Ari Aster

'Hereditary' is unabashedly a horror film. In a lot of ways, it's in dialogue with other horror films. But I do know…

— Ari Aster

My films typically veer towards the darker side, and I enjoy turning things on the audience. I really enjoy working in genre…

— Ari Aster

I have more fun talking about other movies than talking about my own.

— Ari Aster

The joy of making a genre film is that you have audiences in that place, and it's a perfect place to start…

— Ari Aster

I love the horror genre. I consider myself a genre filmmaker. I love genre, but I think there's a certain amount of…

— Ari Aster

I enjoy turning things on the audience. I really like working in genre because people come into the films with certain expectations.…

— Ari Aster

The nice thing about a horror movie is that people go in looking to be unsettled.

— Ari Aster

I graduated from the American Film Institute in 2010, where I studied as a director, and came out with a few features…

— Ari Aster

I don't necessarily consider myself a horror filmmaker.

— Ari Aster

I found that the things I am afraid of most are things for which there are no obvious remedies. Like, what do…

— Ari Aster

One reason I think I am able to work with such dark material is the fact I was never really discouraged from…

— Ari Aster

Most horror films are made very cynically, and they're usually made by studios for an audience that they know is there, no…

— Ari Aster

Sometimes you want pain to be acknowledged and not whitewashed - or erased by some exceptionalist point of view.

— Ari Aster

I like to play with transgression and upending conventions, and I like the idea of rooting genre films in character.

— Ari Aster

I know that I put a lot into 'Hereditary', and I'm proud of what it is. Beyond the fact that the film…

— Ari Aster

When I was 13 years old, I was obsessed with horror films. I even had, like, a binder that I filled with…

— Ari Aster

'Hereditary' is unabashedly a horror film, whereas 'It Comes at Night' was a lot of things: it was a thriller; it was…

— Ari Aster

The idea of witches has always scared me because of the idea that there are Machiavellian forces out there that conspire to…

— Ari Aster

I love Cronenberg so much, especially the films he was doing in the mid to late '80s and early '90s, like 'Naked…

— Ari Aster

In some ways, the audience becomes complacent when they go to a horror film. And so it's fun to take that attitude…

— Ari Aster

It's easy for me to write a horror movie about real stuff because my mind is always going there anyway.

— Ari Aster

For me, writing is a part of directing. It's the first stage of directing.

— Ari Aster

I love Lars von Trier. 'Dogville' is my favourite movie of the last 20 years. 'Nymphomaniac' and 'Melancholia' aren't quite as exciting…

— Ari Aster

The way I work is, I always compose a shot list before I talk to anybody, including my DP. So I'll spend…

— Ari Aster

These are films that I really love, but I would say I'm not somebody who runs out to every horror film. I…

— Ari Aster