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“do you want to go to sweden?” “no” *end credits*

points I've learned . don't be in a relationship . don't travel . don't do drugs . don't participate in group activities . don't drink the homemade pink lemonade

As a Swedish person I’d like to say that when they enter the village everyone gets treated with a “welcome” yet Danny gets treated with “welcome home” probably meaning that pele wanted Danny to come and had planned this weeks in advance

I think what disturbed me the most in this movie was how Christian was raped. I understand he's a shitty guy who eventually wanted to pursue the young girl, but he didn't. He was drugged heavily and forced into doing it. It's sad how a lot of people see this as cheating when it's actually rape.

How to beat Midsommar: Have a healthy relationship with your boy/girlfriend.

The group literally watches one person fall and die and one get murdered That one guy: *gets inspired and writes a paper on it*

The scariest thing about this whole video is how smoothly this man can transition into a sponsorship segment.

The thing is, literally anyone can be manipulated into a cult no matter how strong your will is or if you think that you would recognize every sign. So while we’re thinking “me personally, I would have noticed this and started doing this”, in reality the characters were probably experiencing a lot of cultural shock and were disoriented from all the drugs and rituals. When they’re feeling so confused, the cult members swoop in and comfort them. Honestly unless you’re a Sherlock Holmes cult expert I don’t think Midsommar is survivable.

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Mental note: if you see a community live exclusively in a middle of nowhere than odds are 11/10 they are a cult

“I would book her a two week stay in a rehabilitation clinic where she’s going to be looked after and the gesture is going to appear supportive and caring.” Honestly I don’t think that would go over the way you think it would 😂

It makes it even worse that even if no one would offend the villagers (Mark not peeing on the tree, Josh not sneaking inside the temple) they would still be sacrificed since the ceremony required 4 outsiders anyway.

thinking about how pelle's dad said 'welcome' to everyone but said 'welcome home' to dannie ...

You don't beat Midsomar. Just make sure you're crowned as the May Queen. Then, when you're off in another country to recruit more community members/sacrificial victims, just disappear to stay there and don't return to the community.

Her smile at the end reminded me of scenes in which the demon wins and finally takes possession of its host. In both this cult movie and possession movies they choose vulnerable hosts ripe from trauma. It really drives home that much of horror is a metaphor for things humans are already doing to each other.

Does anyone actually think that Chris was going to leave there alive? Even if she didn't pick him to die, are they really going to say, "Thank you for visiting our death cult! Please don't tell anyone that we murdered all of your friends. Have a safe trip back!"

Imagine going camping one day and just hearing “this was worst mistake of their lives” in the distance

"He gives in and makes the biggest mistake of his life", the girl takes off her face, which was a mask to reveal that she's actually Chris Hansen, and this whole commune was just a ruse to catch a predator.

The place didn't seem to be particularly well guarded. It seemed like a pretty easy thing to just sneak out of bed at night, exit through the wooden gate, and trek back the way you came in. Another important thing is once realizing that you're in the midst of a cult, to just play along and not make a scene about leaving like the British couple did.

I'm pretty sure the dance-off was rigged to let Dani win. Some of those girls were obviously flopping haha.

Here’s my 2 step plan to beat midsomar Step 1 do some research from home by asking the friend who is from there and look up the history of the culture Step 2 realize that you are not a field anthropologist and just write your paper from home.

1:13 "She did not go to therapy. That was her first mistake." Seriously though, that was wholesome in an odd way

Putting Danni in a psych ward after their loved one dies is not actually a good idea. If someone did that to me after my parent died I would be so upset. That's a time where you need to be with loved ones to support you instead of being with strangers.

a "blood eagle" is NOT a sacrifice, its an execution for the worst crimes possible, like killing the king or really REALLY piss of someone extremely powerful, and it was very rare, like it happened less than 5 times thoughout the entire viking period

that one introverted friend of theirs must be so fuken happy to not go when they invited him

Pelle was so evil. He led all his friends to their deaths and he specifically picked out Dani to manipulate into becoming a member of the cult.

3:50 I noticed something interesting here. I’m not sure where I heard this, but when a group of people are getting lured into a cult, the cult would try to separate them so they would be easier to control. As you see here, they were separated. They designed this movie so well T_T

one thing I LOVE abt midsommar is how beautiful everything is, the clothing, the season all that typa stuff like I feel like bc of how peaceful and beautiful everything is is done on purpose to seem like an innocent community

So what did we learn today? -don’t go on a trip if your companions don’t care about you -don’t take drugs

I'm low-key disturbed when people say 'good for her' at the end of the movie. They do realize that Dani's toxic boyfriend just got replaced by an even worse toxic community, right?

