Run Away!

Rating: 2/10 (27 October 2019)

Why is it that every new release feels like a pastiche of every other movie in the same genre I've ever seen (and better done to boot)? Think The Shining meets Village Of The Damned meets Invasion Of The Body Snatchers meets Wicker Man.
"Midsommar" starts off with potential: the tension from the moment these backpacking grad students arrive at the "only-whites-need-apply" cult compound is palpable, but after they witness their first horrific event, plot and action go completely off the rails directorially and dramatically. All the kids descend into a goofy mental paralysis that can only be explained by "Hey, let's hang around and see what happens next!"
They proceed to ignore every warning signal that should scream "Get out now!" until the totally predictable last scene plays out. I think the director threw in a prolonged graphic sex scene because even he realized the script had run out of steam long ago. Don't go there.