dyonisus

Ari Aster produces a gripping and uncomfortable film - if you loved Midsommar, you will enjoy this movie a lot, too. And vice versa. The production design is superb and the lovely and naturalistic home of the family slowly turns into an iery place of terror. The viewer is left unsure about what is real and what is the result of mental illness - or perhaps darker forces at work. The only issue with the film is that Ari Aster pays so much attention to detail that the average viewer can't keep up. There are tons of subtle hints, some plain as day and some so hidden you'd have to rewatch the movie three times to pick it up. This, while when rewatchint the movie certainly very entertaining, left me constantly wondering whats important and whats not, constantly looking for reocurring motifs only for them to play a minor role and leaving me a bit clueless at the end. The ending could have been done better, while Ari Aster tries his best to use different cinematic elements to portray the powers at work, it is easy to lose track of who is what and what is who. All in all, if you 'click' and manage to follow the ending, its an amazing experience of a film, gripping and certainly worth a rewatch. The performances are really all great and very captivating - coupled with the amazing production design and Ari Aster's genius storytelling this allows for one of the most immersive movies of the year. If you love indie horror and are sick of slasher or jump-scare horror, this is definetly a must-see. Definetly a movie that gets even better, everytime you watch it, though it is so uncomfortable, I'm not sure I ever will.