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Overall Rank: 1929
Average Rating: 3/4
# of Ratings: 18
Theatrical Release Date: 07/03/2019
Blu-ray/DVD Release Date: 10/08/2019
Language: English
Genre: Horror, Drama
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Ari Aster
Actors: Florence Pugh, Will Poulter, William Jackson Harper, Jack Reynor, Vilhelm Blomgren, Henrik Norlén
Plot: Following the death of her parents, a young woman reluctantly joins her boyfriend to visit an isolated Swedish village, which is holding a festival that only comes around once every 90 years. But the idyllic setting soon turns towards the sinister. -- Chris Kavan
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Logan D. McCoy - wrote on 10/12/2019
Ari Aster's visually intense cult mystery further establishes the new director as a rising icon in psychological horror.
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Chris Kavan - wrote on 09/30/2019
Ari Aster is fast becoming one of my favorite horror directors. He doesn't take the easy route, his horror is a slow burn, crafted so that little moments of unease get under your skin and, like a splinter, just works its way in deeper and deeper, until that sense of dread overwhelms you. If Hereditary was about family - Midsommar is about relationships - more specifically, toxic relationships. It's also about folklore and horror too - and there is plenty to digest.
The core of the film centers around Dani (Florence Pugh) and Christian (Jack Reynor) who have been dating for a couple of years, but are clearly not "together". Dani has family issues - and things quickly come to head when her sister and parents die in rather gruesome fashion. Out of a sense of guilt or grief, …
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