Ari Aster's HEREDITARY Influences 

I don't trust him

You ever heard that saying “don’t judge a book by its cover”? lol. That applies to life dude! Ari makes great movies BTW. I like that whole occult approach to horror. It’s realistic with films added magic! Love it! I hope he makes more like Hereditary and Midsomer. Dig into some more present and ancient cults for material Ari!

@@wearewarriorseaglesjaguars6342 exactly!

There is something about horror directors. If you look at James Wan, that guy's also the happiest. Weird how that works.

Me when I see Ari Aster: 😈

Can I say that for me too the Shining is more like a comedy?

@@gabrielesimone1372 same lmao was kinda dissapointed by The Shining

It is kinda funny though

Shining is dark comedy

@@StairwayToHvNN in modern times it seems that way but my dad was telling me that movie terrified him back in the day

Oh Jesus did it work

Jack Clare why would you watch a horror movie if you’re not looking to be scared?

michaela What if a film makes you triggered to the point of suicide? Are you ok with that? Fuck you.

@@KaneK1234 if you're that sensitive then you need to avoid these movies. Stop arguing to remove great films

Deckard If your triggers are that sensitive then don’t fucking watch intense movies. Nobody is forcing anyone to watch anything. If a director puts a rape scene in a movie that would trigger a PTSD attack for me then it’s my responsibility to check if the movie even has a scene like that to avoid it in the first place or to stop watching it. The responsibility does not lie on the filmmaker so no, fuck you.

I know right it almost like he got two side to him

Y'all really try and label ppl based on the product they put out.

Many polite ppl have repressed emotions

That’s usually how it is

The happiest people usually think of the most fucked up shit

you forgot kwaidan

I thought the same thing, actually. That’s so funny, I haven’t seen anyone else say that

@@guyyouseewhenyoudie Wow, glad I'm not the only one.

Josh Johnston If you like Ordinary People, you should deeeefinitely check out In The Bedroom. Sissy Spacek and Marisa Tomei are great it in, and it was a big inspiration for Hereditary. One of my favoritrs

ive seen it 14 times

Yes, complete agreement, and it is nice to see that he indeed intended elements both of family drama and the horror genre. You could actually cut the horror out of the film and it would still be interesting. It would obviously be a very different movie, but it would still be an interesting movie. The rawness of the emotions in the dinner scene gets me every time I see it.

H_Isitt phenomenal, and make sure to watch Midsommar in August!

@@PYMGUS well they can do what they want!! and yes it was phenomenal* it's all good!

@Gerry Buckets It was heads above Hereditary which started off good then just got sillier. You need to watch it a few times to get the symbolism and purpose of the film. Midsommar will be a cult classic in the folk horror genre it leans heavily on The Wicker Man (1973) not the shitty remake.

Uhh...its phenomenal

@Gerry Buckets it was pretty good. It was a little too long and the pacing was a little strange, but i loved the cinematography. I liked the score. I loved the gore (particularly the senicide scene and the end). And I really liked the end. It wasn't quite as good as Hereditary but I did enjoy it. I'm definitely gonna watch it again someday. Hereditary was a movie that was definitely good to watch twice, i feel like Midsommar will be the same way

Coinraker he did

OMG yes! the facial expressions!!!

@@terencefletcher4173 yeah I know. 😉

midsommar will only be out in the theatres in Bangkok at the end of August. It is killing me.

@Jon Kozak i like midsommar more. though i think hereditary is incredible

@Jon Kozak both incredible in their own right. Maybe it needs another viewing or some more time to stew for you. I personally didn't enjoy midsommar immediately after viewing it. It was the next week when I couldn't stop thinking about it that I realized it was a masterpiece in modern horror.

Hereditary is one of my favourite movies ever, but I was so disappointed with Midsommar... I expected much more, I hated how stupid characters were and the slow pace of the movie bored me a lot, a lot of people was disappointed in my cinema room.

I felt Midsommar was much more powerful. Didn't need any supernatural aspects. It's a heavy movie, but more due to what is implied, rather than what is shown.

Midsommar made me feel ill but it was amazing

@@loganhunt8029 Midsommar was more entertainment to me, where Hereditary affected my mindset more lol

Faces in the trees?! Oh god I missed that detail, looking forward to a second viewing.

directors cut i watched like 3 times now lol

Nailed the truth here.

yeah, hereditary had a lot of haunting moments but the naked dude is the thing i still dread the most when im alone at home. effin masterpiece

All the naked figures in and out of the shadows were creepy as hell. They were all fat too. haha

There were those moments where the movie delivered straight up horror, like with the figures lurking in the shadows craving for a body host, and others, terrifyingly accurate occult symbolisms scattered throughout the whole movie, although those might not be felt by all of the audience because they can't interpret the meanings of the symbols, however, they are, to me, more haunting than the creepy cult members standing in the shadows. I also appreciate there was no heavy make up to the possessed, which I hate in most possession movies, both old and new ones. Possession doesn't turn the host into a boogeyman, it's the psyche and mentality that is supposed to be terrifying. It's a practise to scare audiences from another time. Hereditary was something fresh in every aspect.

Did you?

@@SillentAssault yep! Great movie. Really crazy.

Agreed. One of my favorite movies of all time. Also loved the Draughtsman’s Contract as well... need to watch more of Greenaway’s works

In terms of style, it's amazing, but the pacing is lacking a lot, after you get introduced to the characters, it just gets repetetive, even boring for a while. It would probably be an amazing movie to watch while you're high, or maybe if you're a child.

Love love love Draughtsman's Contract, and that amazing Michael Nyman music. A Zed and Two Naughts, Drowning by Numbers. These films have permanently changed the structure of my brain, hopefully for the better.

don7403 I caught a Night of the Hunter type vibe from that

Good catch!!!!

Same

Just like George Lucas. Taking inspiration from the east.

I'm cautiously optimistic. I just really hope he doesn't fuck it up with his next film. He's the most promising newcomer since Darran Aronofksi and that was 20 years ago.

Let’s hope he doesn’t become a Shamylan and do a 180 after a few flicks.

He's not going to fuck it up.

I can't wait to see Midsommar!

@@givemefreebeers6718 Same here

I kinda saw midsommar as a dark comedy and it worked for me. I still prefer hereditary. If you haven’t watched ari asters “the strange thing about the johnsons” give it a shot it’s on RU-vid

@@Judgeholden95 I loved both movies for different reasons, but ultimately I prefer Hereditary. And yeah I've seen the short film, man was that uncomfortable lol

It’s impossible for me to see the movie as any kind of comedy because the tone from the outset is ruthlessly grim. That opening sequence is beyond words, mostly thanks to the score. That being said, I still really dug the rest of it

agreed. But he's totally low key hot. I hope he's gay

Don't watch The Strange Thing About the Johnsons.

Classic hipster hot take contrarian.

Agreed! He has mentioned Rosemarys baby as an influence for hereditary in other interviews though 🖤

darude sandstorm

He said he’s not doing anymore horror for a while. He said he’s working on a sci-fi script right now, and he has several, non horror scripts already done that he wants to do. He’s said he will do more horror eventually but not until he does some other genres.

That was Robert Eggers though

yeah rosemarys baby was one of the major influences especially the end.

Wow. Usually horror fans like me like it. Never thought a non-horror fan wouldn’t like it

In other interviews he says Rosemary's Baby was a big influence

He deserves it 100%.