Each death, ranked from least to most shocking

The gory, gruesome, and utterly unforgettable Midsummer Deaths are a key reason the 2019 horror movie from Ari Aster and A24 continues to generate conversation. Midsummer is saturated with gruesome deaths that pack a punch in both shock factor and sheer gore. No character dead in Midsummer is a cast moment, with the Hårga cult killing off the cast one by one in accordance with their chilling traditions.

Florence Pugh stars in the terrifying A24 horror movie as Dani, the central protagonist and only main character who manages to survive until the Midsummer ending However, Dani's sanity is more or less broken by the point the credits roll, and it's all thanks to witnessing the many deaths in Midsummer, All that defy both belief and horror movie convention. However, some Midsummer Deaths are more disturbing than others, and it's easy to see why the most shocking ones linger in the minds of many viewers years after watching.

Midsommar Deaths in Chronological Order:

8

The Ardur family

The first details of Midsommar were more tragic than shocking

Midsummer Opens with the death of every member of the Ardor family except Danny. Danny's sister Teri (Klaudia Csányi) loses her ongoing battle with her mental health and decides to take her own life, filling the Ardor home with carbon monoxide. This not only results in the death of Terry, but also her and Danny's parents. It's a truly shocking moment to open Midsummer On, and a tragic one, although it pales in comparison to what is to come.

Given that Midsummer It begins with the terrible revelation of the three dead, the audience hardly has enough time to be shocked. However, the creepy audio and vivid shots of the corpses are certainly enough to make viewers' eyes widen, and the mortifying deaths of the Ardor family certainly set the tone for the rest of the movie. There is also an interesting juxtaposition here, as the scenes depicting the death of Danny's family are much darker and more dimly lit than most of the rest of the film.

The opening sequence has been praised by many as a gut-wrenching and horrifying start to the story. The tone of the movie is established very quickly with the intense conversations and growing anxiety that Danny feels. While the audience can sense that something terrible is coming, the revelation that not only Danny's sister took her own life but also killed her parents is a brutally emotional revelation. The grounded nature of the deaths compared to the following adds to the impact.

7

Connie

Drowning was not a shocking death compared to others in Midsummer

Connie's (Ellora Torchia) corpse is seen at the end of the film, but it is the director's cut that reveals how Connie dies in Midsummer. When she was supposedly driven off to the airport, She was actually ritualistically drowned by Harga cultists. In the theatrical cut of MidsummerConnie's death is a bit more ambiguous.

While the fact that the cult kills her instead of driving her away isn't entirely shocking to audience members who should already distrust the commune, it is jolting to see her hay-stacked corpse in a wheelbarrow at the end of the film. In the context of the other Midsummer Death, however, Connie's fate feels relatively tame.

As a testimony to its lesser impact in relation to the other characters, when Connie's body is revealed at the end of the movie, it is almost a surprise because the audience forgot about her. She didn't play much of the role in the movie before this part and her ending doesn't add much to the character. However, it is a tragic death because she was one of the rational people who wanted to get out of there immediately, but did not understand exactly how much danger she was in.

6

Josh

Josh's death in Midsummer came quickly

Josh (William Jackson Harper) has a relatively fast Midsummer Death, and this is one that comes as a shock for two reasons - how quickly it happens, and what the Harga that kills him is wearing. As punishment for taking a photo of sacred texts that he was forbidden to see, A Harga senior wearing Mark's face bludgeons Josh in the back of the head with a mallet.

Midsummer Viewers familiar with horror movie tropes may suspect that Josh met an unfortunate end when he sneaks off to do the one thing an elder of the cult specifically told him not to do. Still, an older man reveals to him to wander while wearing Mark's face makes for one of the scariest scenes in Midsummer. Seeing just Josh's feet sticking up from a patch of dirt towards the end of the film is no consolation.

There are a lot of inventive and cruel murders in MidsummerBut this is not one of them. Although there is a brutality to the overt of the violent act, it also feels surprising that there was no more to Josh's end than just a quick hit to the head. Indeed, it is a death that is immediately overshadowed by the discovery of the mask of Mark's face.

5

Mark

Midsommar did not show that Mark was flagged alive

Thankfully, the death of Will Poulter's character in Midsummer is not shown on screen, although the implications and aftermath later in the movie - such as when Josh dies - show that Mark has one of the most painful deaths. Mark finds the need to relieve himself by urinating on a sacred tree, causing a cultist to lead him away. It's not until later in Midsummer That his death by the skin removed is revealed when an old man turns up wearing his face.

Despite viewers knowing at this point that being taken away from the group by a cult member can't be a good thing, Mark's death is not actually shown. It adds to the shock factor when the old man who kills Josh is wearing his face. This is also the first time that Midsummer Shows that a member of the core character's group has died, and using a Hårga cult member wearing his skin to do so is very unseemly.

What makes this death more memorable even though it happens off-screen is that it has a slight comedic edge. Midsummer Has a lot of dark humor, but Mark is particularly funny in how annoying and disgusting he is. When he urinates on the sacred tree, it is clear that bad things are coming his way and his nervousness because of this makes his impending doom strangely funny.

