Christian attempts to escape after the mating ritual, and runs into a chicken coop where he finds Simon's body suspended into the air and turned into a "blood eagle" - a method of ritual killing where the ribs have been removed from his back and his lungs pulled out to create the appearance of wings. And surprisingly, despite the human sacrifice element, that's not … Well therein lies your answer—the less the outside world knows about this community’s sex rituals and sacrifice, the better. The go-to source for comic book and superhero movie fans. Before we dig into the Midsommar ending and what it means, it’s important to track the arc of the film’s protagonist Dani, played brilliantly by Florence Pugh. As the temple is set on fire, the villagers look on. When Dani returns, she hears the sex ritual happening and witnesses Christian’s infidelity. Two Hårgans have also already been sacrificed, dismembered, and turned into strange art pieces that are displayed during the final ceremony. As Midsommar moves towards its ending, all of Dani and Christian's friends have (unbeknown to them) been killed. Some viewers have experienced Midsommar's final scenes as a happy ending. Midsommar is a 2019 folk horror film written and directed by Ari Aster and starring Florence Pugh, Jack Reynor, William Jackson Harper, Vilhelm Blomgren, Ellora Torchia, Archie Madekwe, and Will Poulter.It follows a group of friends who travel to Sweden for a festival that occurs once every 90 years, only to find themselves in the clutches of a Scandinavian neopagan cult. Moreover, she also seems to recognize that Christian is the best choice for the sacrifice that represents the exorcism of evil from the community, because he - not the Hårgans - is the source of her pain. When he is finished, Maja declares that she can feel herself becoming pregnant - at which point Christian has, unfortunately for him, outlived his usefulness. She was alone, isolated, and lacking any considerable empathy or compassion from those around her. This post contains spoilers for Midsommar.. The A24 release is now available on home video. In case you’re new to the site, here’s how it works. The go-to source for comic book and superhero movie fans. Drawn into Hårga's culture and traditions by curiosity, a search for belonging, and the hypnotic nature of the Midsommar rituals, Dani and Christian each become a central part of Midsommar's grim final ceremony. Christian, who is still paralyzed, makes no sound as he burns to death inside the bear skin, but Ingemar and Ulf scream as the fire consumes them. The film stars Florence Pugh as Dani, a young woman who suffers the devastating loss of her family when her bipolar sister kills herself and their parents with carbon monoxide. He lives in Tulsa, OK and likes pasta, 90s thrillers, and spending like 95% of his time with his dog Luna. As Dani and her fellow outsiders find out in a horrifying fashion, Hårgans who live to the age of 72 end their lives in a ritual where they jump from a high cliff onto a rock below. Related: Ari Aster and Jack Reynor Interview: Midsommar. Looking for an escape, Dani follows her boyfriend Christian (Jack Reynor) on a trip with his friends to a folk festival in Sweden, run by a commune that Christian's friend Pelle (Vilhelm Blomgren) grew up in. This series of rituals is revealed shortly after the outsiders arrive in Hårga, when Connie and Simon examine a tapestry that shows a woman falling in love with a man, placing flowers under his pillow, and then hiding her pubic hair in his food - resulting in the man falling in love with and impregnating her. Anyone who's ever seen a "stranger in a strange land" type film knows where the end of Midsommar is headed: a ritualistic sacrifice; this much is obvious from the trailer of the movie. 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On the surface, this is the story of a young woman enduring the most unimaginable grief at the same time that her romantic relationship is falling apart, all while attending an increasingly ominous midsommar celebration at a remote Swedish commune. The end of Midsommar shows that this has been ... in this last section is through some of the clues dropped throughout the film about Dani’s journey throughout Midsommar. One of Josh's legs has been cut off and, as Christian saw earlier, buried in the garden like a flower. In the film’s harrowing opening sequence, we see her boyfriend Christian (Jack Reynor) is reluctantly answering her calls and telling her she’s hysterical for “overreacting” to a disturbing email from her biopolar sister. Whether she’s horrified or elated, she’s at least found a family in which those emotions can be shared. ‘Midsommar’ Director's Cut Details Revealed as Digital and Blu-ray Release Dates Set, More The violent, gory, yet somehow beautiful ending of Midsommar works on one level as a shocking sequence of stomach-churning folk horror, but it's also a … Christian is chosen to "mate" with one of Hårga's young women, while Dani takes part in a ritual dance and is crowned May Queen. She's been given drugged tea that's causing her to have strange visions, danced to the point of exhaustion, and experienced the emotional trauma of seeing Christian have sex with another woman, followed by a release of emotion with her newfound sisters. GQ: Tell me about how the Ättestupa scene functions within Midsommar. The final step is for Dani to be accepted by the Hårgan elders, but she hears the singing from the mating ritual and walks to the barn. 