Ari Aster has created a distinct niche in the horror genre for himself, focusing on the slow creep of emotional devastation rather than jump scares. With Hereditary and Midsommar, Aster made it clear that the scariest things humans can endure are not monsters or murderers, but grief, trauma, and the terrifying fragility of the human psyche. Aster named Brian De Palma’s Carrie as one of his favorite horror films, referencing the Stephen King adaptation as the “film that traumatized [him] most as a kid.” Just as he's branching into genres other than horror, with his next film, the neo-Western thriller, Eddington, set for release this July, it is heartbreakingly clear that he would've been the perfect director to handle a new Carrie adaptation, an honor that has gone to Mike Flanagan.
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