Once the poster child of A24’s cerebral, “elevated” horror, Ari Aster infused his first couple of films with scares featuring excellent production design and psychological intensity.
Series: Ari Aster
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Beau is Afraid (2023)
Ari Aster’s first two movies, Hereditary and Midsommar, didn’t set my world on fire, but are both solid bits of direction sabotaged in various degrees by uneven plots stretched thin.
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Hereditary (2018)
For a solid hour or so, Hereditary has something special going on.
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Midsommar (2019)
Midsommar features an extremely striking use of light and color. It’s the first horror movie I’ve seen where the absence of darkness is part of the terror.
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Eddington (2025)
On film social media, much virtual ink has been spilled anointing Eddington a future cult classic: