This is the greatest movie I never wanna watch again.

imagine being so unlucky that you stumble on a thing that happens every 90 years

The eeriest part about this movie is that it mostly all takes place in the bright sunshine so it's filmed like a happy story but is quite the opposite.

The most amazing thing about people's reaction to this movie is how they talk about Christian being a bad boyfriend or Mark being a bad guy.....uh........did you forget someone? Pelle led five friends to slaughter. He's one of the biggest horror movie MOFO's of all time.

Watching this again tonight... something i never noticed before: in the first few minutes of the movie, the men are at a restaurant talking about how Christian should be single. One of them comments that he could be getting the waitress pregnant right now and Pele responds " you could be getting a Sweedish girl pregnant " a little bit of innocent foreshadowing

Dani is greeted with " welcome home ' while the others just get " welcome ".

Fun fact: I have that exact portrait of the girl and the bear that can be seen in Dani’s bedroom. I got that at IKEA, which means they probably did too. THEY GOT IT FROM A SWEDISH FURNITURE STORE.

My fav scene was when Dani could suddenly communicate with the other girl during that dancing ceremony. The language barrier just suddenly disappeared.. it was done so well!

This movie was an excellent example of how just about anyone can fall for cult tactics. As seen by the amount of people that called this a "happy" horror movie.

Did anyone else notice that when Mark asks what game the children are playing, it’s called “Skin the Fool”? Mark is clearly the fool of the group, is skinned when he’s killed and his “corpse” has a jesters hat on it when it’s placed in the temple to burn.

Frances Pugh should’ve gotten some kind of award for her performance. She covered every range of emotion including tripping out . Can’t wait the see what she does next

this is why Pewdiepie left Sweden

the “welcome home” from the old guy (plus his hug and a bunch of other little easter eggs) makes me think it was the plan all along to bring her, and that the elders had astrologically approved her to be Pelle’s “mate”

Lol I haven't watched the movie but my mother did accidentally (apparently she didn't know it was a horror movie), and it absolutely disturbed her

I think its worth mentioning that Simon appeared to still be alive in the barn as the lungs were still inflating and deflating and strained breathing can be heard.

In the scene where the Sweedish friend is showing her pictures and he says “this was the mayflower queen last year” and looks at her and says “I’m so glad you’re coming” I instantly knew where it was going 💀

good movie but honestly any normal person would have left when the two old people jumped off the cliff😂

This shit makes me think twice about traveling abroad and meeting strangers. Definitely gonna be careful with that shit

You know what's scary about this whole movie for me even after 3 years or so? It's how I actually calmed down for a bit when the lady explained how the two old people died for the greater good. Their faces were literally smashed in, it was disturbing yet I actually believed and rationalized what the lady was explaining to Connie and Simon. I ACTUALLY thought it was okay. This movie was insane.

can i just say that the scene where she has a panic attack from the shrooms is one of the most accurate depictions of it ive ever seen, the constant talking to yourself so u can calm down and reassure urself that ur fine, overthinking every movement and every surrounding moving in weird ways as well the bright colors. incredible job from the director

This kind of horror movie always got me! No need jumpscare to make you terrified

I normally hate Horror films because of all the cheap Jump scares and silly tricks they use. Midsommar is *exceptional*. I never thought a colored and bright movie can be this disturbing. No ghosts or Zombies are shown in this Movie... Just the most scary thing ever... *HUMAN* This Movie set a New Standard for Horror Movies in my opinion!

As swede I can confirm that this is what we do every year.

This movie was amazing. Nothing has blown me away quite like this. No jump scares, it relies on legitimate anxiety and fears.

Hey there’s that eye brow kid actor!

“Oh yeah, no I was totally cool with your elders committing unalive on themselves!” *hurriedly packs bags to escape in the middle of the night*

This was not mentioned in the video and I think it's super important to acknowledge Christian and Maja's "mating ritual" is not a sex scene, he was drugged throughout the whole scene. He was not having sex with her, he was being sexually assaulted

Omg- it just hit me that Pelle said his parents burned alive. We’re they burned in a sacrifice ?

The moment id see people wearing the same clothes acting all happy... Not a good time to do drugs . _ .

