It stars Bob Gunton, Peyton List, Briana Middleton, Rachel Nichols, Austin Stowell and David Walton.
Billionaire Charles Abernathy invites his estranged adult children back home for a special occasion, his birthday.
In preparation for the attempt on his life, he has enhanced the estate with advanced security systems, bulletproof glass, and sealed doors.
They enter the antique room and Hannah tries to squeeze through the elevator gates, but for some reason cannot get through due to an invisible force preventing her from leaving.
Drew and Hannah flee to a bedroom where they discover a hidden door leading them to an occult summoning ritual of the demon.
Charles reveals that the Abernathy family was becoming impoverished after multiple financial failures and schemes, so he summoned the demon of greed, Mammon.
In April 2021, it was announced Netflix had set Alejandro Brugués to direct the film under its original title, The Last Will and Testament of Charles Abernathy, from a script by Chris LaMont and Joe Russo which had previously appeared on the 2018 Blood List of best unproduced horror screenplays.
[1] In May of that year, Rachel Nichols, Bob Gunton, Austin Stowell, Briana Middleton, David Walton, Reese Alexander, and Peyton List had signed on for the film's cast.
[2] Initially intended for release on Netflix's streaming service, the company announced in January 2023 it would no longer be distributing The Inheritance allowing the producers to shop the film elsewhere for alternate distributors.