HEREDITARY (2018) Breakdown | Ending Explained, Easter Eggs, Hidden Details & Things You Missed

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[@keystorm8598]

Sorry another detail. Peter was one of the main Apostles that spread the word of god. But now this peter will do the same. But for paimon...ari aster is a sicko and I love him for it. LOL

[@the-potato-warrior]

Absolutely not. Fight or flight? I’m a fight guy. The numerous occasions of break ins by low iq brown people I’ve dealt with has proven that to me. I’d rather die on my feet

[@PurpleVWasabi]

Mm hM😊 lol

[@maddocc3]

I just don't get it., many people just overlook The Autopsy of Jane Doe... It's up there with The Witch..

[@Mushess]

@@inmoviesempirefirst of all that’s completely untrue and second of all what are you even trying to say?

[@keystorm8598]

Another detail that a lot of people miss. Is when Annie is having that dream and is walking to peter room. Her shadow on the floor is missing its head. Another foreshadow. Bravo Hereditary one of my favorite movies of all time.

[@heavyspoilers]

Nice

[@unhallowed45]

Whoa nice catch

[@Ghanshaman]

@@heavyspoilers Very Cool

[@khaospilot4050]

Good catch never noticed that

[@jonah6300]

Bravo Vince

[@joshmcafee6446]

The mom hiding in the corner made me feel the most uneasy of any horror movie ever.

[@heavyspoilers]

Yeah so creepy

[@xocaz11]

scared the crap outta me fr

[@RosinaEmilyW]

Spotted that the first time I watched it. Definitely worth watching in a dark room!

[@samuelhatlestad6676]

Why?

[@NoNoDigUpStupid]

I was in the theatre and when I noticed it, I involuntarily muttered "oh my God" aloud to myself quietly lol. Was the most intense movie theatre experience ever. This is the best horror in the last twenty years and instantly became a top 5 horror for me.

[@Somegoy]

This movie was WILD. I honestly I don't think I've ever seen anyone portray utter grief like Toni Collette did. What a gripping ride

[@daniellebrothers3688]

Check out The Babadook. Another example of an amazing performance of someone overwhelmed and transformed by grief. It's good!

[@LichtdesMorgens]

Her performance was great but I still thought this movie was 2h of my life I will never get back

[@Somegoy]

@daniellebrothers3688 I'd put that in the same category honestly. Excellent movie

[@Somegoy]

@LichtdesMorgens Well that sucks for you then!

[@DemonGodDemigra]

I found it a bit weird that people mentioned how the actress amazingly portrayed the grief of losing her daughter... I didn't think it was special at all, until it hit me. Western people like from Europe and the Americas usually tend to treat loses as graciously and conservatively as possible in terms of manners and reaction, etc... While i, as an arab, have already seen this type of reactions quite some times in my life, and i think this is just a cultural difference that made certain people feel the eeriness of the movie more than others, since as i said before, if you are from an arab country, most likely you will see the actress's grief in real life (and it is disturbing hearing a father screaming through an entire appartement block in grief for losing his young daughter to cancer or hearing 4 old women crying and screaming due to the loss of their sister to a heart attack... it really unsettled the mood in our house when it happend).

[@deeayeveeeyedee3793]

Also, as the narrator pointed out the hats on the wall, relating them to the three decapitated heads that Paimon carries, you’ll notice that after Charlie loses her head and her funeral is over, there are only TWO remaining hats on the wall, and the one that was orange (like Charlie’s sweatshirt) is no longer there, her head having been “collected” by Paimon. The other two heads will be that of the grandmother, once her corpse has been dug up and mutilated, and Annie, who severs her own head later while possessed.

[@douglas2437]

Brilliant

[@tly3]

@@deeayeveeeyedee3793 You are correct. And you'll notice that the colors of the other two caps correspond to the colors that Annie and the grandmother were wearing at the time they lost their heads, white and blue. Along with orange, those colors are displayed prominently throughout the movie when referencing each of those women.

[@BatAmerica]

Hereditary is emotionally tense and raw, and Toni's performance grounds the audience unlike any other in horror.

[@DonJuanDecepticon]

To bad its one of those movies you can’t discuss without people being unbearable about it. It’s a decent movie, but it’s not the best thing in horror.

[@LunarXZ_]

⁠@@DonJuanDecepticon what would you say is the best thing in horror

[@bobthedopeman7327]

​@Braindeaddefault what do you consider the best?

[@cavemanvi]

My favorite scary movie by far. Listen, it’s so creepy of a movie that a fan with a username referencing it with a bunch of knowledge on the film is scary.

