NOTE: This episode contains MAJOR spoilers. If you haven’t seen the film yet, you might want to hit pause and come back when you’re ready.

Ari Aster’s Hereditary is less a story about grief than it is about inevitability. Evil doesn’t stalk from outside; it festers within the walls of family, passed down like memory or blood. In this episode, we explore how the film dissects generational trauma, control, and the illusion of choice, using formal precision and psychological collapse to expose the darker side of inheritance.

By the end, Hereditary reminds us that horror doesn’t need monsters or ghosts. It only needs a home and a family willing to repeat the pattern.

Suggested Reading:

The Family Romance by Sigmund Freud – A foundational text in understanding the psychological patterns that shape family identity and repetition.

Dedicated to Ace Frehley. You will be missed.