Hot off the heels of last year’s Hereditary, Ari Aster has delivered another divisive film to moviegoers across the nation. Aster’s newest entry into the horror genre is Midsommar, a film that fails to live up to the expectations that Hereditary had previously established. Save Your Summer—Skip Midsommar With a budget of less than $10 …
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In part three, we will explore the recent return of the subgenre, draw parallels between those new films and the previously discussed genre classics, and take a look at exactly what critics said about each film compared to what audiences have been saying.
What, exactly, is causing such a consistent variance in the reception of recent A24 releases? The answer may lie in the connecting thread among these films: the psychological horror subgenre.
Hereditary is the latest horror film from A24 and has been generating massive buzz around the festival circuit as the most terrifying film in years.
