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MIDSOMMAR - First Trailer - from director Ari Aster (Hereditary)
- Thread starter ParanoidRED
- Start date
It's audacious.
Reminds me of the one daylight horror scene in Annabelle.
Knowing the Swedish myth that this is sort of drawing from, I'd wager it's actually not about childbirth.
Well, it takes place in Hårga:
https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hårgadansen
Translate that page and it might hint at parts of the plot I guess.
This looks absolutely amazing.
Got a few cosmic horror vibes at times, and the final scene is super unsettling.
Cannot wait.
Nothing wrong with that at all, especially when it looks this good.
Got a few cosmic horror vibes at times, and the final scene is super unsettling.
Cannot wait.
Nothing wrong with that at all, especially when it looks this good.
For you perhaps. Occult movies do nothing for me. It's all subjective.
They never do anything for you? Perhaps you've just not seen one you enjoy yet, this could be it.
I really, really love how it mostly seems to be set in brilliant daylight. Having it all so exposed makes it even more unsettling.
That's what I think Aster's going for and I agree, it sounds lovely. How many horror films have we seen over the life of the genre that are in claustrophobic, dark, gross, night-time environments? A heck of a lot.
Right on, fuck trailers. I know enough from loving Hereditary and Get Out that I will most likely love this movie and Us.
Oh right, I remember that story from an "unexplained phenomena" thread a while back. That's pretty cool. I really liked Hereditary, but
ironically, the supernatural parts were my least favorite. I liked it much more as an allegory for mental illness that is passed on through generations, but that allegory fell apart a bit at the end.
Oh this looks like it's going to be real good.
Only if you only see it for like a matter of seconds and no other direct shots of it are seen throughout any other part of the movie, though.
It's one of the areas referred to as the Land of the Midnight Sun for a reason.
One thing I enjoy about this film is the washed out bliss color pallette. There aren't a lot of modern horror movies willing to just be daytime horror.
Hopefully it can come together. Hereditary had it's moments but really fell into the typical A24/prestige horror trappings. Maybe Aster can show some skill here.
Hopefully it can come together. Hereditary had it's moments but really fell into the typical A24/prestige horror trappings. Maybe Aster can show some skill here.
I expect lots of alcohol and screwing around in the bushes. Otherwise I am not in!
(Looks awesome)
(Looks awesome)
I think that sounds fucking awesome lol!!
Translated and copied/pasted below
Hårgadansen is a saying about how the devil himself, disguised to the gambler, got the youngsters in the village of Hårga in Hälsingland to dance to death. The oldest known record of the legend is made by the commander in Bollnäs Johan Gabriel Lindström in 1785 and is reproduced in JD Flitenberg's collections about Hälsingland [ 1 ] For the life science researchers, the Horgadansen is a type of sow, which also includes similar sayings associated with other places. [ 2 ]
Hälsingehambon, which is danced every year in July, with almost a thousand participants, begins with a dramatization of the Hårgasägnen on Hårga meadow and there the dance begins to the Hårgalåten and continues for several stages and ends in Kilafors .
It is a late Saturday night and all young people in Hårga have gathered to dance on the lodge . All of a sudden, in the middle of a dance, the music is interrupted and a new player steps out of the shadows. He had a big dark hat on his head and under it one could see a pair of "burning" eyes. The gambler lifted the violinagainst the chin and began to play a song that had never been heard before. All young people immediately started dancing to these new tones. But once they entered the dance, they couldn't stop dancing. The dance continued throughout the night and when dawn arrived, the gambler began to pull out of the lodge. After him, all the dancers followed one. They couldn't stop dancing. The tones of the violin constantly drifted on their feet. While the church bells rang the worship service, the dancing disappeared with the gambler. A girl remained on the dance floor in the lodge. No one had listened to her as she warned them of the gambler, but no one noticed the buck foot that he had when everyone was in the middle of the wildest dance they ever experienced.
The story continues with the gambler leading up the dancers on the Hårgaberget where they danced until only their skeletons were left. Some also say that you can still see the marks from the ring dance on the Hårgaberget, and if you are so brave that you venture out one night when it is full moon it is said that you can hear the music that the devil once played for those who died.