As I recall, and I'm nitpicking here, the "Blood Eagle" was not a sacrifice to Odin, but a cruel execution for criminals. Sacrifices to Odin were made by hanging people from trees, to mimic Odin's own hanging.

Just a note - the May Queen is a role, it's not indefinite, every year a different girl takes up the role, so the other May Queens definitely weren't killed off lol, it wouldn't make any sense for the village to kill young women that can bring children to them.

Dani: *receives a drawing and feels good about herself* Cinema Summary: Now this was the first mistake

This movie is proof that real humans are more frightening than anything paranormal

I watched a video from a former cult member breaking down Midsommar and it’s so scary how many tactics from the movie come from real life cult practices…

i always took her laughing at the end to be from the mental stress and trying to cope with the dichotomy of losing everyone she loves and then realizing the kind of power she's holding

To me, this movie was about how vulnerable loneliness and fear makes people. That’s why Dani was easily manipulated by Pelle and the ending showed her going off the deep end and getting completely brainwashed by the cult.

Let's be honest tho they're pretty good actors

I think that the reason people are so divided on whether Danni has a happy ending is because she's brainwashed into thinking this is her happy ending. She might believe it herself, but on the outside we can see how twisted it really is.

No Ghosts, No Aliens, No obvious Psychopaths, No Supernatural Phenomenona, No Guns, No Neuclear Weaponry, simply none of the Usual Horror Tropes and yet....Midsomer is one of the most gripping, psychologically disturbing and absolutely captivating films I have seen in years. Along with Heredity, this is an absolute Masterpiece of Epic proportions and Ari Aster is set to be a legendary Director and Producer and I really hope he will make more films of this calibre.

This movie follows the “dumb college students get picked off one by one in ways that they should have seen coming until only the pretty girl survives” trope and yet it’s brilliant

honestly, this is harder to survive than a lot of horror movies I've seen.

FUN FACT! If you go to 16:04, you'll see three pictures and the middle one is actually a normal tradition! we don't kill people though so everything fucked up in this movie is completely false. The picture shows a pole, wrapped in flowers with people dancing around it. In swedish culture everyone dances and girls usually wear flower crowns, there is no competition or anything! we just dance and have picnics (idk if I spelled that right)

8:36 you didn't mention *how* Pelle lost his parents. It certainly has significance that becomes apparent towards the end of the movie.

Person: *is literally just born* Cinema Summary: That was his first mistake. He could have avoided getting kidnapped and murdered if his mother never gave birth.

As a Swedish person I can confirm this is how we celebrate Midsommar.

As a Swedish person I can confirm that this is actually what we do on midsummer, it’s tradition

I think it’s interesting how Pelle was studying anthropology. He was studying American society as an observer. It’s a great way to put space between assimilation by researching a culture. Whereas Josh and later Christian approached the cult as a sideshow curiosity that would make a good thesis. Josh did start out with good intentions and knew way more about the culture than Christian but as soon as it got crazy he was all about exploiting the cult for recognition.

Perhaps the worst thing here is that people went out of this movie thinking it was a genuinely happy ending. They were manipulated into believing that Dani got a happy ending when in fact she's trapped for life

This guy somehow managed to smoothly transfer from elders jumping off a cliff to a good hair routine

I think that people forget that sometimes fear and survival instinct is really different for everybody. And seeing something so shocking early on can be used as a great way to divide and seek out who can be manipulated to stay forever. People don't usually have the time to think straight and realise they should act convincingly that they are okay and make a run for it when nobody is checking. Which actually could take a lot of time.

3:55 as an artist myself I can say that he probably did that in at least two minutes and at most five minutes. Stuff like that doesn't take long to do and is possible to do it on a blanket.

I think the fact that they barely question where their friends went when they start disappearing is very meaningful to why the cult managed to get them so easily. It‘s obvious that Christian doesn‘t particularly care about Dani, but you can see that the whole group actually doesn‘t care about each other, which is contrasted by how united the Hårga are and how much they seem to care for Dani. The whole conflict of the movie is really just possible because no one cares about anyone.

remember how pelle said that he lost his parents in a fire? and how the hargas have the ritual at the end of the movie where two if the villagers volunteer to be burnt to death in that temple? yeah not good

Her life before was chaotic, out of her control. What this group gives her is complete order, a plan and place for everything. It's all mapped out how her life will go if she stays, and that eases her anxiety and makes her feel part of a real family which she never has really had before because of that chaos. Never knowing what will happen is a blessing as long as your life hasn't been tumultuous and traumatic. Though people with traumatic backgrounds become used to it and start to feel uneasy when things are going normally and nothing bad is happening. It starts to feel as if the bad will happen at any moment and you are always anxious waiting for it to go wrong. It sometimes might make a petson self destruct to cause the bad they are always on edge waiting to happen.

as someone who has been in a cult i just agree with everything on this video. i hope this movie helps to spread awareness about cults, they might not get famous or sacrifice people exaclty like that, but all of them are deadly anyways.

