Challenges the stereotypes of horror and evil

Rating: 9/10 (12 April 2020)

Darkness is synonymous with horror and evil in film, religion and society at large. Midsommar counters this with summer bright visuals the likes of which we've seldom seen in a horror film. Critics are scattered on the themes and meaning of it. For me, its message is that when placed in a context of light, of conservativism, of orderly tradition, we will accept evil.
This is a film that stays with you. It's disconcerting like a bad trip. It's acted with total commitment and directed with a singular vision. From a straight plot perspective it can be easily dismissed as a Wicker Man reboot, pagan folk horror for a new generation. But it has something new to say that we need to hear