The mating scene with Christian and like 10 girls mimicking the moans of that one redhead is forever burned into my brain 🤔

i hope i never get in contact with a cult cause im never getting out, when i saw that scene where the old people jumped from that cliff i thought "yea thats just their culture, im not judging, its tradition."

Note to self, when invited to a gathering of mostly people you don't know, politely decline the drinks provided by them. 😂

As a occasional psycadelic user the tripping visuals are so accurate its scary

the scariest part of this movie was naked grandma

Sweden usually has a spike in childbirth 9 months after midsummer. But its usually because couples get really drunk, happy and forgets precautions. Not rituals. Hihi

I think these films are made to show average people how the average “normal” person can be manipulated to joining a cult. When they suffer immense loss and grief, they have nothing left to lose and are vulnerable to manipulation, that’s how they join the cults. The cult members make them feel like family, like they can count on them. The same can be said for gang members. Psychopaths such as Charles Manson were good at pinpointing people who are vulnerable and easier to manipulate. Seems like basic psychology to me and I feel sorry for people who are easily manipulated.

I would've totally fallen for this cult and I'm sure they'd have killed me first.

Notice how Dani fully embraces Pagenism as " Christian " dies?

Notice that when the group were first welcomed by the cult, one of the elders greets danny by saying "welcome home, we are so pleased to see you" when the others are met with cordial handshakes. Her story was mapped out for her since the start

THis is how i feel when i go to IKEA

The deleted scenes make the deaths of the outsiders sacrificed seem slightly more deserving bc it showed deliberate or callous responses to their "transgressions". I noticed a lot of ppl commenting on how they wish they'd been left in for that reason; but, I think that's exactly why he took them out - It throws off our sense of order &robs us of that tiny "well, they kinda had it comin'" comfort.

I can never look at flowercrowns the same ever again

i think its interesting, with all the imagery of crosses, and how the guy named "Christian" is the one to be burnt

back in high school, an old classmate of mine, who was from the Faroe Islands, told me that back in the old days, when the elders got too tired and could not work or help out, they would cast themself of the cliffs of the island, into the deep sea. This to make sure they would not be a burden for the younger generations. Don't know if it was true, but seeing the same theme play out in "Midsummer" made my skin crawl.

“Midsummer festivals doesn’t involve with murder” Yeah that’s what they want you to think

I did become low-key obsessed with this film. Loved the themes and how absolutely unsettling it all was. Thank you Niyat!

I think it’s important to remember that if you think the ending with Dani is girl power and what happened to Christian isn’t totally and utterly tragic (being coerced by unknown, outside forces to have sex with a girl he’s not chosen by his own will but by the cult) you are susceptible to cult tactics, brainwashing and grooming. That’s exactly how Mr. Aster wants to trap you into sympathizing with Dani’s decision and ultimately agreeing with what happens to Christian even though he had no control since he was literally drugged the whole time, and of course the supernatural forces (Maja’s love spell and rune placed under his bed without consent) controlling him thru the cult.

I was unknowingly recruited by a cult and it’s scary how similar this movie mirrored my experience. Be safe.

Josh - “does this orange juice have pulp in it?” Cult chick - “just a little”

Ah yes Midsomar, the uh “Happy” Horror Movie

As a former member of a cult myself and watching this for the first time yesterday I can't help noticing how many similarities there are with my past experiences. This movie really freaked me out, it was almost like watching back again interactions and feelings already felt before. This is defenetly disturbing.....

I felt as if Dani chose Chris as a sacrfice as a sort of mercy kill. He was paralyzed and his vocal chords were cut, he is stuck in a crazy cult. That's no life, so I interpreted it as if she wanted to 'save' him from his misery.

Man, as much as I tried to pay attention, I missed all the signs

Something I didn't actually get before watching this video (kind of obvious in a rewatch) , is that when the group first arrived to the cult (before we knew it was a cult) everyone was greeted with a "welcome!", but Dani was greeted with "Welcome home!", forshadowing yet again that Dani was bound to stay with the cult at the end of the movie

i havent actually watched the movie... and i dont think i ever will, it sounds so terrifying... but i just wanna know like what its about

The directors cut of this movie is amazing and gives a different film experience. The first time you watch, it's easy to be focused only on the POV characters, but on subsequent watches, you start to notice how weirdly the entire cult behaves and how they are all in on it.

