US horror thriller in which a couple travel to Sweden to visit a rural mid-summer festival organised by a pagan cult.
A visceral, unique, utterly fucked-up experience that demands to be seen on the big screen, Midsommar is the horror movie to beat in 2019. Caution: contains distressing amounts of folk music.
Meandering and underwhelming. One bad trip.
Midsommar still has the ability to transfix you with its hypnotic glare.
Midsommar features a standout performance from Florence Pugh and an expertly assembled atmosphere of dread, even if its lacks the propulsion and all-consuming terror of Hereditary.
Florence Pugh is plunged into a terrifying pagan bacchanal in a magnificent folk-horror tale from Hereditary director Ari Aster.
Director Ari Aster’s follow-up to last year’s Hereditary proves he’s far from a one-hit wonder.
Midsommar director Ari Aster: 'I often cling to dead things'.
Bobby Krlic aka The Haxan Cloak on scoring Midsommar
Midsommar star Jack Reynor
Midsommar: what the hell just happened? Discuss with spoilers.
Will Poulter interview: 'Even I find Midsommar disturbing and I was in it'.
General release. Check local listings for show times.
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