Every family tree hides a secret.
Following the death of the Leigh family matriarch, Annie and her children uncover disturbing secrets about their heritage. Their daily lives are not only impacted, but they also become entangled in a chilling fate from which they cannot escape, driving them to the brink of madness.
- Bleak ending
- Harm to children
- Body horror
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Grave, bleak, contemplative and overwhelming.
- gravecomic
- warmbleak
- contemplativerelentless
- cooloverwhelming
- earnestironic
Who loves it, who doesn't
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Reviews
We read them all: the case for is ruthless_ruth's, the case against is gaz_horror's. Marked below.
- ruthless_ruthThe case forThe Provocateur★★★★★
Toni Collette at the dinner table is the best acting in a horror film this century and the film around her earns it. The last twenty minutes are a slow fall into a very specific hell.
- gaz_horrorThe case againstThe Provocateur★★★★★
The dinner scene is the whole film in miniature: a family screaming the true thing at last. Ari Aster then spends forty minutes proving he could have stopped there.
- viktor_vThe Provocateur★★★★★
A film about grief that becomes a film about inheritance and never lets you choose which. The dinner scene is horror without a single effect.
Reviews on TMDB
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- CinemaSerfon TMDB · Jun 20247/10
Toni Collette is great in this family drama with quite a few gruesome twists! She is "Annie" who is mourning the recent death of her over-bearing mother. Except, as we discover when she goes to one of those bereavement groups, we discover that they were estranged and hadn't spoken for ages. Shortly after the funeral, husband "Steve" (Gabriel Byrne) is made aware of some unsavoury developments and then an even greater tragedy ensues that brings to an end years of bubbling resentment between her and teenage son "Peter" (Alex Wolff). Still struggling to comes to terms with things and with her family teetering on the bring of collapse, she is approached by "Joan" (Ann Dowd) who has recently suffered a tragedy of her own and who offers a means to communicate with the other world. Of course, "Annie" is disdainful of this proposal but glasses move, candles blow out and soon she is trying to convince her own sceptical family that they can all chat to the dead! There's the odd bit of ceiling-crawling and a few visual effects to make us jump a little, but for the most part this is a compelling two-hander between Collette and an equally on-form Wolff and both convey well the accumulating fear
Read the whole review on TMDB - Randoon TMDB · Mar 202110/10
I've been meaning to watch this movie for a while now and made the mistake of watching this 12 at night while I was alone (Don't do that!) Usually horror movies don't effect me and if they do its usually while the movie is playing. But this movie has stayed with me for days now. I can't get it out of my head. This is not a movie for someone who wants jump scares, slasher death/screams or a movie that plays in the background. You have to actually pay attention or you will be completely confused at the end. There are subtle hints throughout the movie to show you where the movie is headed but there are still surprises throughout. The acting is very good. I have to say though I love Toni Collette and that was one of the main reasons I watched it. ***Spoilers Start*** Toni Collette and Alex Wolff do an amazing job carrying this movie. After Charlie's death, the look on Alex's face conveys so much that words are not necessary to understand that shock he is under. There is no overacting or crying or screaming just shock and utter disbelief.***Spoilers End*** Everyone in the family does an amazing job in their roles. Charlie is just so creepy throughout the movie. You empathize with all of
Read the whole review on TMDB - Stephen Campbellon TMDB · Apr 20197/10
**_Rewards concentration_** [contains spoilers] > _The 9th spirit in order is Paimon; a great king, & very Obedient to Lucifer, he appeareth in the forme of a man, sitting upon a dromedary, with a Crowne most glorious on his head. There goeth before him a host of spirits like men with Trumpets and well sounding Cymballs, and all other sorts of musicall Instruments &c. he hath a great voice, and roareth at his first comming, and his speech is such as the Magician cannot well understand, unless he compelleth him. This spirit can teach all arts and siences, and other secret Things; he can disc__over what the Earth is, and what holdeth it up in the waters, & what the wind is or where it is, or any other Thing you desire to know, he giveth dignity and confirmeth the same, he bindeth or maketh a man subject to the Magician if he desireth it he giveth good familiars, and such as can teach all arts, he is to be observed towards the North west, he is of the order of dominions and hath 200 Legions of spirits under him, one part of them is of the order of Angells & the other of Potentates, If you call this spirit Paimon alone you must make him some offering to him & there will attend him 2 ki
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Cast
- Toni ColletteAnnie Graham
- Alex WolffPeter Graham
- Gabriel ByrneSteve Graham
- Milly ShapiroCharlie Graham
- Ann DowdJoan
- Mallory BechtelBridget
- Brock McKinneyAaron
- Jake BrownBrendan
- Morgan LundMr. Davis
- Christy SummerhaysCharlie's Teacher
Crew
- Ari AsterDirector
- Ari AsterWriter
- Pawel PogorzelskiDirector of Photography
- Colin StetsonOriginal Music Composer
- Jennifer LameEditor
- Lucian JohnstonEditor
- Buddy PatrickProducer
- Kevin Scott FrakesProducer
- Lars KnudsenProducer
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