[@cavemanvi]

@@DonJuanDecepticon I wish you would respond to everyone asking what the best is. Cause exorcism of Emily rose was pretty up there for me until this. It’s something about demonic possessions that gets me admittedly.

[@lachra.lights]

I don't know if someone else already commented this but, another interesting thing is that clicking noise both Charlie and Peter make, that is a noise people make when trying to call a camel And what is Paimon always depicted riding, a camel I heard this in a Foundflix video about this movie (I think)

[@007nadineL]

Ohhhh

[@pamelalansbury94]

I love Foundflix

[@douglas2437]

That's some good ass trivia

[@watchulookinat271]

Aaah make sense now

[@RLD_Media]

Paimon is a bird, it’s a ‘cluck’.

[@mikeybean4726]

Really nice video! Little addition: Annie doesn't use chicken wire to decapitate herself. It's a piano string. When Peter comes down we can hear the piano getting trashed and he walks past the broken piano in another shot.

[@ThwipThwipBoom]

Brooo this movie so full of amazing details. Just a fucking masterpiece of horror.

[@gabriellabarnett931]

The idea that even Peter’s friends were part of the cult makes a lot of sense, and is super creepy.

[@LittleBlueOwl318]

His "friend" laced the joint they smoked with that herb... 😱

[@carlitos366]

​@@LittleBlueOwl318 😱

[@lvhnjsng]

​@@LittleBlueOwl318😱

[@nikkic8886]

Wait what?

[@slowchop]

⁠@@LittleBlueOwl318i think peter was already geeked out bc his sisters head just got torn off

[@noise-addiction]

that scene where in the background, you can see annie sort of floating out of peters room always made me feel SO uncomfortable and scared and i still don't know why. i think its just seeing her body move in such an unnatural way, so quickly but still completely silent. such a freaky movie

[@thetruebatman4632]

This movie dude… That shot of the mom slamming her head into the bottom of the attic door literally made me stand up and get ready to flee.

[@karenjewell6543]

That was creepy as phuck

[@stephanaeon]

Dude I was watching alone at 2am and started yelling at my TV. And yes all the lights were on. And still are.

[@varad_lmao]

​@@stephanaeon Same except my lights were off 💀

[@chunkyreinholtz2706]

WHAT. I THOUGHT THAT WAS THE FUNNIEST PART OF

[@bee1411]

@@chunkyreinholtz2706 The funniest part to me was when she was swimming though the air a teeny bit earlier in the film LMAOO.

[@StrengthScholar0]

I don't think there's ever been a horror film ive seem that got as intense as hereditary's ending. The slow pace of the movie up until then made it even more disorienting and disturbing. Truly a masterpiece of the genre.

[@frederickstuart7495]

The witch

[@samhescott348]

The slow burn into that ending was super disorienting, as usually things just get a bit better, but it keeps getting exponentially worse until it explodes (in a good way)

[@sami4845]

One thing. Paimon is supposed to tell you the truth bout the universe, and all its secrets. That’s why, when Peter wakes up and sees his mom there she tells him she never wanted him, that was paimon. She couldn’t help herself but tell the entire truth to her pregnancy.

[@Annnoura]

Interesting detail

[@ThwipThwipBoom]

I wouldn't expect truth from a demon king. Maybe it would tell you the truth as it believes it but not the complete unbiased truth of past events.

[@WhiskerDooz]

No, that part was a dream. Her dream.

[@idkname7]

​@@ThwipThwipBoom The truth did help paimon to get Peter to his low point showing his mother didn't loved him . I mean if truth helps paimon he would tell truth.

[@tly3]

@@WhiskerDooz It was not a dream. None of it was a dream. I'm not even sure what gave you that idea.

[@loldoctor]

I think the model house scenes also show how Annie is detached from her home life. She can't understand it from within and maybe feels powerless to control anything, so she creates these models where things make sense and she can give an order to the chaos. Of course, it's just an artifact that doesn't really address and can't solve the problem.

[@thogdontcaare2649]

so virgo of her

[@AddclearAndrukahn]

I always saw the model House scene as a way to show their home and family being played like puppets by Joan and the cult

[@loro3799]

@@AddclearAndrukahnI agree with you on that one!

[@jakewhite4192]

or shes just a fucking artist lmao?

