Great Horror w/ Fantastic Lead Performance

Rating: 9/10 (17 January 2020)

Ari Aster follows up his debut film "Hereditary" with more nuance and distinction to his direction style shot directly into the veins of this slow-burn horror. Lead by a rather stunning performance by Florence Pugh, "Midsommar" finds a college girl named Dani (after stricken with a real-life nightmare) going to Sweden with her boyfriend's entourage. Then things begin to get strange and truly bizarre. The brilliance of having a true horror film take place where the sun is up 20 hours in the day can't go without saying as it makes the dark moments even more surreal and nightmarish. Throw in the characters' experimentation with whatever drugs come across their path and you have a deadly concoction. That May Queen dance is something else.