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Midsommar, the new film from Ari Aster, is currently freaking out cinemagoers around the world – not least because of its extremely bold ending. His brother, Ingemar (Hampus Hallberg), did the same, bringing two friends from London. Christian is caught and has a powder blown in his face that paralyzes him, rendering him unable to speak or move. Maja hides a love rune under Christian's bed and bakes her pubic hair into a pie that he eats. This is foreshadowed towards the start of the movie, in a conversation about how Swedish women are so beautiful because the Vikings captured the best women from around the world and brought them back to their own country. "Midsommar" ending: Ari Aster and Florence Pugh disagree over that insane final twist The ending of A24's new horror movie is so bonkers that … In the early scenes… By Tom Nicholson. He's been working for Collider for over a decade, and in addition to managing content also runs point on crafts interviews, awards coverage, and co-hosts The Collider Podcast with Matt Goldberg (which has been running since 2012). Midsommar, the new horror film starring Florence Pugh, just hit theaters, and the ending is about to leave you seriously confused. When all hell breaks loose after Christian's creepy mating scene, his friend's fates … By the film’s end, she’s embraced the values of this commune—values of community and found-family—and finally feels seen, heard, and felt. The ritual sacrifice is a catharsis not only for Hårga, but for Dani as well. The scene near the end of Midsommar where Dani sobs and her new "sisters" huddle around her, turning her cries into a chorus, is a parallel of the scene towards the start of the movie when Christian holds Dani silently as she cries about her family's deaths. Other than the ending of Midsommar acting as Ari Aster’s form of fairytale, it was also made as a unique kind of breakup movie… Writer-director Ari Aster’s last movie, Hereditary, was a grim stealth comedy for a select few warped minds, but Midsommar is downright funny, even … The bodies of the other sacrifices are also brought to the temple and placed around the walls. More: Read Screen Rant's Review of Midsommar, Hannah has been with Screen Rant since the heady days of 2013, starting out as a humble news writer and eventually clawing her way up the ladder through a series of Machiavellian schemes and betrayals. We explain the 'Midsommar' ending for Ari Aster's new horror film, and how it connects to key scenes from the beginning of the unforgettable movie. Here's what it means. Importantly, we see a scene in which Dani is inconsolable in grief, crying uncontrollably, while Christian half-heartedly attempts to comfort her, hand on her shoulder, staring off into the distance. Christian does indeed go through with the sex ritual, solidifying his severed ties from Dani. Tom Holland Is Mostly Confident 'Spider-Man 3' Won’t Include Tobey Maguire & Andrew Garfield Cameos, ‘Midsommar’ Ending Explained: We’re All in This Together. For the final pick, Dani is allowed to choose who dies—Christian, or a lottery-selected villager. We learn that yes, Josh, Mark, Connie, and Simon have all already been killed and will serve as sacrifices in the ritual, which now needs two volunteers from the village and one additional sacrifice. It's implied by the ethnic homogeneity of the community that only white outsiders are permitted to "mate" with the Hårgans, while people of color like Josh and Connie are brought in purely for the purposes of ritual sacrifice. 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And whether or not you're going to like the film largely depends on how much you enjoy a 2.5-hour run-time that's filled with building a very unnerving world. Her hobbies include drawing, video games, long walks in the countryside, and wasting far too much time on Twitter. The scene near the end of Midsommar where Dani sobs and her new "sisters" huddle around her, turning her cries into a chorus, is a parallel of the scene towards the start of the movie when Christian holds Dani silently as she cries about her family's deaths. Covering the hottest movie and TV topics that fans want. The members of this community value togetherness above all else, and when Dani is in anguish over discovering Christian’s unfaithfulness, the villagers literally share her pain. The young women of Hårga gather around her and cry with her, matching her screams. Like his feature directorial debut Hereditary, writer/director Ari Aster’s daytime horror movie Midsommar has a lot on its mind. What begins as an idyllic retreat quickly devolves into an increasingly violent and bizarre competition at the hands of a pagan cult. In the final act, all of the outsiders except Christian and Dani have “disappeared,” and the midsommar ritual continues with a maypole dancing competition—which Dani wins. When one of the volunteers screams in anguish as he burns alive, the villagers outside begin to mimic his cries, writhing around and crying out. Spoilers for Midsommar follow below. Their relationship spirals throughout the Midsommar festival, although it never really comes to a head until the end of the movie, when Dani chooses a new family in … He is made to inhale steam that gives him "vitality," and then has sex with Maja while surrounded by a group of Hårga's older women, who sing and urge him on. For the midsommar celebration’s finale, ritualistic sacrifice is necessary. We saw this practice earlier in the film, during the ättestupa, in which members of the commune cried out in pain when the elder gentleman’s fall from the cliff failed