Midsommar
2019 · 147 min · Horror / Drama / Mystery · TMDB 7.1
The short version:A breakup movie dressed as daylight folk horror. Almost no jump scares, but a couple of very graphic set pieces and a bleak opening.
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Synopsis
Several friends travel to Sweden to study as anthropologists a summer festival that is held every ninety years in the remote hometown of one of them. What begins as a dream vacation in a place where the sun never sets, gradually turns into a dark nightmare as the mysterious inhabitants invite them to participate in their disturbing festive activities.
What is in it
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Violence & gore
- Graphic goreHeavyeditorial
Details (may spoil)
- A ritual cliff jump with explicit injuries, plus a later flayed body.
Sexual content & violence
- Sex & nudityModerateeditorial
Details (may spoil)
- An extended, surreal ritual sex scene with full nudity.
- Sexual assaultBriefeditorial
Details (may spoil)
- A sex scene under drugged, coerced circumstances.
Animals
- Animal harmed or killedBriefeditorial
Mental health & grief
- Grief & bereavementHeavyeditorial
- SuicideHeavyeditorial
Details (may spoil)
- The opening involves a murder-suicide of the protagonist's family, shown with the aftermath. Elder ritual suicide is later shown in graphic detail.
- Addiction & drugsBriefeditorial
- Mental illnessBriefeditorial
Phobias & sensory
- Fire & burningModerateeditorial
Religion & the occult
- Cults & religious extremismHeavyeditorial