#the haxan cloak

SUBLIME CINEMA #598 - MIDSOMMAR

In recent years I’ve noticed several new directing names emerge - names that are tied with the horror genre, but these filmmakers are reaching for something deeper than typical genre pieces. Ari Aster, Jordan Peele, Julia Ducournau, David Lowery and Robert Eggers just to name a few. 

Midsommar is one of the best of these hybrid horror films. Beautifully shot, gripping, and taken to a macabre and frenzied conclusion - it’s kind of a stunning and fearless movie. It’s still content to call itself horror (almost a safety blanket), but dig a bit deeper and see hints of Haneke, Bergman and David Lynch all there. 

Also I’m glad that somebody finally realized that The Haxan Cloak is an ideal artist to enlist for dark film scores.