %31 %29 %39 %
22.5 %≈ 29′Tension63 %43 %31 %40 %
27.5 %≈ 35′Sadness71 %54 %40 %53 %
32.5 %≈ 42′Tension68 %43 %30 %51 %
37.5 %≈ 48′Empathy68 %33 %29 %53 %
42.5 %≈ 54′Disturbing71 %48 %44 %56 %
47.5 %≈ 61′Tension69 %61 %44 %49 %
52.5 %≈ 67′Tension71 %65 %53 %48 %
57.5 %≈ 74′Disturbing79 %71 %69 %46 %
62.5 %≈ 80′Tension80 %74 %66 %33 %
67.5 %≈ 86′Tension77 %72 %58 %22 %
72.5 %≈ 93′Not enough subtitle evidenceNot enough subtitle evidenceNot enough subtitle evidenceNot enough subtitle evidenceNot enough subtitle evidence
77.5 %≈ 99′Disturbing87 %82 %82 %37 %
82.5 %≈ 106′Disturbing89 %84 %79 %36 %
87.5 %≈ 112′Fear90 %85 %72 %33 %
92.5 %≈ 118′Not enough subtitle evidenceNot enough subtitle evidenceNot enough subtitle evidenceNot enough subtitle evidenceNot enough subtitle evidence
97.5 %≈ 125′Disturbing85 %60 %85 %15 %
Riches to rags

Rags to riches: The emotional tone rises from negative to positive.

Riches to rags: The emotional tone falls from positive to negative.

Man in a hole: The tone falls, then recovers.

Icarus: The tone rises, then falls.

Cinderella: The tone rises, falls, then rises again.

Oedipus: The tone falls, rises, then falls again.

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Cast

MS
Milly Shapiro

Alex Wolff

Peter Graham

Ann Dowd

Joan

MB
Mallory Bechtel

Bridget

BM
Brock McKinney

Aaron

JB
Jake Brown

Brendan

ML
Morgan Lund

Mr. Davis

CS
Christy Summerhays

Charlie's Teacher

BR
Bus Riley

History Teacher

JP
Jarrod Phillips

Group Leader

HM
Heidi Mendez

Spanish Speaking Woman

ZA
Zachary Arthur

Boy in Room

DS
David Stanley

Man at Wake

ML
Moises L. Tovar

Translator

AR
Austin R. Grant

Stoner #1

GM
Gabriel Monroe Eckert

Stoner #2

HN
Harrison Nell

Student #1

BR
BriAnn Rachele

Student #2

Details

Directed by
Ari Aster
Written by
Ari Aster
Type
Movies
Released
2018
Runtime
128 min
Country
United States
Ratings
★ IMDb 7.3 · 474,183 ratings
Feels mostly
Disturbing
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