I feel like this is going to be disturbingly fucked up, I hope so.
Described as "The Wizard of Oz for perverts".
Ari Aster's visual references for his Scandinavian folk horror are Black Narcissus (1947), Hard to Be a God (2013), Macbeth (1971), and Tess (1979).
Will Poulter has said the film is better than Hereditary
According to Ari Aster, this was meant to be his first horror movie since Hereditary was intended to just be a family drama.
I've never seen Hereditary. When it was in theaters I thought it looked horrible from the trailers and didn't have any interest in seeing it. Maybe I'll check it out when it's on the Netflix or something.