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

Horrors don't stay in my head for long but every time I turn my lights off I still get creeped the fuck out thinking of the mum crawling in the corner of the room every night and I watched the film like 3 years ago 😂

16:42 this end credits scene is one of the most creative end credits i’ve ever seen in my opinion

Our TV being older made the mom in the corner much more visible. You don't even need the element of surprise for it, her just being there the entire time was simply unnerving.

Everything about this movie is amazing! The acting, the directing, the gutteral portrayal of grief, the visual effects, the musical score, the lingering feeling of unease it gives you after watching it just awesome

The look on Peters face after he smashed it on the desk was just pure f**king terror and the actor absolutely nailed the fear and mental torture brought on him 👏🏻👏🏻

25:40 I always thought that was the sound of her head falling to the floor while her body continued to float because it sounded like it was too light of a "thud" to sound like her whole body.

I'm back here because Hereditary has become one of my go to films every October. I love the film, but I have to talk myself into watching it, lol! Great breakdown too!

i felt so bad for steve when he breaks down crying in the car

Genuinely one of the only horror movies that has disturbed/ scared me, so I’m doing what I always do and learn as much about it until it ISNT scary to me 😭

22:20 the picture of peter on joans desk is the same one in the attic i think?

Annie being Steven's former patient was actually a detail that was cut from the film, but the influence it had on the plot is still visible, even if it's not canon.

7:23 I heard that, but I honestly assumed it was just part of the ambient music.

Toni Collette deserved an Oscar for her acting in this

:24 hahahaha .. "Hired editors" .. That was a really good one And that little monkey's so cute

The birch trees around their house, naturally have "eyes" that continue the theme of being constantly watched

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.

23:17 i am surprised you focused on the number but not on the camera with the blinking red light, indicating that someone was watching

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

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.

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