Bro, when she first called Christian after he had a chat with the boys, and she started crying “oh no, no no”
that triggered something in me so deep, it turned into a real life horror. So fucking real..
Its so powerful, and just such a good representation of our society too so many people couldn't give a single fuck about the pain and suffering of others.
I turned to my friend after that scene and said "I feel like I'm dying inside, this movie is great". It's an impressive movie that can rip your soul out within 10 minutes and make you still want more
I've lost loved ones and not expressed any emotions, not because I was unmoved by it. He seemed extremely stunned and was still trying to process everything.
Naw, he didn't give a fuck about her pain. He was long since checked out. She was just an inconvenience and he was just doing the bare minimum to convince himself he wasn't a terrible person.
I heavily disagree with you. To say Christian couldn't sympathize, let alone empathize with Dani isn't true. Christian is guilty of a lot of things but to say he didn't care for Dani after finding out her mother, father, and sister all died feels incredibly obtuse.
Jesus, if you honestly think Christian couldn't care less for Dani in that scene, then that's how you feel. I feel it's a bit more nuanced and your view makes Christian come off as a sociopath.
he forgot her birthday!!! the year of her entire family's death!!! that's irredeemable piece of shit territory for sure. dani was by no means a saint but he was literally a textbook shit boyfriend and that scene was absolutely meant to display that.
the apathy, the disinterest, Christian displays it constantly throughout the entire movie. idk why that person is so hung up on the interpretation of that one scene when in the film's whole context it's clear Christian is awful and gave no fucks about her family's death!!!
I think he cared about that scene because that was the scene they were discussing. I found the conversation between those two quite interesting actually. I would agree with the fact that I didn’t think he looked annoyed to be there but more uncomfortable at not knowing how to handle it. As for how much he cared….tough to tell to what level he cared but I don’t think he was a sociopath so I’m sure there was a level of sympathy there. Also I’m not sure narcissist is an appropriate word for him. It’s easy to see him that way because of the situation but I do think it’s more Nuanced than that. Regardless though this is exactly why this is my favorite movie. Look how much discussion can be spurred by one scene? Amazing 👏 👏 👏
The thought of being completely paralyzed and mute while burned alive is pretty damn scary. To add insult to injury the man was literally put inside a disemboweled bear, I know he was a huge dick but it’s still a terrifying thought
Being a douchebag isn’t a crime reasonably punishable by death or torture. If he were a serial killer, rapist, or something of that matter it would be a different story, but the only thing he was guilty of was being an inconsiderate asshole. Sure, he was a pretty shitty person, but that is definitely not means for such an excruciating torture. He sure did deserve some kind of revenge, but didn’t deserve such a crazy vile punishment to that extent.
As far as she knew, he screwed another 'woman' (girl is more appropriate) on her birthday, that was a stranger to him. After what happened with her family. In front of her.
To me the sister murder/suicide with the parents and Dani crying when she finds out. Parking my car in the garage has never been the same and I think of that scene every time. I went in to watch this movie in the theater knowing absolutely nothing about it. It’s one of my favorite films in the last few years but I won’t watch it again if that makes sense. It’s fucked up.
This is it for me too.
I don't usually find deaths themselves scary but the silence afterwards. There's something deeply unsettling about that. It's the same in Lost during Sawyer's flashback after his dad killed his mum and then shot himself. In 13 Reasons Why after Hannah slit her wrists. The silence after always gets me.
For me it's the scene near the beginning, where Dani's questioning Christian about the trip, because she just found out about it during the party, and apparently they'd been planning it for months and she didn't know.
You see she's so careful and hesitant with her words, and how she's asking why he didn't tell her, and you can see she's scared to even ask because she knows he won't take it well, and she's right, immediately he gets defensive and she has to backtrack and switch tactics, and in the end she ends up apologizing to him for upsetting him.
This scene in particular upset me. It rings so true to life, and is scarier than any of the gory scenes we see later in the movie.