[@tly3]

@@jakewhite4192 NOTHING in this film is accidental or coincidental. It's all very carefully orchestrated. Annie is not "just an artist." She became an artist as a way to express the confusion, frustration, loneliness, and agitation she felt about the strange happenings in her life since her childhood. Annie thinks that the entire family, including herself, are mentally ill, and the audience thinks that's what "Hereditary" refers to. But none of them are actually mentally ill. "Hereditary" refers to the curse of her family line that her mother perpetrated upon them by becoming spiritually married to the demon Paimon. The mother has been trying to bring Paimon into an earthly plane since Annie was a child. First she tried to use her earthly husband (Annie's father) as a vessel, but he got wise to her scheme and locked himself away, finally starving himself to death to escape her evil clutches. Annie read this behavior as mental illness, but it was not his imagination, it was actually happening. Then Annie tells her therapy group that her brother had paranoid delusions that their mother was trying to "put people inside him" and it drove him to suicide. But he wasn't paranoid, that was actually happening. Charlie wasn't mentally ill or autistic, she was possessed by Paimon from the time of her birth, so every strange behavior that she has is actually Paimon. Annie says she feels blamed for everything that goes wrong in their family. That's because her mother resented her for not being a boy (and therefore not a potential vessel for Paimon), and then harassed her into having kids (as potential vessels for Paimon). Her mother guilted her for not "letting her get her hooks into Peter," and then basically forced Annie to allow her to name Charlie (a male name) and take over her care so she could bottle feed Charlie the conjuring herbs that allowed Paimon to possess her. The reason Grandma wanted to breastfeed the baby herself is because she had turned the baby into Paimon, her demon husband, and the breastfeeding was a way for her to be intimate with him. Annie saw all this from an outsider's perspective as being twisted and perverse. Then Annie's mother became terminally ill, and she subconsciously blamed Annie for taking too long to get pregnant, so she ended up elderly and dying before she could finish the ritual of bringing Paimon back to an earthly form. The catch to all of this is that Annie never understood the plot, so she has no idea why any of this is happening. That's why she reads it as mental illness and feels that she's being blamed. All of these feelings are played out in her art via these dioramas. Hope that helps you to understand!

[@johnmichael_]

the detail of the footprints is INSANE

[@heavyspoilers]

Yeah so good

[@BrockLee3]

Peter's "friends" put that Dittany of Grete in the bowls he was smoking. That's why he was having such a coughing fit, and such a negative reaction to it. They were trying to make it easier for him to astral project, and get Paimon in his body.

[@ItzBrittKneeBish]

Wait really??

[@BrockLee3]

Yes. His "friends" were all in the cult of Paimon. So, they were instructed to mix the Dittany of Grete in with the w**d that Peter was smoking. Just like that woman put the Dittany of Crete in the mom's tea; and, the grandma put the Dittany of Crete in the baby's milk. They were all trying to make it so it was easier for Paimon to take over their bodies. @@ItzBrittKneeBish

[@barronmaxxx2991]

@@BrockLee3 The whole thing with the hidden elements, words, etchings, subliminal invocations hidden in the surroundings that were used by the devil worshipers to cause a victim to become a vessel and/or go mad like the brother that committed suicide. I know what it's like to be a victim of gaslighing. Certain family members have gone out of their way to embezzle money my mum invested on my behalf. I was a successful Hollywood guy in the 90s mostly...playing teen dramas and sitcoms and film...also, the explosion of male designers made me a lot of money while I was still a kid in highschool becoming the Drakkar model. I photographed well and my profile made a lot of money and photos are used to this day. I recently lost my Mum and 2 of my siblings were hard at work being stupid enough to send me eviction notices from the house I bought my mother...during covid, in a leg cast and a catheter needing surgery while the world was dying and shut down. There was a line in American Horror Story, Coven..."they pray to one god, a green mericiless god. money." That's my family...these pay-man worshiping killers.

[@zzekrom2834]

@@ItzBrittKneeBishIdk if this is confirmed but this makes such total sense that it’s canon in my head now thank you brock lee 3

[@TokyoLeee]

That actually makes the most sense

[@2fortsmostwanted]

