Ari Aster

Made films the shows talk about.

Counted as director, the making department they hold the most credits in. The films the hosts said they directed, which the two lists below run through too: Hereditary (2018); Midsommar (2019); Eddington (2025).

Draws on

What the speakers say they, or a film of theirs, drew on. Each is a speaker's account: “the maker said so” when they report the maker's own words, “the host's read” when the read is theirs.

No line says they, or a film of theirs, drew on anything.

Drawn on by

What the speakers say drew on them or a film of theirs, marked the same way.

No line says anything drew on them or a film of theirs.

What the speakers said they did

Directing (4) everyone in directing

director, Eddington (The Big Picture, The 1990 Movie Draft)
director, Midsommar (The Big Picture, Our Alternative Academy Awards | The Oscars Show)
director, Hereditary (The Big Picture, The 10 Best Horror Movies of the Decade | The Big Picture)
director, Midsommar (The Big Picture, The 10 Best Horror Movies of the Decade | The Big Picture)

Other (1) everyone in other

anxiety-as-comedy touchstone, (no film) (The Big Picture, The Final Girl Film Canon and ‘Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma’ With Gillian Anderson, Hannah Einbinder, and Jane Schoenbrun!)

What was said about them, by kind

theme (1)

theme (theme): Ari Aster → Alfred Hitchcock. Aster, Eggers and Peele use horror as a portal in a Hitchcock or Bergman vein, not as lifelong genre men like Carpenter.
“They're all kind of Hitchcockian or Bergmanian.”
The Big Picture · The 10 Best Horror Movies of the Decade | The Big Picture · 0:07:27 · unknown (Alexander or Karaszewski) (0.50 sure it was them)

Fun items about them

fun, about Ari Aster: A running joke: imagine being Ari Aster's ex.
“Imagine being Ari Astor's ex.”
The Big Picture · The 10 Best Horror Movies of the Decade | The Big Picture · 0:49:02 · Chris Ryan (0.50 sure it was them)