Every family tree hides a secret.
Following the death of the Leigh family matriarch, Annie and her children uncover disturbing secrets about their heritage. Their daily lives are not only impacted, but they also become entangled in a chilling fate from which they cannot escape, driving them to the brink of madness.
HorrorMysteryThrillerdaughterfuneralparent child relationshiploss of loved oneritualsupernaturalpossessiondysfunctional familysleeplessnessmurderfamily dramafear
- Bleak ending
- Harm to children
- Body horror
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Character
Earnest, grave, bleak and overwhelming.
- earnestironic
- gravecomic
- warmbleak
- cooloverwhelming
- contemporarynostalgic
Who loves it, who doesn't
10 profiled raters. Loved most by The Provocateurs; disliked most by The Empaths.
Reviews
We read them all: the case for is ruthless_ruth's, funniest is viktor_v's. Marked below.
- viktor_vFunniestThe Provocateur★★★★★
A film about grief that becomes a film about inheritance and never lets you choose which. The dinner scene is horror without a single effect.
- ruthless_ruthThe case forThe Provocateur★★★★★
Toni Collette at the dinner table is the best acting in a horror film this century and the film around her earns it. The last twenty minutes are a slow fall into a very specific hell.
Cast
- Toni ColletteAnnie Graham
- Alex WolffPeter Graham
- Gabriel ByrneSteve Graham
- Milly ShapiroCharlie Graham
- Ann DowdJoan
- Mallory BechtelBridget
- Brock McKinneyAaron
- Jake BrownBrendan
- Morgan LundMr. Davis
- Christy SummerhaysCharlie's Teacher
Crew
- Ari AsterDirector
- Ari AsterWriter
- Pawel PogorzelskiDirector of Photography
- Colin StetsonOriginal Music Composer
- Jennifer LameEditor
- Lucian JohnstonEditor
- Buddy PatrickProducer
- Kevin Scott FrakesProducer
- Lars KnudsenProducer
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Pairings
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