More easter eggs/details you might have missed: - Annie begins the movie dressed completely in black, but as the movie progresses she gradually wears more white until by the end she's dressed completely in white like her mother. - Annie makes a miniature of the scene of the accident, including a miniature charlie head on the road in a puddle of blood. Later on in the movie the camera pans over the diorama and the puddle of blood is still there but the severed head is missing, foreshadowing how the severed head was stolen by the cult. - Even though Charlie wears bright orange, her room is light blue, her bedspread is light blue, her coffin is light blue. When Annie reaches for a bottle of orange paint, it's the light blue one that tips over and spills on its own. This foreshadows how she tries to reach out for her daughter but ends up releasing something completely different out of her control. - Annie is very aggressive in forcing Charlie to go to the party with her brother, but when asked why, she scrambles to come up with a reason, almost like she's being compelled to make Charlie go without knowing why herself. When Peter asks her why again after the accident at dinner, she doesn't have an answer at all. - There are pairs of porthole windows throughout the house that resemble pairs of watchful eyes above the family. They are clearly in frame when something out of the protagonists' control is being carried out, such as during Steve's death, or in the diorama of Ellen trying to breastfeed Charlie. - There's a point in the movie where the reflected light that represents Paimon moves across the wall in the shape of a creature running on all fours. I can't remember exactly when this takes place but if you look for it it's hard to miss. - After Annie destroys her miniatures, Steve enters the room and asks "what's that smell?" He could be referring to spilled paint thinner all over the workshop, or it's possible he's starting to smell the rotting body of Ellen that's above the workshop. - There are two bird statues perched on the doorway in Charlie's room, another reference to bird motifs in relation to Paimon. Her room also resembles the treehouse in shape, and a skylight in her room casts a beam of light directly onto the desk where she poses the effigies. - If Paimon is a demon king, and Ellen is referred to as "Queen Leigh" by the cult, she may have been intended to be his bride, which is why she was wearing a wedding gown in her photo album. Maybe this one was supposed to be obvious but I didn't draw the connection immediately so I thought I'd point it out. - 13:00 The camera follows her raising her hand, which is in a pose that resembles Paimon's hand symbol: two straight fingers and two bent ones. - Not an easter egg but I just wanted to appreciate the attention to detail that went into the prop of Steve's burned body: Burned bodies' arms frequently bend in right angles at the elbows, which was included in the prop. It adds extra realism to the gore, so props to the prop department.

[@domoetker3967]

He wasn't possessed by Charlie, Charlie was possessed by Paimon and that's why she clicked. It's Paimon's tick. Charlie's grandmother had Charlie possessed as a young child, because she was vulnerable (because of her age) and by that time Peter was too emotionally developed to be easily possessed. But Paimon needed a male host, because he's not able to fully possess a female host (as we can see because sometimes Charlie's own, albeit very underdeveloped, personality shone through) so Peter had to be emotionally broken down to the point where he was vulnerable for possession. He had to lose his entire family, in a short period of time. The whole cult that their grandmother was in, was there to bring a vessel for Paimon, because Paimon was giving them wealth and prosperity in exchange for a host. Love your videos by the way!! I find it amazing that you're always able to somehow condense the entire premise of a two hour long movie into less than a half hour without really leaving any major details out. it's a talent for sure!! I've seen all of your videos and anxiously await new uploads

[@brettspeeler7166]

Wow, so many details that I've missed before.. especially those with Bridget! Well done, Paul! Excellent analysis of one of my all-time favorite horror movies. Keep up the good work!

[@heavyspoilers]

Thank you

[@kellyanntaylor9870]

The whole movie reminded me of the shining. The way the camera moved around and the sound track.

[@tly3]

I've never seen anyone mention this before, and I only noticed it tonight on my 4th rewatch... When the accident happens, it's caused by a deer carcass laying in the road, and Peter serves to miss it, which is how Charlie hits her head on the pole at the side of the road. After Peter has stopped the car in the middle of the road, he can't bring himself to look into the backseat, but his gaze goes from the review mirror to the road... Out in the distance, you can barely see naked people running, illuminated by the headlights. So they obviously planted the deer carcass in the road. There are other times when you can see their naked bodies scattered all over the woods outside the house. You can sometimes see them outside a window. They are performing little creepy tasks throughout the entire movie!

[@Jokubas124]

stop lying u cant see anyone

[@tly3]

@@Jokubas124 I guess you're blind then. You should pay closer attention.

[@Jokubas124]

@@tly3 i guess youre a pdf file then

[@tly3]

@@Jokubas124 Naw, I'm a jpeg. And your dunce cap is crooked.

[@JordoSez]

Uhh ok? ​@@Jokubas124

[@kinuchiha]

It’s not chicken wire Anne uses at the end, it’s piano wire because you can hear her smash it just before. Another amazing subtle detail of this movie!

[@raymondamoroso2049]

Isn't it toppled over in the living room when Peter walks up finding his father's burnt body?

[@bradleye660]

^ a little late but yes it is. You’re correct.

