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This week we're watching Hereditary (2018).

Inspired by a recent listener comment, we're pausing our negativity around Marvel-era filmmaking and instead focusing on the positives. We've each picked one (1) genre from the broadly defined Marvel Era (roughly 2010 onwards) to celebrate smart, commercial movies.

We're starting with Rob's pick, Ari Aster's horror debut, Hereditary. Poor Dave, poor that bird, poor everyone in the film. Try to watch ahead of listening - the spoilers are deep and immediate - and please enjoy this wild, grief-filled ride with us.

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Cara

I thought this film was incredible when I watched it, aside from the last wee bit. It's difficult to find a horror film that's actually scary. Rooting horror elements to what feels like real life people makes it terrifying. I didn't know anything going into the movie and unfortunately (because it was so real) Toni Collettes performance brought me right back to how my Mum was when we lost our youngest, my sister when she was 9, to asthma. That grief. And all that comes with it. It was an incredibly realistic performance. As such I haven't rewatched it, which I normally do with all my favourite films. Also love Under the Skin so would be cool to see that. I saw it at the cinema when I lived in Glasgow which made it extra surreal.

alexcoates13

A quick thanks to Rob for suggesting this - a movie that had passed me by originally. I didn't know the twist (or anything about the film), so it landed as intended. Duly, I retract my thanks to Rob, that was awful, in a good way, but I'm finding myself checking my walls at night for relatives scaling the same! Also, as you all mentioned it, but a thought I had whilst watching; horror hits differently as a parent, right?