How to beat MidSommer: Don’t go to a place without Wifi in a foreign country with your acquaintance after you had just lost your family. If I’m going to Sweden I’m not going in some secluded village, I’m going to Stockholm.

This whole movie just skyrocketed because this guy wanted to write a thesis

Your video helped me a lot to get over this movie, watching the movie lowkey traumatized me, but thanks to your videos, horror movies are summed up in a way i can enjoy

My personal theory is that Pele was behind Dani's family being killed. He had his eyes on her and found her to be a perfect candidate for the cult, however, all of his plans would've been ruined had Dani and her bf broke up, not to mention in order for someone to be vulnerable enough to get trapped in a cult, they must be completely severed from their other relationships. Lastly, pele mentions that he too lost his parents and was raised by the cult, so this could very well be one of their recruitment models

This is why I stay at home, in my room, on my phone, learning new ways NOT to socialize with people.

The actor for Danny did an amazing job and it perfectly portray how anxiety attack and trauma look like.

I experienced a cult like feeling as a former student at a Waldorf school- I got there when I was 11 and left with 19 without finishing my a level to make my A-level at a normal state school, this actually happened only a few months ago - the teachers were constantly love bombing their students and reminding them of how lucky they are to be here. At the same time they behaved incredibly toxic, yelling at us, degrading us. Our personality was totally shut off in order to indoctrinate us. And no i am not joking, this is real. They are teaches that don’t succeed in real life so they work at an alternative school where they can feel like they are doing something valuable. And it shows. At this place the pupils adopt unhealthy disorders and spiritual belief systems that are truly brain damaging. When I decided to leave the school, they made a great fuss about it, trying to explain how great their teachings are. It was insane, I felt like I got brainwashed. Lucky enough I am a very intelligent human being myself- without wanting to sound arrogant, sorry in advance- and was able to develop own logic against their indoctrinations, but I regret going there in the first place. I met people their who admitted needing a therapy after this experience and this just proves how sick this place is. The teachers like to call out mistakes and laugh about wrong doings. They compare students to one another, but when you call them out, they act as if they don’t know what you are talking bout, which is called gaslighting. Thing is, for people with depression or narcissistic disorder this place was great, because it gave you a reassurance that you are special - if you follow the rules or made any kind of great achievements. But you were either in or out. I was always out and therefore felt like an outsider. But now I understand that I simply realized that they were liars. Still it was hard to cope with a place like this where you are constantly drawn in by people who want to convince you they know what’s best for you. It os so creepy. I am ashamed of myself for getting too attached especially to this one female teacher who always acted like she looked after you and who got vey personal with the students. I thought she understood me more than anyone else and even told her- after I left the school- that I was in love with her. I immediately knew how this was just a reaction to her fake behavior towards me and of course regretted the whole thing. But I am especially angry at her, because she acts innocent and lurs students in to keep them at this school and shuts down negative critics.

I love LOVE this newer trend of psychological horror. Scary scenarios moreso than scary scenes/ jump scares. This movie would be scary without the supernatural cult, that’s what makes it great. Taking psychedelics while grieving the gruesome death of your family with your boyfriend and his friends that all secretly dislike you and want him to dump you in a scary unknown setting is TERRIFYING. Add a death cult and things get really crazy.

"her sister filled the house with carbon monoxide killing her entire family" this was her first mistake. she shouldn't have had a family, having a family is a huge weakness and thats why i personally dont have a father, mother, or any siblings.

"Wanna go vacation on a Swedish commune?" "Yeah, no thanks" CS: "And with that, he just made the smartest move possible"

“The Dead aren’t scary, it’s the Living you have to watch out for!” -Hel, Norse Goddess of Death.

When this movie came out I felt sick. My coworkers were happy for her and celebrated her, but I just felt uncomfortable and couldn't put my finger on it. I'm so happy to find out there was a reason for it.

How to beat Midsommar: Seek professional help, have better friends and STOP ACCEPTING DRUGS FROM PEOPLE YOU DON'T KNOW!

It honestly just shows how everyone had a weak friendship with each other.

I consider what happened to Christian to be rape.. I know people say he is "cheating" and he technically is but he was drugged and can't control himself..

I like how this video is basically just don't make bad decisions ever, even if your decision making might be heavily impacted by grief.

Are we gonna ignore the fact, how smooth he went from vikings to a frickn hair conditioner?

Imagine having a good time just to hear "and that was a bad choice" across the room

"Rehab" is like 20 steps too far, but "cold turkey break up" is also NOT the only option. The correct conversation to have would have been, "I want to support you as a friend; I don't think we should be dating while you're going through this."