[@johnreel8728]

The grandma’s ghost in the beginning of the movie gets missed a lot, glad you included it

[@rickyross952]

Most traumatizing horror I’ve ever seen. Love all the subtext one can draw from it. In addition to all you’ve mentioned, I add divorce. A family being slowly ripped apart one person at a time by forces beyond one’s control. All the demons of the families past come down on the last remaining son and the resignation and hopelessness laid bare on Alex Wolff’s face at the end makes me feel sick to my stomach. The idea that hope (of family) can indeed die, nothing is certain and you may be left with nothing upon reaching adulthood… nothing left of yourself but an empty vessel, devoid of what used to be or could have been. Heartachingly devastating. You are KILLING it as usual mate. Super good job on this one. Meant a lot. 👍🏻

[@mjml4668]

What I loved about Hereditary was that it wasn’t your typical horror movie w/the obvious cat & mouse scenario of the victim trying to escape & survive from what ever bad is after them. It stands out mainly because the director doesn’t spoon feed us what’s going on but instead puts us into the shoes of the actor in a POV kind of way to where we experience the same horror when the characters do. Instead of knowing before hand what the characters don’t know, we get to feel as if we’re in the movie by discovering clues & go into this journey just as blind with them. it’s like your on the same journey with the protagonist not knowing exactly what is after them or what’s going to happen until it’s finally revealed which was such an effective way Ari Aster decided to present this film. That’s what made Hereditary more frightening in the way the story was told to us. Ari really does try to avoid using the same horror tropes Hollywood follows with the unnecessary repetitive jump scares that serve no purpose that a sudden shock. The Jump scares in Hereditary were effective because they were used at the correct moments and also served other purposes beyond just a cheap quick shock. I personally was terrified with how they amplified normal sounds or background noise to where it creates an uncomfortable unnerving reaction as your watching the scene play out like when Anne bangs her head repeatedly at the attic door chasing peter omg I could go on

[@michaelfarrer3044]

Dude you’ve been killing it lately! All these older movie reviews have been fantastic! And Hereditary is a personal favorite of mine so this is awesome. ❤

[@heavyspoilers]

Thank you so much mate. Really means a lot. So much goes into them from myself and the team. Glad you’re enjoying them.

[@ckernick]

The “smashes his head like the like button” got me. Like earned.

[@GabyGibson]

Why she didn't get an Oscar nomination for this is bewildering. An absolutely heartbreaking gutwrenching performance

[@46raulfull]

For me, the most disturbing part is when peter locks himself in the attic and possessed annie starts banging on the door, but when the shot cuts to her, shes banging it with her head at an unnatural speed. that was so fucked up!!

[@accidentallyamy1063]

Dude. This is the BEST deep dive video I think I’ve ever seen. I absolutely loved this movie - even though it gave me nightmares and as a 33 year old I had to sleep at my parents house after we watched it - but I didn’t catch on to HALF the things you pointed out in this video! And I’ve seen the movie SEVERAL times!! Incredible. Chef’s kiss. Sharing immediately.

[@Syraks]

Feeling really unnerved after seeing you break down all the creepy details I never would have caught. I love it. We're here for more classic movie break downs!

[@neonicon8500]

I actually heard that Charlie would sleep in the treehouse when it was freezing trying to kill herself either because she subconsciously knew what was happening or it was paiman trying to get out of her body. Since Paiman planned the Light pole beheading though this theory would say it's Charlie. Just a bit of a theory though

[@Steak0Ums]

I been scrolling for a minute or 2 deciding whether to post this same thing. "That's how you catch pneumonia Charlie. That's okay." We definitely right lol

[@neonicon8500]

@@Steak0Ums yeah that "That's okay" could either be Paimon saying it's okay because something like Pneumonia cannot kill him, or it's Charlie wishing to get something like Pneumonia that would hopefully kill her. And same thing with the nuts with the brownies. Was that Charlie trying to kill herself, or Paimon going along with the plan? We know the pole has the sigil on it, but is that a predetermined thing, or was Paimon like "okay, so in a week we're gonna go to a party that is going to have brownies with nuts in it, so put my sigil on this light pole." The girl who made the brownies could also be a part of the cult as well. This is why Hereditary is one of the best movies in the past decade or so. There's so much to discuss and more to find out

[@sumenzainab3377]

That's exactly how she responded to her mom telling her to go to a party with her brother. Maybe bcoz she knew she was gonna die

[@sumenzainab3377]

Which reminds me of her putting her head out to get air.... It's ok if she opened the window but if u ever tried putting ur head Outta the car when it's rushing , u get suffocated

[@tly3]

​@@neonicon8500The beheading was definitely planned. I've never seen anyone mention this before, and I only noticed it tonight on my 4th rewatch... When the accident happens, it's caused by a deer carcass laying in the road, and Peter serves to miss it, which is how Charlie hits her head on the pole at the side of the road. After Peter has stopped the car in the middle of the road, he can't bring himself to look into the backseat, but his gaze goes from the review mirror to the road... Out in the distance, you can barely see naked people running, illuminated by the headlights. So they obviously planted the deer carcass in the road. There are other times when you can see their naked bodies scattered all over the woods outside the house. You can sometimes see them outside a window. They are performing little creepy tasks throughout the entire movie!

