10 Horror Movies To Scare The Crap Out Of New Parents
5. Hereditary
Where The Babadook offers some light relief in its overarching plot about grief and mental illness, Hereditary is undeniably bleak from start to finish.
This disturbing metaphor for family dynamics and loss is one of the most original, and downright terrifying films to come out in quite a long time. The movie is the directorial debut of Ari Aster, the mastermind behind Midsommar and upcoming release Disappointment Blvd - a real horror icon who infuses his movies with as many psychological scares as in-your-faces ones.
When her mentally ill mother passes away, Annie and her husband, son and daughter struggle to cope with her loss. The family turns to different means to handle their grief that becomes all the more all-encompassing as another sudden death rocks the family. What this film lacks in jump scares and things that go bump in the night it makes up for in truly haunting imagery that will play on your mind for months to come.