to immediately kill him. The answer to that is complex, but a good place to start is the fact that Dani isn't exactly in her right mind at the end of the movie. Foot in the Dirt. He also expressed his desire for the movie … If the article doesn’t answer all of your questions, drop me a comment or an FB chat message, and I’ll get you the answer to your question . The dead bodies are then cremated and the ashes are scattered around a sacred ancestral tree. She is given a flower crown and pride of place at the May Queen feast, and then taken to bless the harvest and animals. ** Seriously, if you haven't seen it yet and don't want to know, stop reading now. The Hårgans deal with the challenge of a small gene pool by having members of the family who are on their pilgrimage bring "new bloods" back to the community. However, things take a dark turn during the first ceremony, when two elders of the commune commit ritualistic suicide. Indeed, Aster has called Midsommar something of a breakup movie, and throughout the story we see how Christian is distancing himself from Dani, treating her with severe indifference and ignoring the sensitivity of her emotions in this fragile state—as evidenced by his failure to warn her about the ättestupa ritual they witness, and also how he brushes off her concerns about Simon “leaving” without Connie. By the time she's on stage in her enormous flowery gown, Dani looks pretty out of it, but the one thing she does seem to be aware of is that Christian has hurt her. Here's how Midsommar movie ends, and what it all means. The Hårgans watching outside the temple scream and thrash along with them. We dive into the grisly twists and turns of Ari Aster's Midsommar, and … A couple travels to Northern Europe to visit a rural hometown's fabled Swedish mid-summer festival. Warning: This article contains spoilers for Midsommar's ending (obviously).. To feel a little less alone. Adam Chitwood is the Managing Editor for Collider. It’s a bittersweet ending to be sure. The ending of Ari Aster's horror movie 'Midsommar' has split audiences. Ari Aster's self-described "breakup horror movie" explores ideas of empathy and shared pain to unforgettable results. In a discussion with Vulture, Aster described Midsommar as "a breakup movie, in the same way that Hereditary was a family tragedy." Midsommar's Shocking Ending Reveals the True Villain Ari Aster's Midsommar is a slow burn, but as much as we think we know the film's true villain, the final scene turns everything on its head. The A24 release is now available on home video. The sacrifices are an offering of life in exchange for life, and every year the May Queen chooses the final and most important sacrifice. Dani and the Hårgans watch as the temple is burned, and afterwards Dani presumably stays in Hårga, having become part of the community. ‘Midsommar’ explained: The filmmakers unpack the sex, rituals and shocking ending Florence Pugh’s Dani, center, is dealing with grief after a family tragedy, in “Midsommar.” (A24 ) According to Hårgan tradition, these nine human sacrifices must be made up of four new bloods, four native Hårgans, and a final sacrifice - chosen by the May Queen between the options of a randomly selected Hårgan and a new blood. First and foremost, a quick recap of the Midsommar plot explained as things get a little wonky as the film progresses. I asked Aster about a bizarre scene in Midsommar wherein a celebrant is seen wearing a … We as humans don’t want to feel isolated in either our pain or joy, and one of the greatest gifts a partner or family member can give us is to share in those emotions. Meanwhile, the only thing left of Mark is his skinned face and scalp, which has been placed on a straw dummy and given a jester's hat. Speaking of which, you can follow Hannah online at @HSW3K, All the latest gaming news, game reviews and trailers. And while Dani—still in her May Queen garb—initially looks on in horror, her face eventually curls into a smile, and she joins the villagers in their celebration. Note: This article contains major spoilers for Midsommar.. Midsommar's director has clarified a certain aspect of the horror-filled central festival following that shocking ending.. Midsommar's ending is about letting go of a bad relationship and opening yourself up to a better one - in a very twisted way, of course. Later, Christian has a meeting with Hårga elder Siv (Gunnel Fred), where she tells him that he has been granted permission to mate with Maja. At the beginning of the film, Dani is alone in her grief. Dani and Christian's relationship has long been troubled, and the Hårgans deliberately work to drive them further apart, with Pelle getting closer to Dani and Maja (Isabelle Grill) carrying out rituals to cast a love spell on Christian. Meanwhile, Dani takes part in a ritualistic dance, based on a story about how the devil disguised himself as a fiddler, came to Hårga, and forced people to dance until they died. In the meantime, Christian has been taken away, asked to mate with Maja (Isabelle Grill) to bring some outside blood into the community, and subsequently drugged. There are some exceptions to the rules against incest; cousins in Hårga are sometimes permitted to mate, and each generation has an "unclouded" oracle who is the deliberate product of inbreeding. Christian is then stuffed inside a bear carcass (still alive, mind you) and placed in the sacred temple along with the four dead outsiders and two volunteers. At the end, she’s sharing not just her grief and pain, but joy and celebration. Midsommar Ending Explained; Features Midsommar Ending Explained. Hannah enjoys weird horror movies, weirder sci-fi movies, and also the movie adaptation of Need for Speed - the greatest video game movie of all time. Related: Will Poulter, William Jackson Harper and Vilhelm Blomgren Interview: Midsommar. A one-stop shop for all things video games. The life of each member of the community is divided into four seasons, each lasting 18 years. He is brought before Dani, and she is given the choice to sacrifice either Christian or the randomly-selected Hårgan. And while yes, by the Midsommar ending Dani’s boyfriend Christian is being burned alive in a ritualistic barn, literally inside the carcass of a bear, alongside the mutilated corpses of their friends, Dani has found a sense of community. As the film reaches its endpoint, the audience learns that—surprise!