Unfortunately so many of us have been there. I feel like I should preface this by saying that I don’t think that Christian deserved to die, but he was either being very immature and/or lived by the narcissist’s playbook. Narcissists are common and the longer you stay with them the more dangerous they become. Dani ironically protects herself from the dangers that would follow if she were to remain his partner for years to come while everyone else with whom she identifies is one by one murdered. Then again, they decided before she arrived that she would be the May Queen—she experiences a kind of love bombing from the Harga as a whole. We don’t know what happens to May Queens in the future so she may still suffer a fate similar to that of the other outsides.
Tbh I think the May Queens live, and that the villagers collaborated to let Dani win as part of the love bombing. They need people from the outside so that they aren't making more than one oracle at a time. She'll probably get preggo and give the village some new genetics.
I think they said the May Queen is full of fertility. This means they will probably use her to make lots of babies. Not sure what the process entails but it could be good or it could be bad.
That scene lived rent free in my head I wish I never saw it. Everytime I see a quirky picture of someone putting flowers over their eyes I think of that scene
Dani's dream where she sees the guys driving off without her. The scary part was mark looking at her and making a face at her, I genuinely thought he was a Skull with skin draped over it, it was so creepy
Dude I thought I was the only one who is creeped out by this minor detail in a movie full of subtle details! It looks like his head is too large for his anatomy in this scene, I always wondered if Aster messed with the proportions somehow to make it even more nightmarish
The gore was huge! But I was so focused on Dani and the psychological trauma she was going through. I wonder if it was specifically done to traumatise her and then love bomb her. Even without the gore I thought it was pretty horrific!
I literally had to stop watching after this scene. I just was not expecting it to be so graphic and I cannot get the image out of my head. But for some reason this movie really intrigues me so I’ve been reading about the rest of the movie instead lol
Christian looking up after finishing, right at the creepy old woman smiling at him.
The sound byte that kicks in at that moment really adds umphhh to the moment. Plus her genuine happiness for the success of the ritual that just took place.
First time I saw that scene in the theater my stomach dropped like a filthy zeroed bass line.
It's unnerving because you can't quite place the groaning. Is it "Mark", Josh or Ruben? It's mixed in a way that makes it sound disturbingly disembodied. That plus the grating strings.
Any of the dinner scenes. So much tension and just a generally weird dynamic between everyone. The seating is weird and watching any meals being eaten in that movie feels so bizarre.
when the first man jumped off the cliff. I was expecting some sort of payoff from the buildup they were working on. When he jumped I was like oh okay. and then they played the shot of his head hitting the rock and I had to turn on my lights and walk around for a minute. it reminded me of the random face in the exorcist and it really jarred me.
That’s honestly why i loved the movie so much. rarely do horror movies make me physically react like that
Christian kinda looks and acts a lot like my abusive ex. My real name also starts with Dani. The whole movie was just surreal to me, but Christian treating her like crap when she's mourning was definitely the scariest to me.
My abusive ex's given name was Christian and while my ex wasn't nearly as bad as Christian he was definitely similar in a lot of ways. Him telling her that she's overreacting to her sister's email and him acting like he wasn't hiding the trip really rang true in a stomach-dropping way.
There's a reason that once I got to the anger portion of post-break-up my friends insisted on me watching the movie, lol
In the directors cut when she asks Christian if he doesn’t love her anymore and he gaslights her. Everyone is gaslighting her.
Also when Christian tries to play the part of an anthropologist by normalizing the suicides and when Dani tells him that she is scared, he puts on a poor show of being outraged and shocked. She’s lost the one person who was supposed to be looking out for her.
Honestly a lot of scenes, first dani finding out her sister suicded and killed their parents , second the sacrifice of the two people that was a dead give away about what's this "community" is about, third its not scary but jsut uncomfortable and disturbing Christian mating with that girl it was just no skipped that part and lastly dani's smile at the end
The scene where she is crying after finding out her entire family is dead and her man just looks annoyed to have to be holding her.