[@jonathancubillo7383]

the hat’s hanging is a great catch! also representing the 3 beheadings needed from the 3 generation of women.

[@ElChris816]

Excellent breakdown. There is so much going on in this movie that it's hard to catch everything. I love this movie, but after watching it once, it took a little over a full year for me to watch it again. After watching this and Midsommer back to back, I'm convinced that Aster is a genius. I can't wait to see Beau is Afraid.

[@daisyblossomflowerchild9702]

A well-done update on your original breakdown of Hereditary. Also, congratulations on all the upgrades you've made over the years to bring even better quality to the videos on the channel. Cheers. :)

[@heavyspoilers]

Thanks so much, seeing that members badge has helped us do that so I really appreciate it

[@Rich6816]

Instant classic - might be the best modern horror to date. Love reliving this with your analysis

[@ScottishKilts]

The mothers name is literally 'Anne Graham' aka, anagram! Which coincides with not just the synopsis of the entire movie but also the ending as the credits roll and a single red letter is highlighted within the names of the first dozen or so characters. There are so many hidden eggs in this movie it's difficult to keep track.

[@diobrando5976]

0:49 The reason for that name isn't necessarily aesthetic, although I'm sure that played a part. In older forms of English they used a character from the futhorc alphabet which was called Wynn, but those characters were phased out in favor of Latin characters. Since Latin didn't natively have a character for the W sound, they began using VV or UU for it, which eventually became the "Double U" or "Double V" in some other regions (namely France).

[@varunmittal2580]

Great video but i think at 23:16 the hold id for the camera, as there's a red light that appears meaning that the cult is watching over them and they know that annie came there

[@amandapatrick827]

I have scrolled and scrolled for this comment because I just noticed that too... It made me feel that Joan's being manipulated by the cult... 2 dead kids... Maybe she has escaped this same fate 🤷

[@sean5558]

I noticed while she was going through all the trauma and grief nobody ever actually asked Annie if she was ok , is she ok , is she ok Annie

[@adamjennings578]

Dude, I noticed the like button flashing at 18:00. Nice touch, now I feel crazy. Lowkey brilliant

[@KnowledgeMasterThe]

This breakdown is unbelievably good. I've seen the movie 3 times already, but the next time will be a whole new experience. Great work

[@JaHi34]

How this incredible movie was not nominated for Oscars is beyond me. I could see, Best Leadings Acteess (Toni Collette), Best Origjnal Screen Play and Best Cinematography and Best Editing.

[@Leelz247]

Anyone else think that Peter wasn't actually smoking weed under the bleachers, but was given a joint woth the mystical herb to make him vulnerable to becoming a vessel? We've established that his stoner friend is a cult member.

[@buckfidencoincidencetheori7200]

Laced his weed for the cult 😞

[@daniellemcmahon155]

I agree!

[@LaPrinsi]

I really don’t think anything in this movie is random or coincidental… so everything you said on Bridget, the number 202, the baseball caps, the cult, etc. makes a lot of sense! Great video and fascinating (terrifying) film!!!

[@markhutchins4738]

Toni Collette not winning best actress made the Academy Awards look like a complete joke. It’s one of the best performances I’ve ever seen. They should make a public apology and retroactively give her the award.

[@Jffeeney3rd]

Was she even nominated?

[@paprykus]

18:12 "Charlie 'heads off' too" 🤣

[@Avel_runner]

The funny parts really helped alliviate the tension, also nice work!

[@FizzFather]

Toni Collette was robbed of an Oscar. Epic performance. The son too…when he bashed his face? So disturbing.

[@JayMeals3]

Thanks for taking the time and effort breaking this down. Hereditary is definitely one of my favorite Ari movies so kudos coming back to this.

[@samannwaysengupta7289]

OMG 😮😮 The hat colour reference is just insane. Every scenes in this movie has easter eggs and that's why this is one of the best horror movies ever made

[@rustyshackelford3377]

I can believe that you were able to pull more tiny details/Easter eggs. Like the the siren. Amazing. Love this movie, one of my favorites.

[@daddydojang]

This movie was on another level. Scary as hell.

