Digital Coffee: Midsommar

Hey there! You got a beverage for the age of the BEVERAGE? Yes, I know…cheap Corona joke but I got to try and keep the humour flowing while the majority of us are sitting at home trying to keep sane. I’m here to give you a little taste of a movie finds on streaming services (specifically the UK as I’m from there) while everybody’s at home for the foreseeable future. Today, I’m taking you to Hälsingland and the slowly unravelling, macabre pagan cult in Midsommar.

First of all, Florence Pugh is definitely an actor on the rise and plays what is a very difficult role of Dani Ardor with visceral emotional honesty. Her character already starts the tale at a huge disadvantage before what is believed to be an escape from her personal problems. Slowly, as the days pass things start to unravel in Hälsingland.

Best way to describe this is folk horror which gives The Wicker Man a run for its money. The acting and the world building is enchanting, the scripting and conflict pulls you into things further and the ending leaves you with more questions than answers.

VERDICT: Brilliant but not for those who have PTSD or issues with regards to explicit gore, violence and psychological folk horror. Proceed with this in mind.