"Midsommar" isn't just a great horror movie ... but his presence is clearly explained as the result of the cult having an inbreeding problem. While he is objectified and, by Aster's own admission ...

Midsommar starts off with the tragic deaths ... When Josh receives an explanation of the Oracle, a product of inbreeding, the elder says they have "unclouded intuition." One of the comments ...

and each generation has an "unclouded" oracle who is the deliberate product of inbreeding. As Midsommar approaches its ending, Dani and Christian's friends have died. Dani and Christian's ...

Like all good human sacrifice stories, Midsommar asks that simple ... is the product of inbreeding, supposedly the source of his insights. Above all, to be a member of Hårga is to let go of ...

Some scenes that come to mind feature elderly folk jumping off cliffs, an inbred oracle wearing someone else’s face ... They arrive in time for Midsommar, a celebration of life, death, and nature both ...

Midsommar works differently ... There are elders walking off cliffs, pubic hair in meat pies, an inbred “prophet,” and flowers stuffed into places flowers should not go.

Midsommar has become a modern classic by cementing a renaissance in the folk horror genre while helping to make a star out of Florence Pugh. Writer-director Ari Aster delivers the horror in broad ...

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Director Ari Aster’s Midsommar was one of the most talked about movies of 2019, partly due to Florence Pugh’s superb central performance, but also because it has one of the most surprising and ...