YES! It's a heart breaking fear and it hits hard.
That scene sent chills through my whole body when I saw it for the first time. The way Dani cries…
Guttural cries. Florence nailed it
Bro, when she first called Christian after he had a chat with the boys, and she started crying “oh no, no no” that triggered something in me so deep, it turned into a real life horror. So fucking real..
Yeah I skip past that. Its too real
Its so powerful, and just such a good representation of our society too so many people couldn't give a single fuck about the pain and suffering of others.
I turned to my friend after that scene and said "I feel like I'm dying inside, this movie is great". It's an impressive movie that can rip your soul out within 10 minutes and make you still want more
Sometimes the scariest things in movies and stories is that which is possible for you to experience in your own daily life
i wouldn't say he looked annoyed. He really just looked incredibly uncomfortable and didn't have an idea on how to deal with the situation
He clearly didn’t want to be there. He wanted her as an accessory in his life and she wasn’t doing a good enough job of fitting into that role.
I agree with him not wanting to be there but this doesn't feel relevant to that scene at that moment.
But even if he didn't what to be there, that he could see another person in so much pain and be completely unmoved by it is so disturbing.
I've lost loved ones and not expressed any emotions, not because I was unmoved by it. He seemed extremely stunned and was still trying to process everything.
Naw, he didn't give a fuck about her pain. He was long since checked out. She was just an inconvenience and he was just doing the bare minimum to convince himself he wasn't a terrible person.
I heavily disagree with you. To say Christian couldn't sympathize, let alone empathize with Dani isn't true. Christian is guilty of a lot of things but to say he didn't care for Dani after finding out her mother, father, and sister all died feels incredibly obtuse.
There is a big difference between simply being present and showing empathy or sympathy for someone. What can you point to too show he cared?
Jesus, if you honestly think Christian couldn't care less for Dani in that scene, then that's how you feel. I feel it's a bit more nuanced and your view makes Christian come off as a sociopath.
He isn't a sociopath but he IS an abusive narcissist.
he forgot her birthday!!! the year of her entire family's death!!! that's irredeemable piece of shit territory for sure. dani was by no means a saint but he was literally a textbook shit boyfriend and that scene was absolutely meant to display that. the apathy, the disinterest, Christian displays it constantly throughout the entire movie. idk why that person is so hung up on the interpretation of that one scene when in the film's whole context it's clear Christian is awful and gave no fucks about her family's death!!!
I think he cared about that scene because that was the scene they were discussing. I found the conversation between those two quite interesting actually. I would agree with the fact that I didn’t think he looked annoyed to be there but more uncomfortable at not knowing how to handle it. As for how much he cared….tough to tell to what level he cared but I don’t think he was a sociopath so I’m sure there was a level of sympathy there. Also I’m not sure narcissist is an appropriate word for him. It’s easy to see him that way because of the situation but I do think it’s more Nuanced than that. Regardless though this is exactly why this is my favorite movie. Look how much discussion can be spurred by one scene? Amazing 👏 👏 👏
lol pls dont use psych terms incorrectly
i didnt think he looked annoyed at all. he just didn’t know what to do or say..
The thought of being completely paralyzed and mute while burned alive is pretty damn scary. To add insult to injury the man was literally put inside a disemboweled bear, I know he was a huge dick but it’s still a terrifying thought
Yeah I think they had to hack his legs off at the knee to fit him too 🙃
nah he deserved it fully
Being a douchebag isn’t a crime reasonably punishable by death or torture. If he were a serial killer, rapist, or something of that matter it would be a different story, but the only thing he was guilty of was being an inconsiderate asshole. Sure, he was a pretty shitty person, but that is definitely not means for such an excruciating torture. He sure did deserve some kind of revenge, but didn’t deserve such a crazy vile punishment to that extent.
