The easiest way to describeMisommar is to call it ‘a spectacle’.

In two-ish gory hours, audiences watch as a group of post-graduate Anthropology students travel to a Swedish commune in order to observe their summer solstice celebrations.

To say things go wrong is an understatement of epic proportions.

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The film’s official description reads as follows:

“Dani and Christian are a young American couple with a relationship on the brink of falling apart. But after a family tragedy keeps them together, a grieving Dani invites herself to join Christian and his friends on a trip to a once-in-a-lifetime midsummer festival in a remote Swedish village.

“What begins as a carefree summer holiday in a land of eternal sunlight takes a sinister turn when the insular villagers invite their guests to partake in festivities that render the pastoral paradise increasingly unnerving and viscerally disturbing. From the visionary mind of Ari Aster comes a dread-soaked cinematic fairytale where a world of darkness unfolds in broad daylight.”

From an audience’s perspective,Midsommaris deeply unsettling.

In one particularly gruelling scene, we learn that nobody in the

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commune is older than 72 years old, and they have a particularly confronting way of observing this rule. Spoiler alert: it involves jumping off a cliff, and viewers are forced to watch it in excruciatingly slow and intricately-filmed detail.

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Shrieks and gasps have been audibly heard in theatres with some leaving mid-film. Despite this, the film’s director Ari Aster – who was also behind the 2018 horror flick,Hereditary– has told The Washington Post , that it’s really more like a “breakup movie”.

“[It’s] more of a fairy tale than a horror film,” he said.

We can’t say we’ve ever subjected an ex-partner to human sacrifice and other bizarre Pagan traditions, but each to their own.

In a review for The Observer, Rex Reed described the film as “grim, grisly and downright sickening,” saying it’s ultimately a “feel-bad horror film about suicide, mercy killings, insanity, graphic nudity, religious hysteria, and the kind of grotesque imagery that exists for no other reason than shock value.”

Writing for Salon , however, Matthew Rozsa saidMidsommaris a “masterpiece of the horror genre,” adding that “it’s one of the best movies ever made about living with mental illness”.

Other online reviews have described it as “legimately disturbing,” “very unsettling,” and a movie that “accompanies you on the way home”.

Whether you choose to seeMidsommar, or not, here’s how people have reacted to the gory flick. Some of the tweets might seem cryptic if you haven’t seen the film yet, but it hints at the wild ride you’re in for, should you dare.

Watched #Midsommar last night and i pic.twitter.com/NUS9vAzyFX

— Jopet ????️ (@jopetdraws) August 2, 2019

i’m having a great time at the midsommar festival! when do we put our exes in bear carcasses and set them on fire? pic.twitter.com/fk1zsL2WfJ

— ???????????? ???? (@visitkingdoms) August 1, 2019

In retrospect, I probably should’ve seen ‘Midsommar’ before traveling to an isolated Scandinavian village for an annual festival where the sun never sets and a nightly bonfire under the Fire Sword plays a central role pic.twitter.com/MUg0OGVOJq

— Kim Kelly (@GrimKim) August 3, 2019

Watching that hammer/cliff scene in #Midsommar pic.twitter.com/gbjzWe5qn8

— David Opie (@DavidOpie) August 2, 2019

That’s it, I’m picking Ari Aster as my favorite contemporary horror director. Terrific style, cinematography, choice of rhythm… Just like for Hereditary, I’m currently feeling sick and so uncomfortable I want to forget what I just saw. #Midsommar pic.twitter.com/ruz1Aht5dl

— Kenza Zouari (@Kenza_Z) August 1, 2019

midsommar is so brave for addressing the real day to day horror 20 year old women face: graduate students.

— Gyl ???? (@GylBull) August 4, 2019

Midsommar But using Spongebob Memes pic.twitter.com/xvQWnmybBZ

— Alex (@AlexgTrejo) August 3, 2019

can’t stop thinking about this Midsommar review on rotten tomatoes pic.twitter.com/z5wuBKA19d

— Sammy Nickalls ????‍♀️ (@sammynickalls) August 2, 2019

I have a huge headache because of midsommar (2019) now pic.twitter.com/zaUO6l8gaG

— théo (@luxophile) July 31, 2019

midsommar is a pretty hellish experience for a lot of it but also some of that film is so joyful and pretty its like. Ahhh

— ???????????????????????? (@banditVEVO) July 31, 2019

#Midsommar had everything I want in a film! Bizarre folk traditions, raw grief, horrible men getting what’s coming to them, academic rivalry, and some lovely flowers. ????

— Eva Burke (@Eva_B89) July 31, 2019

I’m on a scottish island with a population of 470. This settlement has maybe 10 houses. Yet they have set up a feasting marquee and now this ribbon-wrapped structure. I have seen midsommar AND the wicker man & I am feeling edgy… pic.twitter.com/E8dsKjNd2h

— Dr Vanessa (@HPS_Vanessa) August 2, 2019

went to see Midsommar & it was a riot. it was boiling. everyone howling with laughter or horrified yelling. a mouse was in there running around. i spilt blue slushie on myself and then got so hot i had to take my top off & change in my seat. such a great time. movie was nuts

— beth mccoll (@imteddybless) August 2, 2019

i found the ikea mayqueens #MIDSOMMAR pic.twitter.com/nvg8Y3R7Ix

— damn hell ass queen (@bitchlasagn4) August 4, 2019

no one: the old lady in that one scene from midsommar: pic.twitter.com/M81qNGUcLm

— Laila Qureishi (@lailaqureishi) August 1, 2019

Have you watched Midsommar? What did you think of it? Tell us in a comment below.