When it comes to the best horror films of 2018, "Hereditary" must be on the list.
The freshness of Rotten Tomatoes was 100% and the metacritic score was 89 points. Although the score has dropped slightly over the past year, it is still overwhelmingly praised.
The film was also rated by foreign media as "a horror movie destined to go down in history".
Such a dazzling achievement, at the same time, pushed the production company behind it to the public - A24.
"Hereditary" was director Ari Aster's debut and became the world's No. 1 box-office hit for independent production company A24.
In 2019, director Ali Astor joined hands with A24 to attack horror films again——
"A Midsummer Night's Fright"
Midsommar
Just looking at the poster, it's hard to believe that this is a horror movie, but a sweet romantic love story.
Generally speaking, a horror movie needs to be dark enough, and the night is dark and windy, it is a murder night.
But this "A Midsummer Nightmare" is different, the whole film is pure and bright, and the flowers are full of flowers.
The actors were even more dancing, laughing and laughing.
It can be said that it is a little fresh in horror movies, but it also hides the truth of twisting darkness.
Although not deliberately creating a dark horror image, it still makes people shudder.
why?
After some people left bloody handprints on the mysterious stele, they jumped off the cliff to offer sacrifices one after another.
Someone forcibly had sex after inhaling an unknown gas.
There are also people dissecting dead brown bears and then putting them on people...
All of this is a real cult organization.
Well, no more nonsense.
Everyone, fasten your seat belts quickly, the social brother will start the train.
Let's start with Danny, the heroine of the film.
Dany is a college student majoring in psychology, but she is a little out of tune with psychology.
Her emotions are extremely sensitive, and a little stimulation is enough to make her emotionally collapse and cry.
To outsiders, she looks a little neurotic.
At the beginning of the story, bad luck befalls Dany.
Dany's parents and sister Terry, who suffers from bipolar disorder, get into a big fight.
The sick sister, in a fit of rage, killed her parents first, and then committed suicide by sucking the exhaust from the car.
In one night, Danny was alone in the originally happy family of four.
Fortunately, she also has her boyfriend Christian by her side.
Christian and Dany have been in a relationship for nearly four years.
For this somewhat neurotic girlfriend, he has always been obedient and considerate.
It can be said that Christian is Dany's last and most solid support.
In order to complete his graduation thesis, Christian, who majored in anthropology, decided to go to Sweden for a month and a half with his three buddies, Pell, Josh, and Mark.
Out of sympathy and helplessness, her boyfriend had to let Dany join the journey.
The brothers were particularly unhappy about this, except for Pell, who also welcomed it.
It takes time to heal the pain. In order not to spoil the mood of others, Dany would dodge every time she collapsed, venting alone, trying her best to control her crying.
When I first arrived in Sweden, as the host, Pell did not let everyone have any visits or stops along the way, and went straight to his hometown, Haga Town.
Haga, a paradise that is not disturbed by the outside world.
Grassland, wildflowers, cabins, the scenery is unique, and people are relaxed and happy.
The aboriginal people with white clothes and blond hair are simple and hospitable, full of enthusiasm, and feel at home.
Midsummer is the period of extreme day, and it is easy for people to forget the passage of time and think that this is eternity.
Here, Christian and his party met Simon and Connie, a couple from England.
They were here at the invitation of Pell's younger brother Ingmar, who wanted to take a holiday here and experience traditional festivals at the same time.
This festival is held every 90 years and lasts for 9 days. The grandeur can be imagined.
At this point in the movie, everything is as beautiful as a dream, where is the horror?
But then look down, you will find that Haga is actually a place with evil spirits.
The walls of the houses here will be covered with all kinds of strange symbols.
There is a yellow cone-shaped sanctuary outside the house, and no one is allowed to enter.
Also, the dead trees lying across the grass have a lot to do with their ancestors.
The stunned young man, Mark, unknowingly contributed a bath of urine on it, and the residents shouted angrily to kill him.
In terms of outlook on life and love, the residents here are simply amazing.
The inhabitants of Haga believe that human life is divided like seasons .
18 years is a season, 0-18 is spring, 18-36 is summer, 36-54 is autumn, and 54-72 is winter.
People here enter pilgrimage at 18, work at 36, become mentors at 54, and die at 72.
No one is allowed to live to the age of seventy-three!
If a woman living in Haga wants to marry a man and have children, she must first bewitch the man.
After the wizard casts the spell, the male will take the initiative to find the female to have sex.
Also, when men and women have sex, there will be a group of naked women watching.
Also, music.
The inhabitants of Haga call their music "Lupulaud," which was composed by oracles.
What shocked the society was that this oracle was just a disabled man named Lubin .
If Lubin dies, they will produce the next oracle through inbreeding.
A disabled person with deformed facial features is regarded as an oracle just because he is the product of close relatives. This concept really makes the soul of social brother tremble.
During the celebration, the residents of Haga have to wear white robes and perform some crazy and special ceremonies.
And these ceremonies will be a midsummer night nightmare for these six guests.
The first day of the celebration is the Cliff Festival.
The six guests thought that this would be a happy feast, and waited and watched with curiosity.
Unexpectedly, the two old men jumped off the cliff one after the other.
One of the old men survived by luck.
But immediately, other residents will send him back to the west with clubs.
All the guests present were mad at this inhumane ceremony.
But the residents say that this is the greatest joy in their life, because they have reached the end of Hagar's life cycle.
They would also be happy to give their lives in such moments.
Because in their eyes, aging is a meaningless and bad thing that corrupts the soul, and it should be stopped before it becomes uncontrollable.
Simon and Connie couldn't accept this idea and decided to pack up and leave.
These wicked inhabitants would not allow anyone to leave alive.
And Mark, who violated the taboo (urinating on the sacred wood), was called away by a young and beautiful woman at the banquet and never returned.
Josh was fascinated by the culture here in order to complete his thesis.
However, the elder refused to let the culture leak out, refusing to give him the opportunity to take any pictures.
So, in the middle of the night, he broke into the temple privately and planned to take pictures secretly.
As a result, he just fell into the trap and was knocked out and dragged away.
The next day, the elder claimed that Josh stole the book and absconded...
In the group, only Christian and Dany were left.
Dany had planned to leave, but her boyfriend Christian decided to stay for her graduation thesis.
So, she had to stay in this ghost place.
And then, her and Christian's solid love is challenged.
Christian is planted by a woman named Maya.
With the help of dozens of naked women, he and Maya completed the fertilization ceremony.
On the other hand, Dany won a local dance competition and was elected "Queen of May".
What exactly is the "May Queen"?
And can Dany and Christian escape and ascend?
No spoilers, you can see for yourself.
"A Midsummer Night's Fright" is disturbing to watch because it falls outside the realm of horror.
In the past horror films, the thriller plot often happened in the dark.
But in this film, even if the day is like a shuttle, the sin is still unscrupulous.
The executioner even used the dazzling sunlight to hide his hideous face.
When you still think that the world is bright, everything is as it was before.
But before you know it, you are the only one left.
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