A24’s Disturbing 7-Year-Old Psychological Horror Movie Is a Frighteningly Big Netflix Hit

A24’s hit psychological horror film Hereditary has been enjoying new success on Netflix. The film is No. 8 on Netflix’s Top 10 movies in the U.S.

FlixPatrol reports that Hereditary has been in the Top 10 since Jan. 16, when it was #6, before dropping to #8 yesterday and holding that position today. The film, released in 2018, stars Toni Collette, Alex Wolff, Milly Shapiro, Ann Dowd and Gabriel Byrne as it explores the supernatural and psychological torment that follows a grieving family. Hereditary was written and directed by Ari Aster in his feature directorial debut and was critically acclaimed, with a 90% approval rating on Rotten Tomatoes. Hereditary was added to Netflix earlier this month.

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Hereditary also proved to be a box-office success for A24, making $87.8 million against its meager $10 million budget. The film was A24’s highest-grossing film at the time of its release, a record it held until Everything Everywhere All at Once premiered in 2022. Aster’s work on Hereditary has been acclaimed for its incredible blend of atmospheric horror mixed with the complex dynamics revolving around grief and family relationships. Filming for the movie involved the use of custom-built sets on a sound stage, intended to give the film a dollhouse aesthetic, mimicking Collette’s character’s work as a miniature artist.

As Hereditary climbs the charts in Netflix’s U.S. Top 10, it is now the highest ranking horror film on the streamer; other movies in the Top 10 include the Netflix originals Back in Action and Ad Vitam (#1 and #2 respectively), Despicable Me and Despicable Me 2 (#4, #3), The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent (#5), Hotel Transylvania 2 (#6), Rush Hour (#7), The Secret Life of Pets (#9), and The Boss Baby (#10).

Toni Collette Was Reluctant to Star in a Horror Film

Despite being no stranger to horror-adjacent films like the psychological thriller The Sixth Sense and the horror comedy Krampus, Toni Collette revealed that she was initially reluctant to work on a horror film like Hereditary. Speaking in an interview with The Verge, she revealed that it was Aster’s approach to creating an existential horror film that got her on board for the project.

“You just don’t expect a film like this to come out of that guy,” she said. “He just really understood the dynamics in the family, has such an understanding of what it is to be human, what it is to experience loss.”

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After the release of Hereditary, Aster went on to release two more horror films, the surrealist Midsommar starring Florence Pugh in 2019 and Joaquin Phoenix’s Beau Is Afraid in 2023. Aster’s next film, also scheduled to be distributed by A24, will be the contemporary Western black comedy, Eddington, starring Phoenix with Pedro Pascal, Emma Stone, Luke Grimes, Austin Butler and more. A release date for Eddington has not been revealed at this time.

Hereditary is now streaming on Netflix.

Source: FlixPatrol, The Verge

A grieving family is haunted by tragic and disturbing occurrences.

Director

Ari Aster

Release Date

June 8, 2018

Cast

Toni Collette
, Milly Shapiro
, Zachary Arthur
, Gabriel Byrne
, Mallory Bechtel
, Alex Wolff
, Ann Dowd

Runtime

2h 7m

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