★★★★★ (5/5) Where to Stream: Available for digital rental on Amazon Prime Video, Apple TV, and DirecTV. Alternate Version: The Director’s Cut (171 minutes) features extended rituals and more character development for Dani’s assimilation, making the finale even more devastating.
Revelers pick wildflowers to weave into crowns, a tradition symbolizing fertility and the rebirth of nature. Midsommar
The film ends not with a jump scare, but with a locked door and a smile. The Hårga celebrate the union of the May Queen and the sun. The credits roll over the haunting, beautiful sound of the folk choir. You are left sitting in your dark living room, blinds drawn against the real sun outside, wondering if you would have walked through the yellow A-frame door or run into the woods. ★★★★★ (5/5) Where to Stream: Available for digital
In the summer of 2019, director Ari Aster invited audiences not to a vacation, but to a waking nightmare bathed in perpetual sunlight. Following the crushing grief of his debut Hereditary , Aster returned with Midsommar —a film that trades shadowy basements for flower crowns, demonic possession for folk dances, and jump scares for existential dread. The film ends not with a jump scare,
