Here's Why Midsommar Is The Scariest Movie Of 2019

Ari Aster's much-anticipated follow-up to Hereditary, is finally here, so horror fans everywhere can dig into this sun-drenched piece of folk-horror. Let's look at why Midsommar just might end up being the scariest movie of 2019. Spoilers ahead.

Midsommar has been heavily marketed as a horror film that will scare you despite taking place almost entirely in broad daylight. Midsommar isn't the first film to do this, of course, as any fan of films like The Wicker Man or Day of the Dead can attest. It's not some kind of revolutionary breakthrough for horror, but as with many things in this film, it's executed flawlessly. As the film progresses, the daylight becomes such a threatening specter that you find yourself almost praying for a little more darkness. At least the darkness might cover up some of the gruesome events you're forced to see in bright detail.

Midsommar is a film that largely had to be built from the ground up. The village had to be assembled piece by piece, from the murals along the walls of the common sleeping area to that ominous yellow triangle temple where it all comes to an end.

The village is an outgrowth of the film's mission to be a horrific movie experience that takes place almost entirely in daylight. It has to look like a place of celebration, because for the people who live there, it is. It also has to subtly look deeply ominous. It has to look like a festival destination even as it becomes a prison. Keep watching the video as we show you here's why Midsommar is the scariest movie of 2019!

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The midnight sun | 0:14
The look of Midsommar | 0:48
An unflinching camera | 1:16
Gorgeous gore | 1:47
Comic relief | 2:21
A climactic dance | 2:56
The final ritual | 3:37