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Inheritor

2026 · 14 min

A hushed, hallucinatory plunge into ritual and longing, where devotion and desire press against each other in a small, enclosed world.

Directed by
Ryan Lilienfield
Genres
Horror
Tagline
Duty and desire cannot co-exist.
Overview
On the day of her ascension within her secluded, tree-worshiping cult, Ama, a sheltered young woman, leaps into a treacherous psychedelic ritual that faces her with a choice between her duty to her people and her desire to be with her childhood best friend and lover, Oakley.
How it feels
Slow-burning and needs your attention.
About
Identity, love, faith, isolation
Content
Mild violence, gore, sexual content and language.
Note
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Directed by
Ryan Lilienfield
Genres
Horror
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How it feels

Written by AI. It can be wrong.

Full breakdown
Tone
    Pacing
    slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
    Attention
    engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
    Era
    contemporary
    Audience
    adult
    Form
    None
    Content intensity
    • Gore mild
    • Language mild
    • Violence mild
    • Sex mild
    All scales, 0 to 10
    Scales, 0 to 10
    ScaleValue0 to 10
    Action1
    Horror5
    Humour0
    Realism5
    Romance4
    Tension5
    Darkness6
    Complexity5
    Emotional weight6

    Cast

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    Details

    Genres
    horror
    Directed by
    Ryan Lilienfield
    Written by
    Ryan Lilienfield
    Starring
    Nastasia Koulich, Piper Verbrick, Alyssa Renee Olson, Madison Beehner
    Cinematography
    Christopher Lee Fatt
    Runtime
    14 min
    Country
    United States of America

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