[@monicarenee7949]

I’m too sensitive to horror so I usually don’t watch horror movies unless I hear from others that “it’s not that scary”. Due to the reputation of this one being terrifying, breakdowns like these are the closest I’ll ever get to watching it lol. So thank you

[@enkiandenlil]

Felt it was more suspenseful than scary except towards the end also you really are missing out on how beautiful each frame is shot assuming you have a decent 🖥️ screen just like Midsommer

[@NextStopConsciousness]

Yea this movie is disturbing and will make you feel uncomfortable watching it.

[@GoofyAhhLion2937]

it's not scary, it's uncomfortable

[@dr-maybe]

Impressive analysis! Watched others on KZbin and felt disappointed, as they missed a lot of details. This video was great!

[@johnwilliamson9384]

Love your are doing these breakdowns to older movies. As always, your delivery and tone makes the information pleasing to the ear and easy to digest. Keep up the good work

[@johnwilliamson9384]

Sidenote, as you were saying Paimon felt at home in the treehouse, it came to me that the treehouse also resembles a birdhouse.

[@AndrewReevesArt]

Great analysis on this horror masterpiece, thank you. 💀🔥❤️

[@tracidavis3565]

This is one of those movies that gets better with all the small details picked up with multiple watches. Thanks for the awesome video. I liked the 3 hats on the wall. Very good catch.

[@johnmichael_]

This is a movie that traumatized me for weeks, then i grew to love it so much after researching it..honestly the only experience I've had with a movie

[@HugoStiglitz88]

I hate being desensitized. It only impressed and fascinated me. I wasn't scared at all I miss being scared by stuff

[@dtoby8418]

@@HugoStiglitz88no cap didn’t scare me, last movie that scared me was Annabel creation

[@icarteret]

It really depends on each person's sensitivity. For example, in my case Annabel creation didn't scare me at all, while Hereditary was the scariest movie I've ever seen.​@@dtoby8418

[@amymarie8327]

This is an amazing breakdown- thank you! Absolutely love this film, you notice new things every time you watch

[@bell6dandy564]

Just starting the vid. I LOVE this movie. Seen it multiple times! It's now February 2024, and am rewatching this. Movies that hit me hard like this don't come around often, and Where Evil Lurks did it for me again recently!

[@Jehtblu]

Toni is one of those actresses that ALWAYS gives an amazing performance. She is so real in this. This movie was actually disturbing as hell.

[@xtheimplication3295]

I can't believe how many of these details i missed when i watched the film for the first time TODAY. You're breakdowns are fabulous and help add to the experience of us laypeople. Tremendous work. Thank you!

[@evilbob840]

Something probably not intentional, but the grandmother had a DID diagnosis and Toni Colette played a character with DID in the show "United States of Tara". That show is what made me notice how good of an actress she is.

[@gbrown932]

I absolutely loved the united States of Tara. I still watch it. Love it when T is up in a closet saying she still can't find Narnia lmao.

[@evilbob840]

@@gbrown932 Such a good show. You can tell which identity is taking over just from looking at her face.

[@bigsheed9003]

Hereditary is one of those movies that gets better with each watch. So many layers and little details that you miss on first watch. This is one of my favorite horror movies!

[@Faith.M22]

Awesome breakdown! The cinematography, the music, and not to mention the acting in this film were amazing! Instant classic, I would say.

[@hastaenlaluna17171]

I'm a literature and film scholar working on an academic article about Hereditary and having researched a lot of this stuff for months, this video gives a way better sense of what the movie is doing than pretty much any sources I looked at! Wish I had found it earlier lol, really amazing work!

[@tristyndriver1809]

I'm Batman

[@tantron3527]

@@tristyndriver1809 The try hard won’t even get what you just did there. I applaud you

[@italov7816]

Once it's published, do mind sharing it with us?

[@olliemae1239]

wow. just wow. hereditary has been my favourite movie of all time since the first time i've seen it, and i've seen it more than a dozen times since. my jaw was on the floor during this entire video. I was, of course, already aware of what a MASTERPIECE this film is, but with all these details pointed out to me, I can further appreciate is as a piece of art as well as a horrifying commentary on grief. i'm just disappointed I didn't notice these myself!! I don't normally comment on videos, but thank you for this, man. amazing content.

[@empac8631]

Can we also acknowledge how comically large the pile of nuts were that the girls were chopping? Like at first I thought they were just high teenagers with no baking experience but now because of the dude’s hair I’m thinking the party was thrown simply to kill Charlie

[@TeddyD4]

Ari Aster is GENIUS. This movie has so many hidden things. His attention to detail is impeccable.