4

Ylva

The first ritualistic death in Midsummer is gruesome…

Although Ylva (Katarina Weidhagen) is not one of the core group of friends in Midsummer, She still manages to have one of the most shocking deaths of any to happen due to the Hårga's murderous summer festival. reached the ripe age of 72, Ylva engages in a ritual to kill herself by jumping off a cliff. She dies on impact, her bloody corpse bouncing off the rock.

This is the first ritualistic death that the core group of Midsummer The characters testify in the commune, and it is just as shocking for the audience as it is for them. Not only is the ritual itself a terrible dose of culture shock, but the brilliant display of gore that accompanies it when Ylva's corpse hits the ground is sickening.

Although it is not the first death of the movie, it is the one that communicates to the audience and the main characters that there is something dark and deadly with the cult. It turns out that they may be in more danger than they thought.

3

Dan

... But not as cruel as the second one

Dan (Björn Andrésen) is, along with Ylva, one of the two elders who kills himself as part of a ritual in one of the scariest. Midsummer Scenes. Rather than die on impact like Ylva, however, Dan is left wailing in agony as he hits the ground before cultists bludgeon him to death.

The audience has barely recovered from the shock of Ylva's ritualistic suicide when Dan jumps off the cliff as well. The death is made significantly worse if Dan does not die immediately, leaving him in pure misery, until the commune puts its head in it. This makes it seem like the disturbing scene will never end and introduces audiences to the true unforeseen brutality of the cult.

Although Dan was a willing participant in the ritual, this does not protect him from the agony of the reality of what he chose to do. There is also a disturbing moment with the rest of the cult members mirroring his screams of pain as if to show that they share this suffering with him. This is mirrored later in the movie with Danny's own cries of anguish.

2

Simon

One of the most brutal deaths of Midsommer is taken from the pages of history

As Mark, the actual moment that Simon (Archie Madekwe) is killed, thankfully, is not one of the on-screen deaths in Midsummer. But, also like Mark, seeing the aftermath is enough to make it instantly one of the most shocking in the entire movie. His death is revealed when Christian (Jack Raynor) stumbles upon Simon's corpse strung up in a barn. His lungs have been ripped out of his back, creating a haunting blood eagle display.

Simon having his lungs ripped out by cultists is quite the horrible way for him to meet his end. Even though his actual death happens off-screen, the stomach-churning blood eagle exhibit that his body value is definitely enough for viewers to gasp and repulse the disturbing images. The blood eagle was traditionally a Viking method of execution and is notorious for being one of the most painful known ways to die in history.

While Simon isn't a memorable character before he makes his exit, the death skill has a big impact. It is one of the most memorable images of the movie, with a mix of terror and beauty that is difficult for the audience to shake. It adds to the surreal nature of the movie's climax.

1

Christian

Dani ensures that the final Midsommer death is also the most shocking

After Danny catches Christian participating in a sexual ritual with a young cultist, his fate is left in her hands as the May Queen. She chooses him as the last human sacrifice, and so they stick him in a dead bear and let him burn in a teepee. Because Dany assumes the whole May Queen thing right after she catches Christian having sex with another woman, the fact that she puts him to death isn't a huge surprise—especially since the weirdness she's already witnessed has likely desensitized her to the idea of Human sacrifice.

Still, the fact that Christian is sacrificed only because Danny - the hero of the movie - commands it makes it the most shocking Midsummer Death. The death of every other character felt inevitable. Danny had a chance to save Christian, but he chose not to because of his dishonesty (which, one could also argue, was forced). What's more, the utter brutality of Christian being forced to carry a bear's corpse and then burn alive is quite the jarring conclusion to a hideously wonderful film.

The image of Christian's frozen and frightened face in a bear skin as the flames surround him has become iconic, adding to the memorable nature of the death. It also inspired one of the most debated aspects of the movie, with fans arguing whether Dani was right or wrong for making such a seemingly cruel decision.

How Deaths in Midsummer compares to Ari Aster's other films

Ari Aster has announced himself as one of the most exciting new filmmakers in recent years while being a particularly exciting voice in horror. As such, his movies have been unsettling and featured some memorable death scenes that rival some of ​​the gruesome kills in Midsummer. Aster's latest movie, Bea is scaredis his most violent in a way, but it comes off as less shocking before it is presented in a surreal comedic way that is easier to separate from the deaths in Midsummer.

One prime example of this is that there is a death in Bea is scared This is similar to Dan's death, jumping off a cliff. Although the results are similarly gory, it doesn't have the same impact as seeing Dan's fall and painful aftermath because so little of the movie is grounded. In contrast, Aster s Hereditary is a supernatural movie, but it deals with its characters in an intimate way so their deaths are visceral even if they are over-the-top. Seeing Steve suddenly burst into flames or Annie gradually see her head off are otherworldly deaths, but harrowing nonetheless.

however, There is one death in Aster's career so far, that of Charlie Hereditary. The deaths of children in movies are always impressive, but Aster masterfully constructs Charlie's memorable exit from the movie with the foreboding sense of doom and the deep anxiety of her brother, Peter, trying to save her life after she has an allergic reaction. However, for Charlie to suddenly be decapitated by a telephone pole while desperately sticking her head out of the car window is such a sudden and shocking moment that it has become an iconic horror movie death.