Show Notes
"A couple travel to Sweden to visit their friend's rural hometown for its fabled midsummer festival, but what begins as an idyllic retreat quickly devolves into an increasingly violent and bizarre competition at the hands of a pagan cult."
None of the synopses really get the pitch right but what the hell, this'll do.
Dir: Ari Aster
Joined for this one by Marcus and Seb of THE RETURN OF THE REPRESSED podcast
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