A ghost story close to home
Told with an energising combination of verve and artfulness, Hereditary could never be entirely new, but it is uncommonly effective, with the goosebumps lingering long after the closing credits.
Cinema
Hereditary: Directed by Ari Aster, Nationwide, 16,Rating:****
Studio 54: Directed by Matt Tyrnauer, IFI, no cert,Rating:****
No ghost story is ever entirely new. We know ghosts intimately: they live in the shadows of the past, in the echoes of silenced voices, in vivid and unbidden memories that ebb in potency and persistence. That ghosts can only manifest themselves in films and books and campfire yarns makes them all the more powerful. We ...