Hälsingehambon, which is danced every year in July, with almost a thousand participants, begins with a dramatization of the Hårgasägnen on Hårga meadow and there the dance begins to the Hårgalåten and continues for several stages and ends in Kilafors .
It is a late Saturday night and all young people in Hårga have gathered to dance on the lodge . All of a sudden, in the middle of a dance, the music is interrupted and a new player steps out of the shadows. He had a big dark hat on his head and under it one could see a pair of "burning" eyes. The gambler lifted the violinagainst the chin and began to play a song that had never been heard before. All young people immediately started dancing to these new tones. But once they entered the dance, they couldn't stop dancing. The dance continued throughout the night and when dawn arrived, the gambler began to pull out of the lodge. After him, all the dancers followed one. They couldn't stop dancing. The tones of the violin constantly drifted on their feet. While the church bells rang the worship service, the dancing disappeared with the gambler. A girl remained on the dance floor in the lodge. No one had listened to her as she warned them of the gambler, but no one noticed the buck foot that he had when everyone was in the middle of the wildest dance they ever experienced.
The story continues with the gambler leading up the dancers on the Hårgaberget where they danced until only their skeletons were left. Some also say that you can still see the marks from the ring dance on the Hårgaberget, and if you are so brave that you venture out one night when it is full moon it is said that you can hear the music that the devil once played for those who died.
That last paragraph!! I hope it is based on this and I really hope we see some of that imagery in this film.
It's amazing how horror movies are once again a testing ground for directors to spread their wings creatively. It seems like the genre is always churning out auteurs and innovative techniques.
Bright and overexposed and fulling of creeping violence and moods and all the best things of all my favorite most intense acid trips.
I am here for this. Gonna be wild !
I am here for this. Gonna be wild !
Not filmed in Sweden, and as a Swede I could tell it wasn't. The buildings and nature are not typically swedish.
Kind of reminds me of The Ritual, a movie where a group of americans get lost in the swedish wildlands and end up in some cult.
It's sort of......... always been that I think. It's status as a niche genre that doesn't need stars or budget has made it a proving ground for lots of directors.
Consider even the American horror landscape of 2000s: The Ring, The Descent, Saw, 28 Days Later, The Others, The Strangers, Drag Me To Hell, Final Destination, Hostel....... even studios were putting out worthwhile, unique shit.
Even the less "prestige" stuff was interesting. Queen of the Damned is NUTS. Freddy vs Jason, which totally worked in it's own way. The Supremely underrated Resident Evil and Silent Hill movies. Off the wall Halloween and Texas Chainsaw Massacre remakes. Found footage stuff.
Ultimately I feel like a little bit of momentum was lost from that generation. Blumhouse took over the entire genre and populist horror became a tiny bit more homogenized. In response, you do have an interesting wave of indie flicks, but I can't help but feel like a lot of them forgot that horror movies should probably be scary. Most of them are just taking horror movie architecture but not really working in the genre at all. The whole One Perfect Shot bullshit way of shooting hasn't helped either.
The song mentioned on the Wiki page: (possible spoiler)
Kind of matches the creepy song in the trailer if you stretch your imagination juuuust a bit. :p
I'm stoked about this.
As a Swede I don't think there is a way to do midsummer without it being a horror movie.
As a Swede I don't think there is a way to do midsummer without it being a horror movie.
Welp just like hereditary i got anxiety just from watching the trailer , day fucking one.
Hereditary was such a rough watch for me , the sound design and cinematography just gave me this crazy uneasy feeling in my stomach. something only The Witch did to me before but not as bad .
Hereditary was such a rough watch for me , the sound design and cinematography just gave me this crazy uneasy feeling in my stomach. something only The Witch did to me before but not as bad .
Still haven't seen Hereditary but i'm a big fan of the strange thing about the johnsons which ari has directed. Interested in this.
Små grodorna små grodorna är lustiga att se ej öron ej öron ej svansar have de. Eller hur fan det nu var.... As a Swede i see nothing out of the ordinary.