Of the people who I've seen cover this movie and the linked traditions, I think this is the most closely accurate one. As a Swede, I actually thought ättestupa was a thing that happened in the past. Must have gotten it twisted with the hammer-thing. Having grown up in Hälsingland I grew up hearing the song Hårgalåten quite a lot. Love it, it is hauntingly beautiful. I am also so, so glad that they used actual swedes for the townspeople.

I watched this with my boyfriend and we felt so weird and uneasy after the entire thing

Because of this movie, I will never let myself be invited to a festival that only happens in decades.

The opening minutes of this movie are some of the most disturbing and unsettling moments I’ve ever had watching a movie. Dani’s sister’s face haunts my nightmares as well as Dani’s absolute despair within her screams and sobs. 😞

This movie is the sole reason why I will never go to Sweden

I must confess, i consider watching these videos as watching the movie. It's just as disturbing but having someone narrate them in an accent makes them bearable XD.

I think one of the things that spun me out most with this movie was the hallucination animations throughout pretty much the whole thing - one of the only movies to accurately portray what things tend to look like for most people on mushrooms 😅

This film was originally given an NC-17 by the MPAA. According to Ari Aster, around 30 minutes was cut from the final film mainly due to content. The director's cut released shortly after its theatrical run restores this footage. Most of the Swedish dialogue spoken by the Hårga natives is deliberately not subtitled, in order to create the sense of isolation for the audience and especially for the foreign visitors. When the film was released in Sweden, rather than eliciting fear in the audience, many people laughed. Many Swedish critics praised the film as an excellent black comedy. Mark displays an extreme phobia of ticks, which is based on Ari Aster's real-life fear of bugs and illness. Like Mark, Aster wore two pairs of socks over his jeans to ensure he would not receive bug bites. Despite the Swedish setting, the film was mostly shot in Hungary. Dani's surname is Ardor (visible on the computer screen in several shots), Latin for "flame." Despite sharing the same title and being horror movies set in Sweden, this film and the Danish cult classic "Midsommer (2003)" are not related. Despite the film taking place entirely in sunlight, it does not contain one shot of the sun. The film's trailer contained one shot of the sun. A shot of the sun has been reinserted in the director's cut of the film. Ariana Grande is a fan of the film, calling it one of her favorite films of 2019. She tried (and failed) to buy the May Queen Gown used in the film at an auction. She also threw a Midsommar-themed birthday party for herself on her 27th birthday. Klaudia Csányi's debut. Despite being the main characters and with the exception of cries and screams, neither Dani nor Christian speak in the last twenty-five minutes. During the meal where meat pies are served, Christian has a glass of reddish juice while everyone else has yellow juice. An image earlier in the film suggests that this may be because his drink has been spiked with menstrual blood. The strange mating ritual in the movie has very little to do with actual midsummer celebration in Sweden. It is however a fact that the 9 out of the 10 most common birthday dates in Sweden are all during April. 9 months after midsummer and July, the most popular month for summer vacations, that is. This is the fifth A24 film to be released nationwide without a platform release prior. The others were The Witch (2016), Free Fire (2017), It Comes At Night (2017), and Hereditary (2018). Much to the chagrin of Swedish horror fans, the film was not released during midsummer in Sweden, but a few weeks afterwards.

That movie made me rethink my decisions in life and how i treat those around me

Ari Aster and Jordan Peele both different styles of directing but equally great. They have been hitting it out of the ball park lately with these movies. I'm never usually a horror movie fan but these movies are very hard to miss.

What a fantastic and unique horror film. The only “inconsistency” that stuck out to me was how Mark was supposably an anthropology student, yet was so confused about the backlash he received from peeing on a sacred tree. I get he was the “fool” out of the group but you would think he would understand that quite clearly. Doesn’t take away from the film at all tho, just something I thought was strange.

You left out the mystical components. For example, during the "Pole Dance" ritual, Dani was momentarily able to speak their language! Occult magic assumed real in this movie.

i love how you also clarified what wasn't a part of paganism/ pagan rituals!!

