Ari Aster’s breakout horror hit Hereditary is pants-wettingly scary

Welcome to Cheat Sheet, our brief breakdown-style reviews of festival films, VR previews, and other special event releases. This review was originally published after Hereditary’s debut at the 2018 Sundance Film Festival. It has been updated to coincide with the film’s theatrical release.
For the past several years, theater owners have been visibly struggling to find gimmicks to keep film lovers from abandoning movie theaters in favor of their own audiovisual setups at home. The ris