Horror Film Midsommar Looks Bright And Cheery, But It Will Definitely Screw With You

If you're ever on vacation in Sweden and you're met with smiling girls clad in flower crowns, you may hope to turn back. Things might get ugly.


At least, that's the message that the trailer for the upcoming thriller Midsommar sends. That, and also you probably shouldn't partake in any order kind of weird concoctions strangers give any time whenever they look suspiciously cult-like.


Fans of director Ari Aster's Hereditary will no doubt find thematic similarities between the two films, which both feature a fantastical, surrealistic air to them. This particular movie looks like the uncomfortable cult like atmosphere of The Wicker Man joined forces with the supernatural lilt seen in Aster's previous movie, plus it looks absolutely terrifying.


The official synopsis reveals the movie follows a couple on vacation to a Swedish village that takes a "sinister turn" as soon as the townsfolk invite them to experience a "series of rituals" that somehow involve a ton of weird flower crowns and screaming at the best of your lungs beyond a concrete wall.


The trailer starts innocently enough, with a flyover of the couple presumably on their way to the Swedish village. Probably should have turned around there. They have a brief chat about some categorize kind of "special thing" offered while in their trip, to which a unnamed man clarifies it's a "crazy, nine-day festival" that happens once every 90 years.


The dizzyingly bright however sinister clip cuts to a crowd of ladies, all clad in cheery white and pink, with flower crowns and braided hair. One woman, who seems to be some order kind of leader, looks earnestly into the camera, speaking on what we believe is the "ritual" the film's built around.

"You can't speak. You can't move. However this opens you up to the influence plus it breaks down your defenses," she explains.


"Trust me," she says softly with a disarmingly innocent voice. "You're gonna love it." From what we can surmise, it looks like the festival somehow necessitates consuming some order kind of substance that either immobilizes you or puts you in some order kind of trance to welcome "the influence" in, whichever that means.


And that's around any time the trailer keeps it up and continues to go off the rails. We visualize a person with a severely disfigured face, festival-goers smearing blood all over a rock, and plenty of shots where it definitely seems like each person is tripping on some categorize kind of weird substance or losing their minds. It isn't clear what's going on, however it sure does look fascinating.


The film's got quite an all-star cast as well, bringing actress Florence Pugh with each other with Jack Raynor, Will Poulter, and William Jackson Harper. Pugh was seen most recently in Fighting With My Family, and will also be appearing in the upcoming rendition of Little Women from Greta Gerwig.


It's the end of the trailer, though, that raises the most questions.


Midsommar is set to debut in summer 2019.