In a summer filled with reboots and sequels that can’t get people excited, one movie that seems to have everyone clamoring for something fresh (and demented) is Ari Aster’s new horror movie, MIDSOMMAR. His follow-up to last year’s HEREDITARY has been winning over with its deceptive sunniness and hints of vicious imagery, and last night the first batch of critics and journalists got to finally see what Aster cooked up.
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Come the end of the 150-minute movie, critics took to Twitter to hail the movie as yet another masterful horror outing from Aster, and one that left everyone mentally exhausted – in the best way, of course. Like HEREDITARY the movie deals with issues of grief and loss and does so across a beautifully filmed canvas and with terrific performances, particularly from star Florence Pugh. As well, but several critics have praised the movie’s dark sense of humor, saying it’s far funnier than audiences will expect. While everything from the performances to the visuals are getting showered with praise, there are simply some people who saw it who are at a loss for words.
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So, is everyone excited to see this movie or what? Like Jordan Peele a few months before him, Aster had a huge task in front of him to follow-up a critically acclaimed, popular debut movie. While time will tell if this one can live up to the praise of his first, these critics left feeling he succeeded in proving himself one of the best new filmmakers around. Stay tuned for our own review perhaps sometime next week!
MIDSOMMAR is in theaters July 3.