Alex Wolff says horror movieHereditaryis a 'family drama that smokes crack halfway through'

EW caught up with Wolff to discuss the film, which critic Chris Nashawaty called terrifying in hismovie review.

ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY: InHereditary, you play the familys son, Peter.

Is it true you drank vinegar during the shoot?I did.

But I was obsessed with self-laceration while I was making it, and I wanted to feel physically ill.

So, yeah, I was doing that some days.

Presumably, your real-life family has the opposite dynamic to the one depicted inHereditary.Oh, yeah.

I fing hope so.

I mean, I wouldnt call itopposite.

I love you as a mother, and yourefantasticas a mother, but you aremuchbetter as a director.

Hes just so cool.

Hes just this royal figure.

Hes also just so positive, hes so fired up.

I love that guy.

I think thats what it feels like to stare at yourself all day.

What is the film about?

So, its about this young boys journey to accepting the crazy and traumatic nature of his dads death.

You have an extremely varied resume.

Its kind of always different.

A lot of people now are sayingHereditary.

We were there, we washed our hands, and I just looked up.

I was like, Yo!

And he was like, Yo!

I just saw the trailer forHereditary!

I was like, Dude, youre Joel Edgerton!

Watch the trailer forHereditary, above.