[@1neOfN0ne]

Two horror movies, in the last decade or so, that have had any lasting impact on me are "It Follows" and "Hereditary". It Follows left me having literal nightmares the night after I watched it and the scene in Hereditary after the girl's head gets knocked off where her body is discovered by the mother while the son just lays in his bed fucked me up big time

[@jdc7323]

Great breakdown. I've only seen this once and doubt I'll ever rewatch it, but just watching this brings me back to how unsettling this film was.

[@BangTanPrettiNikki]

What an amazing awesome upgrade of a breakdown. Hereditary is in my top 5 favorite horror films and films in general of all time. Thanks for pointing out all the fine details and things we missed Paul 👏❤️

[@jakesavage1680]

Great choice, truly a classic; cheers, mate!!!

[@ERMAHGERDperl]

This movie will forever make my skin crawl

[@VagNats-uo5zw]

3:38 the conversation between them is crazy💀

[@S1L3NTG4M3R]

This movie was a trip... Great job... Thanks

[@Iamsfxx]

such a good ass video analysis!! theres was SO much that i missed in the movie that you told us about, damn this movie slaps lol

[@VonMelee]

Paul. PAUL. I literally just finished watching this masterpiece as you uploaded this video. BRILLIANT ❤❤❤

[@heavyspoilers]

Let’s go

[@piercenewby2406]

great video enjoyed it thoroughly

[@fabstems3388]

I saw Annie on the wall on my first watch through and all I could say was “fuck yeah!” I love whenever movies let us see the evil entity while keeping the character oblivious, it adds an extra sense of “oh crap this is so f*cked” and I love it. It was such a good movie and the only problem with it was that I watched it at noght

[@bigrick3267]

much better breakdown the first wasn't bad by any means this is just better, great job done I loved this flick, it was one of those rare movies that stuck with me days after watching and had me looking up whatever content I could to explore it deeper The movies five years old at this point and I still enjoy watching videos like this one, the story, the casting, the acting, the way it was shot etc were all superb

[@T-BoneStone]

Needed this 2nd breakdown! Thank you!!!!!

[@jeeither]

The idea of being watched and manipulated by random people around you and you're not aware is so terrifying to me. This movie is so scary.

[@zachwells8696]

11:47 You are too funny and precise my guy lmao. I actually cackled. Also the following minute is mind blowing.

[@RM-ld4mo]

Annie beheads herself with piano wire, not chicken wire. During the third act when Peter wakes up before Annie chases him, you can hear in the distance wires being plucked from the piano.

[@Kimorifan95]

I usually hate horror movies. I hate jump scares and just don't enjoy the sensation of being scared, but I absolutely loved hereditary. It doesn't depend on jump scares and it's genuinely a great movie.

[@Kendaroo]

I JUST watched this last night so I find it super amusing this is new and just came out a few hours ago for a 2018 movie.

[@SaltyPipe]

18:13 I love the amount of puns in the next 30 seconds

[@BunderChowed]

The ceiling scene is disturbing. Reminds of Regan from the exorcist climbing down the stairs.

[@regular_bee]

Thanks so much for this breakdown, I just watched this film a week ago and was so confused yet amazed. You were so serious yet charismatic, I really enjoyed this

[@shelby_wootang]

Great video 👍 I love all the layers in this movie, I totally missed Peter's classmate was in the cult!!! 🧜‍♀️

[@noone-zl2di]

16:06 another detail the script used in the book is Indian, either devnagari or modi.

[@thesuperviewer3226]

YES. This movie is not talked about enough. The world building alone deserves a video!!

[@jamiewilshaw3595]

Brilliant, loved this 👍👍

[@mikejackson2228]

I've always seen this as a study in psychosis because all of this can happen. It happened to me one day. Lucky only one day. That not being supernatural is far more terrifying. The trauma of his mother's insanity kicked of his delusions, his mind couldn't keep up. I know the feeling.

[@notoriousbmc1]

Hereditary is one of my all time fav horror movies. I've loved your videos for years now, but I have to say, I'm particularly enjoying these movie breakdowns

[@sarahbaer4007]

This is awesome, I love these deep analyses of horror movies. I kind of interpreted the breastfeeding diorama as a metaphor - like Leigh was always wanting to be Charlie's mother and caretaker and intervening with the true mother-daughter relationship in order to do so. Of course, she had other motives than mothering in mind, but just a thought.

[@relldew2546]

Amazing video!

[@shaylaw.7273]

As I stated before: This movie is a cult CLASSIC & Toni Collette DIDN’T get the recognition she DESERVED!!