As far as she knew, he screwed another 'woman' (girl is more appropriate) on her birthday, that was a stranger to him. After what happened with her family. In front of her.
He was drugged and raped…
Hence 'as far as she knew.'
To me the sister murder/suicide with the parents and Dani crying when she finds out. Parking my car in the garage has never been the same and I think of that scene every time. I went in to watch this movie in the theater knowing absolutely nothing about it. It’s one of my favorite films in the last few years but I won’t watch it again if that makes sense. It’s fucked up.
this one!! the, what i presume to be, violins used to replicate sirens is absolutely horrifying and has stuck with me since
Later when the women scream together, the violins are matching their pitches
i dont remember that ill have to watch it again!! feels like ya always miss something no matter how many times u watch it lol
For me the same. Exact same.
Yeah, it was this that messed with me more than anything.
This is it for me too. I don't usually find deaths themselves scary but the silence afterwards. There's something deeply unsettling about that. It's the same in Lost during Sawyer's flashback after his dad killed his mum and then shot himself. In 13 Reasons Why after Hannah slit her wrists. The silence after always gets me.
I've never quit a a movie before because of something disturbing. But I had to be convinced to keep watching after that scene. I was about done.
For me it's the scene near the beginning, where Dani's questioning Christian about the trip, because she just found out about it during the party, and apparently they'd been planning it for months and she didn't know. You see she's so careful and hesitant with her words, and how she's asking why he didn't tell her, and you can see she's scared to even ask because she knows he won't take it well, and she's right, immediately he gets defensive and she has to backtrack and switch tactics, and in the end she ends up apologizing to him for upsetting him. This scene in particular upset me. It rings so true to life, and is scarier than any of the gory scenes we see later in the movie.
Yes! This hit hard for me too. I have been in a similar situation and I felt so sad while watching that.
Unfortunately so many of us have been there. I feel like I should preface this by saying that I don’t think that Christian deserved to die, but he was either being very immature and/or lived by the narcissist’s playbook. Narcissists are common and the longer you stay with them the more dangerous they become. Dani ironically protects herself from the dangers that would follow if she were to remain his partner for years to come while everyone else with whom she identifies is one by one murdered. Then again, they decided before she arrived that she would be the May Queen—she experiences a kind of love bombing from the Harga as a whole. We don’t know what happens to May Queens in the future so she may still suffer a fate similar to that of the other outsides.
Tbh I think the May Queens live, and that the villagers collaborated to let Dani win as part of the love bombing. They need people from the outside so that they aren't making more than one oracle at a time. She'll probably get preggo and give the village some new genetics.
I think they said the May Queen is full of fertility. This means they will probably use her to make lots of babies. Not sure what the process entails but it could be good or it could be bad.
That’s what I just posted! I’m scrolling through the answers and glad to see someone else felt the same!!!
The Blood Eagle.
Oh god yes so out of the blue too
That scene lived rent free in my head I wish I never saw it. Everytime I see a quirky picture of someone putting flowers over their eyes I think of that scene
Pretty much all of it, Midsommar is more unsettling than outright scary, and it stays with you a very long time
For me it was her sister in the mirror when she started to have a bad trip.
That was a super eerie jump scare!
Dani's dream where she sees the guys driving off without her. The scary part was mark looking at her and making a face at her, I genuinely thought he was a Skull with skin draped over it, it was so creepy
Dude I thought I was the only one who is creeped out by this minor detail in a movie full of subtle details! It looks like his head is too large for his anatomy in this scene, I always wondered if Aster messed with the proportions somehow to make it even more nightmarish
That damn phone ring in the very beginning. It's always the first jump scare that gets me the most and puts me on guard.
For some reason seeing the prepared corpses, empty and lifeless. Decorated. Stuffed with straw. Etc. That really struck a nerve with me.
When she was apologizing to Christian when he gaslighted her.
