The Inheritance

Name: The Inheritance
Genre: Horror
Released: 2024-07-12
Duration: 84 min
Rating: 1
Cast: Peyton List, Keith Arbuthnot, Reese Alexander, Bob Gunton, Austin Stowell

Rating

1.0 (1)

Release Date

7/12/2024

Runtime

84 mins

Genres

Horror

Overview

Billionaire Charles Abernathy, on the eve of his 75th birthday, invites his four estranged children back home out of fear that tonight someone – or something – is coming to kill him. To ensure his family will help protect him from whatever’s coming, Abernathy puts each of their inheritances on the line – they’ll get nothing if he’s found dead by dawn.

Status

Released

Original Language

English

Budget

$8,000,000

Revenue

Homepage

How It Feels

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A tightly wound locked-room thriller that traps a dysfunctional family with a dying patriarch and the threat lurking in the dark, letting paranoia and self-interest turn them against each other.

Mood

TenseUnsettlingParanoid

Themes

FamilyMortality

Tone

Bleak

Pacing

Propulsive

Look

High-contrast

Structure

Single location

Bob Gunton

Charles Abernathy

Peyton List

Kami Abernathy

Briana Middleton

Hannah

Rachel Nichols

Madeline Abernathy

Austin Stowell

Drew Abernathy

David Walton

C. J. Abernathy

Reese Alexander

Miles Hartmen

Keith Arbuthnot

Mammon

Chris Wood

Limo Driver

Reviews

brett

Jul 14, 2024

The setting and special effects were great, but the film was sidetracked by a lousy script, where each character delivered their lines as if they were in a middle school production. And the ending? Unfulfilling and predictable.
<B>Final thoughts:</b>
Just keep the money, I don't care.