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Midsommar: A Character Experience
**If you have not yet watched Midsommar and/or Hereditary, this post may contain spoilers**
After debuting the critically acclaimed film Hereditary in 2018, director Ari Aster is back for yet another mind-bending, unique horror fest. And a festival it is; although the festivities in Midsommar do not let you just be a casual observer. Those who view it must also partake in it, if not be the stars of the festivities. Whether they want to or not. The term “cult classic” really takes the cake, quite literally, in this new film that takes place in a remote Swedish township.
Before seeing the movie, I did not think that anything could top the disturbing family secrets combined with supernatural devil worship horror that was Hereditary; but I was in for a shock. Midsommar topped it twice over. Or should I say, it pushed it right off a cliff, rendered it immobile, and burned it alive, snuffing out any life left in it with the swing of a giant mallet. That’s not to say Aster’s second film took away any of the brilliance that his first…