Dude. This is great. You’ve expanded on this powerful movie beautifully.

"it gets better with each repeat viewing" HAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH no thank you

I recently watched this film and thought it was absolutely outstanding. The daylight creepiness, the music, location and actors, and the hidden symbols certainly make this film a second watch. Good synopsis of the film too :-)

Could you please go into “I have no mouth, and I must scream?” with both the game and the book?? I’d love to hear your take on it

I'm gonna watch it just for eyebrow boy

2 thoughts on an otherwise haunting and amazing film. If this happens every 90 years, how did Pelle have a photo of last years May Queen (and indeed there was an entire wall of May Queens, signifying that the ritual happens regularly). Also, I think we are meant the infer that Pelle's parents were sacrificed in one of the ceremonies when he mentions that he watched his parents burn to death. This also could not have happened if the festival was only observed once every 90 years. Anything I missed that might make these points make sense?

5:14 I counted 27 rays coming off the wooden sun entrance. 27 being the numerical midpoint(midsommar) between 18 and 36 (the sommar season)

This was amazing thank you for the break down. You're so very well spoken, you make clear points with great reference. I appreciate all the work you put into these videos.

I watched this and hereditary back to back not knowing the same guy did them both ....both great

If you don’t like slow burn thought provoking horror, this isn’t for you. For the rest of us, it’s brilliant.

I NEVER NOTICED HER SISTER IN THE TREES this movie was a master piece.

The element of moving from trauma surrounded by people who don't really understand or care about your trauma, into a place of PTSD, and then overcoming it hit close to the bone. Her sister remains with her in the landscape, forever, but her sister is no longer giving her nightmares and day-mares. That is the symbolism that really struck with me.

Has anyone else noticed the flower on her head at the end pulsating??

I don't know why but man this movie has become one of the best horror films to come out in quite some time. It's so captivating and keeps you engaged the whole 2 hours and 20+ minutes.

This movie gives me “the farm” from riverdale vibes

Really great video man. I've seen quite a few films attempt to explain the films deeper meanings but yours might be the best.

For some reason I thought Pele was one of the sacrificed at the end. Probably my face blindness kicking in.

Something I loved about hereditary is how often their most scary scenes were in broad daylight and in places where any horror movie character would consider safe, lots of people, public, light, sun. I'm glad they kept up with that.

I think the scariest part of this is that all the horrifying aspects of the cult are all normalised by the members. That's why along with many other reasons it's unsurprising when she goes insane at the end.

I can handle monsters, ghouls, and the like in movies with no problems. To me, Midsommar is one of the most truly horrifying movies out there. The murderous cult thing is quite real and each of these deaths, this situation, could realistically happen. To me, that is more terrifying than any other kind of horror film any day of the week. I have rarely ever been as unsettled as I was at the end of this movie.

Just stumbled on your channel after watching some reviews post-Midsommar, really nicely put together run down of the movie!

Absolutely great work on this explanation. It helped me realize and understand some things about the movie I didn't fully grasp even with 3 watches across 3 years. Thanks mate!

It shattered my cosy dreams about Scandinavia, a movie I never want to watch again.

Considering how brutally Dani's sister died i believe Harga killed her and parents as a part of plan to make Dani join community. Putting her in such emotional state and cuttings bonds with her previous life.

I absolutely love this film. The performance the actors put on were phenomenal and outstanding.🙌🏼🖤💀

Aster is wild bro his films are so so trauma inducing and the fact in both hereditary and midsommar there’s no way out. They’re all stuck in their situation until they meet their inevitable doom. Also another mention that doesn’t have themes of murder with their inevitable doom but in his short film ‘the strangest thing about the johnsons’, the dad is stuck being tortured and r@p3d by his son with no mental way out as he always sees himself as the one in the wrong which is so heartbreaking

I never noticed before when they enter the village the man specifically tells Dani, “Welcome home.”

I want a movie where they hunt down cultist in gruesome ways

I've never seen an actor or actress portray emotion like she did. Too real, wouldn't watch again.

Thank goodness theres people like you out here making detailed summaries for movies im never going to see. ❤

Excellent review 👏🏽👏🏽. Thank you so much. Cheers 😉🌷