A family's isolated winter retreat becomes a slow-burn descent into chilling, surreal madness.
Suspenseful and bleak. A full-attention watch that takes its time. Emotionally it is devastating.
Streaming on Max.
Nothing past what an R promises: intense fear and a jolt or two.
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Jack Torrance accepts a caretaker job at the Overlook Hotel, where he, along with his wife Wendy and their son Danny, must live isolated from the rest of the world for the winter. But they aren't prepared for the madness that lurks within.
It leaves the ending open to interpretation.
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Hereditary (2018)Terrifying · graphic gore · strong violence · emotionally devastatingA family's grief slowly unravels into a bleak, chilling nightmare as disturbing secrets consume them.
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