So much stuff. 1. The director himself said this is a breakup movie, not a horror movie. 2. Dani didnt invite herself on the trip. Her boyfriend invited her, and told the guys to act like they were with it. 3. Pele was drawing the picture of Dani earlier, he slyly hid it when asked what he was drawing. 4. Is that pubic hair tapestry in the director's cut? 5. The old couple weren't thrown off the cliff. Nobody threw or pushed them off. 6. Pele is grooming her. Yup. 7. At the end of the movie, the elder spoke on a set number of sacrifices needed. All of the Americans almost fulfilled it. 8. All of them were distracted mentally when Mark was lured away. 9. You skipped the part that you can hear Connie screaming as she was drowned, by three different people, in three diff screen shots. 10. Pele was the only one looking at Christian being offered the drugged drink. 11. You missed the part that an outline of Dani's sister is in the trees as they carried her on the platform, right after she won May Queen. 12. You missed that the whole movie is in the tapestry at the start of the film.

the hårga: deceives, gaslights, and manipulates people into joining their cult cinema summary: "if i were in that situation, i would simply not fall for it."

The midsommar isnt actually like this is Sweden, all we do is dance around a big thing with flowers and grass. Then we usually eat something nice like cake or cinnamon bun.

That's the entire lure of cultism. To join some place where you feel you belong and are important because you lack those things in the life you're currently leading. In the Fourth Way, it is said, "a man may not change his mind unless he has become disappointed with his beliefs or is seeking a new belief." The only real way to break from a cult is become disappointed with it. Unfortunately, many cultists find their disappointment FAR too late...with generally deadly consequences.

That's a thing with a lot of horror movie characters lol. Things start going wrong, they could probably make it out if they left early, but they keep finding ways to be okay with the situation until shit really gets hairy. Then they WANT to escape, but it's way too late and the monster or whatever kills them.

_“The family does everything together.”_ *Literally me whenever I go on a vacation with my parents.*

I found it kinda weird that the friends weren't more concerned about the British couple going missing

The research you put in, and the incredible details the director added are amazing.

I watched this movie while on shrooms, it was crazy. They were high dancing in the woods, then I zoned out and came back to old people jumping off a cliff onto a rock. Then I zoned out AGAIN and came back to a dude in a shed cut up and turned into art. Crazy New Years Eve.

Me thinking “good for her” at the end of the movie and then realizing i was just brainwashed into thinking that and would not survive the hårga

* someone breaks their legs and then get their head caved in * cinema summary: this is f*cked up, but do you know whats worse than that? hair loss.....

How can they even trust Pelle the slightest anymore if he didnt tell them about the suicide things before the trip

I've watched a lot of horrors, and most of them I can laugh my way through. This movie though. This was the scariest thing I've ever watched in my life. I was so terrified that I couldn't even finish it. Literally gave me nightmares for weeks. Anyone got any idea why?

You forgot a part of the ritual love spell! If you notice, the boyfriend’s drink is also a different color compared to everyone else’s. That’s because she also put her period blood into it, like the rest of the tapestry says!

She doesn’t actually invite herself, her boyfriend was just an overall bad person. She was upset that he didn’t tell her but eventually encouraged him to go. He invites her because he’s hoping that she’ll say no instead of having an actual conversation with her, just to allow everyone to believe that going was her idea and let’s them be upset with her for “inviting herself” and ruining his trip. He was a bad boyfriend, a bad friend, and a weak character.

honestly, having a notebook with these same runes helped me understand this movie a little more when i first watched. I was with my sister, instantly recognized them, and ran to my room to grab my BoS that has some studies i did on different religions and spiritual practices

I gotta be honest with you guys - it would be devastating to lose your whole family and your boyfriend but damn if I wouldn't be miserable with someone who didn't wanna be with me.

"Chris is the worst boyfriend in the world." Welp he's already made the first mistake here.

How to beat Midsommar: Don’t go there in the first place.

Dani said that the cult's existence depended on no one ever knowing what was going on. She knew that they'd try to coerce them but she still didn't plot an escape. So many red flags ignored...

The way the whole screen gets trippy when they start tripping is so awsome

i don’t think that she “realized that that’s where she belongs”, i think she finally cracked. we can see a similar example in the Joker Movie when he’s on TV and realizes that his favourite host doesn’t respect him, just like everyone else. you can see him crack when he finally realizes that he’s going to kill him as revenge. Dani had a very similar moment in the last scene. i’ve seen so many people say “she’s finally at piece” or “she’s finally happy” but i think that she’s quite the opposite, and that that was actually her breaking point to where she couldn’t return.

How to beat midsommer: be an introvert

Bro just by watching your videos I’m learning more than I do in my science class