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Watch the first trail­er for Flo­rence Pugh folk hor­ror Midsommar

05 Mar 2019

Words by Adam Woodward

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Two people walking hand-in-hand through a field of colourful wildflowers towards a large cross in the distance.
Some­thing wicked this way comes… in Ari Aster’s fol­low-up to Hereditary.

Hav­ing switched seam­less­ly between his­tor­i­cal epic (Out­law King), espi­onage thriller (The Lit­tle Drum­mer Girl) and feel-good sports dra­ma (Fight­ing with My Fam­i­ly) with­in the space of a few months, it would appear there’s no end to Flo­rence Pugh’s versatility.

Excit­ing­ly, the British actor is set to expand her reper­toire still fur­ther this year with a star­ring role in Gre­ta Gerwig’s adap­ta­tion of ​‘Lit­tle Women’. Before that though, she’s top­ping the bill in Mid­som­mar, the new night­mare from Hered­i­tary writer/​director Ari Aster.

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Set in rur­al Scan­di­navia dur­ing the epony­mous annu­al sum­mer fes­tiv­i­ties, the film sees Pugh’s Dani trav­el to a remote Swedish vil­lage with her boyfriend seek­ing escape, only to dis­cov­er that its res­i­dents have some rather unusu­al and sin­is­ter sea­son­al tra­di­tions. Will Poul­ter, William Jack­son Harp­er and Jack Reynor co-star.

Mid­som­mar has been described by Aster as a dark road-trip/break-up movie which descends into full-bore hor­ror. With its bucol­ic set­ting, mys­te­ri­ous plot and folk hor­ror stylings, we’re get­ting strong The Wick­er Man/​Kill List vibes, while the direc­tor him­self has cit­ed Black Nar­cis­sus, Hard to Be a God and 1971’s Mac­beth as key ref­er­ence points. It’s tan­ta­lis­ing­ly freaky stuff, and the white crop lines lend this first look teas­er a sun-bleached, dream­like quality.

Giv­en what Aster man­aged to achieve with his debut fea­ture on a pret­ty slim bud­get, we’ve got high hopes for this one – and if our work­ings are cor­rect, the fes­tiv­i­ties could begin ear­ly. Check out the full trail­er below and share your thoughts with us @LWLies

Mid­som­mar is released in the US on 9 August and the UK on 16 August.

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