Hereditary(2018)

This film is suggested for ages 18+ and may contain violence or horror elements, dark supernatural themes. Biblical themes explored include {"reference":"Deuteronomy 5:9","theme":"Generational iniquity","description":"The film's premise — a demonic covenant established by the grandmother that activates across generations — enacts the biblical warning about iniquity visiting the children to the third and fourth generation: a spiritual inheritance the descendants did not choose."}, {"reference":"Leviticus 19:31","theme":"Prohibition against mediums","description":"Annie's séance to contact Charlie — her turning to spiritualist practice after the death she cannot process — violates the Levitical prohibition against consulting the dead, and the film presents the consequences with full horror: contact is made, but the entity that responds is not Charlie."}, {"reference":"1 Samuel 28:11-15","theme":"Consulting the dead","description":"Annie's desperate spiritualism mirrors Saul's consultation of the witch of Endor: the grief-mad person seeking contact with the dead through forbidden means, and receiving an encounter that confirms rather than comforts the horror."}, {"reference":"Ezekiel 14:4-5","theme":"Idols in the heart","description":"The family's progressive entrapment by Paimon's covenant — the idols and ritual objects that accumulate in the home — enacts Ezekiel's diagnosis of the person who sets up idols in their heart and then inquires of God: the inquiry is answered by the idol, not by the Lord."}. We recommend parents review content before watching with younger children.