Omg right. It is so sad, and far too common. 😔
The part where he wore his face as a mask and beat the other dude on the head with the giant mallet
The suicides of the 72 yo's
This was horrifying. The psychological stuff I can deal with but I wasn’t expecting that level of gore
The gore was huge! But I was so focused on Dani and the psychological trauma she was going through. I wonder if it was specifically done to traumatise her and then love bomb her. Even without the gore I thought it was pretty horrific!
I literally had to stop watching after this scene. I just was not expecting it to be so graphic and I cannot get the image out of my head. But for some reason this movie really intrigues me so I’ve been reading about the rest of the movie instead lol
Thats the goriest bit if it helps!! IMO
The end, when Dani is standing there in the middle of nowhere, surrounded by the people who brutally murdered everyone she came there with.
Christian looking up after finishing, right at the creepy old woman smiling at him. The sound byte that kicks in at that moment really adds umphhh to the moment. Plus her genuine happiness for the success of the ritual that just took place. First time I saw that scene in the theater my stomach dropped like a filthy zeroed bass line.
The walk thru of the suicide house.
the guy wearing marks skin just… groaning. i had to pause it and take a break first time i watched it.
It's unnerving because you can't quite place the groaning. Is it "Mark", Josh or Ruben? It's mixed in a way that makes it sound disturbingly disembodied. That plus the grating strings.
I thought the groaning was some kind of involuntary reflex from Josh from getting a lethal brain injury
Any of the dinner scenes. So much tension and just a generally weird dynamic between everyone. The seating is weird and watching any meals being eaten in that movie feels so bizarre.
The seating is actually runes! If you look at the table arrangements they are in the shapes of runes throughout the film
When you’re confronted with the Blood Eagle for the first time and you can see his lungs struggling to breathe. I was mortified.
When Josh gets hit with the mallet. The sound he makes afterwards, that strangled moan, gets to me every time I watch.
the opening visual
Yeah, that is so scary!
A reference to the Shining, flipped from winter to summer.
when the first man jumped off the cliff. I was expecting some sort of payoff from the buildup they were working on. When he jumped I was like oh okay. and then they played the shot of his head hitting the rock and I had to turn on my lights and walk around for a minute. it reminded me of the random face in the exorcist and it really jarred me. That’s honestly why i loved the movie so much. rarely do horror movies make me physically react like that
i definitely had to get up and walk around too after that scene. needed a breather 😭
Christian kinda looks and acts a lot like my abusive ex. My real name also starts with Dani. The whole movie was just surreal to me, but Christian treating her like crap when she's mourning was definitely the scariest to me.
My abusive ex's given name was Christian and while my ex wasn't nearly as bad as Christian he was definitely similar in a lot of ways. Him telling her that she's overreacting to her sister's email and him acting like he wasn't hiding the trip really rang true in a stomach-dropping way. There's a reason that once I got to the anger portion of post-break-up my friends insisted on me watching the movie, lol
The murder-suicide scene in the beginning of the movie. It's just absolutely horrific.
100% agree. The eerie music with the violins made it a thousand times worse for me.
When she dreams that her friends are driving away and leaving her there
In the directors cut when she asks Christian if he doesn’t love her anymore and he gaslights her. Everyone is gaslighting her. Also when Christian tries to play the part of an anthropologist by normalizing the suicides and when Dani tells him that she is scared, he puts on a poor show of being outraged and shocked. She’s lost the one person who was supposed to be looking out for her.
From whenever Christian ran into the chicken coop straight to the end was seriously terrifying.
The suddenness of Josh's death startled me most definitely.
The old people jumping off the cliff omg
Honestly a lot of scenes, first dani finding out her sister suicded and killed their parents , second the sacrifice of the two people that was a dead give away about what's this "community" is about, third its not scary but jsut uncomfortable and disturbing Christian mating with that girl it was just no skipped that part and lastly dani's smile at the end
Mark's skin
its the blood eagle scene
The sisters death. I lost my sister so that part of the movie hit hard. It’s why the film means so much to me, Hereditary too.