Midsommar turns a break-up movie into an new pagan-horror classic, says Peter Travers. Our review
Ari Aster is a bold new voice in psychological horror, the kind that messes ruthlessly with your head. He proved that last year withfeaturing Toni Colette in one of cinema’s most memorable meltdowns. And now, with the hypnotic and hauntinghe ventures into fresh territory without losing his grasp of what nightmares are made of.
It turns out that the guys, who all study anthropology, want to take part in a nine-day solstice festival that happens only once every 90 years in the remote settlement of Halsingland. Mark , the partyboy of the group, is casually curious. But Josh is doing his thesis on European midsummer rituals. And Pelle was raised in this particular commune. He’s the only one of Christian’s pals who likes the idea of Dani coming along. He has his reasons. They’re not good.
At first, the locals seems friendly and picturesque in their folkloric costumes. The men are avuncular; the women are accommodating and flirty. The American newcomers partake of the ritual’s hallucinogenic mushrooms, which don’t go down easy for the suggestible Dani. She drifts off for hours, perhaps dreaming up everything that follows in the script. That’s one theory, though Aster cleverly sets the stage for several more. Despite the constant sunshine, there are dark doings afoot.
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