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  "description": "🇸🇪🌅💐🐻🔥 I've watched a lot of weird movies and quite a few weird horror movies. This is terrifying, but not in the grotesque Cronenberg-ian sense. It's also not as immediate or as overwhelmingly dark as Ari Aster's Hereditary . It's more of a sun-soaked slow burn. Dani experiences an unspeakable tragedy, Christian's an uncaring douche, Mark's purely a douche (don't piss on the ancestral tree) and well, why not tag along on a trip to a festival in the middle of nowhere in Sweden. Aster manages to blend cults, worship and ritual into their most horrifying possible outcomes. This one is the polar opposite, visually, of Hereditary . Hereditary was all oily, murky darkness. Midsommar is glaringly bright, floral and slowly winds in horror as the ritual in Pelle's home village unfurls in front of everyone. Every 90 years, 9 sacrifices are required to purge the Hårga commune of evil. Four outsiders, four volunteers and one chosen sacrifice. The outsiders are increasingly terrified, the villagers are unmoved and Dani observes the ritual's conclusion with a slow smile. Absolutely horrifying.",
  "path": "/watching/movies/midsommar-2019",
  "publishedAt": "2025-10-16T15:30:00Z",
  "site": "at://did:plc:sttgf52vkk46f6yuknvqxvgh/site.standard.publication/self",
  "tags": [
    "mystery",
    "horror",
    "drama"
  ],
  "title": "Midsommar"
}