Inherited trauma has been a clear theme running through horror films over the past couple of years, with the plots of Jennifer Kent’s The Babadook, Ari Aster’s Hereditary, and, to some extent, Nikyatu Jusu’s Nanny all playing with ideas around the psychological fallout of generational suffering and closely held family secrets.
This trend looks set to continue, and Netflix’s next horror, an Australian drama starring Sarah Snook, who plays Shiv in Succession, is next in line.