—this cult-like community actually is dangerous and has very specific plans for Dani, Christian, Josh (William Jackson Harper), Mark (Will Poulter), Connie (Ellora Torchia), and Simon (Archie Madekwe). During the May Queen celebrations, Christian is given a drink with hallucinogenic properties, and then flower petals are laid out to create a path for him to the barn where Maja is waiting. She’s hysterical because her suicidal sister isn’t returning any of … All of the outsiders except for Dani and Christian have been quietly killed off during the week, because each of them failed in some way: Mark (Will Poulter) urinated on a sacred burial ground, Simon (Archie Madekwe) and Connie (Ellora Torchia) tried to leave, and Josh (William Jackson Harper) tried to take photos of one of Hårga's sacred texts after being forbidden from doing so. And although Christian sucks, some may question why Pelle chose to sacrifice Josh, who seemed genuinely interested in the rituals and way of life of the commune. Ari Aster's new horror film Midsommar has an ending that's about as horrifying as you'd expect from the writer-director who made last year's Hereditary. Childhood (spring) lasts from ages 0 to 18, and from ages 18 to 36 (summer) young people leave on a pilgrimage, spending those years living in other places around the world. Mark in particular despises Dani and keeps telling Christian to break up with her, and she is made to feel like an outsider and an annoyance whenever the group are all together. There's a lot to unpack, and we don't just mean bear entrails. In Midsommar's ending we see the final part of the festival's twisted traditions, as nine human sacrifices are offered up to the gods in exchange for nine new lives, in the form of babies conceived during the Midsommar celebrations. With Florence Pugh, Jack Reynor, Vilhelm Blomgren, William Jackson Harper. After Christian has fulfilled his purpose of mating with Maja, the true reason for bringing these outsiders to the village is revealed. The cult, like, killed people, and while Christian kinda-sorta had it coming, the idea that Pelle (played by Broken Social Scene’s Vilhelm Blomgren) made friends with the express purpose of sacrificing them is disturbing. When her family died, Christian and his friends failed to fill in the gap. Hårga at first seems like paradise - full of soft music, white clothes, flower-picking, and dancing. The Very Upsetting Ending To 'Midsommar': Explained. So, let’s jump straight to the explanation of the plot and ending of Midsommar. Heartbroken, bitter, and angry over Christian’s betrayal (not just physical, but emotional as she considers the entirety of their relationship), Dani chooses Christian to die, in turn choosing this community as her family. Since Dani had the option to spare her boyfriend and have a stranger be the centerpiece of the sacrifice at the end of Midsommar, some way wonder why she specifically decides to kill Christian. The straw in the sacred temple is set on fire and begins to the burn the whole building down. In the final ceremony of the Midsommar festival, nine human sacrifices are made in the yellow pyramid-shaped temple that Dani was told not to enter. She came to Hårga with no family, and now she has a new family. By Renaldo Matadeen Jul 08, 2019 Directed by Ari Aster. Long story short, Midsommar ends with Christian being sewn inside a disemboweled bear, a skinned Mark, and more gory human remains that all go up in flame in a pyre at the end … At the start of the movie she was shunned and rejected, and now she is beloved and worshipped. As Dani and Christian's friends begin disappearing one by one, it becomes clear that there's something very dark going on behind the scenes of the Midsommar festivities. Minutes later, Dani calls Christian again screaming, having learned that her sister just killed her parents and then herself in a murder-suicide. Those who don't die during the fall are killed afterwards by being struck repeatedly on the head with a large wooden mallet. This is why Dani smiles at the very end of Midsommar, despite the horrors of what's happening around her. We see the Hårgans practising this ritual sharing of emotion at several points in the movie: when the elderly man jumps from the cliff and shatters his legs, the community screams along with him; when Christian and Maja are having sex, the women around them echo their cries; and finally, when Ingemar and Ulf scream as they burn, everyone screams along with them. After the competition, Dani is crowned May Queen and is carted around the commune to bless their crops. Whomever is left standing last is declared that year's May Queen - and this Midsommar, that person is Dani. 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