Disturbing, bizarre, and excellent.

Rating: 10/10 (6 July 2019)

When you finally get to the end of Midsommar and realize what actually happened and why, it truly is quite the shocker it was meant to be. Throughout the film, the creepiness of the setting in which it takes place continues to be intriguing, made only weirder by the rituals that are seemingly normal and "fun" to the outsider. But from the moment when the cult women bizarrely mimic the sounds/cries/emotions of certain characters to the jaw-dropping climax, the viewer slowly realizes the horror that has taken place all along. The leading actress (Florence Pugh) plays a convincingly grief-stricken young woman in a relationship that is essentially falling off a cliff. As she realizes just how far they've fallen during the 'cultural outing' they embark upon in Sweden together, the sinister reason for each of their presence becomes more evident. The excellent part about the film is that none of this is fully recognized by the viewer until the very last frame. Great film for horror buffs with a taste for the bizarre and shocking.