Summary
Several friends travel to Sweden to study as anthropologists a summer festival that is held every ninety years in the remote hometown of one of them. What begins as a dream vacation in a place where the sun never sets, gradually turns into a dark nightmare as the mysterious inhabitants invite them to participate in their disturbing festive activities.
Good for
- Friends night
- Thought-provoking
- Adults
Skip it if
- You want fast pacing
- Graphic violence bothers you
- You scare easily
Where to watch
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At a glance
Critics vs audiences
Critics and audiences agree
Critics 72Audiences 71GoodWatch 71
Box office
5.4×its budget
- Budget
- $9 M
- Worldwide
- $48 M
Worldwide it earned $39 M more than it cost.
Running time
2 h 27 min
Longer than 9 in 10 horror movies, +52 min on the typical 95
typical 95147Half of all horror movies run 88–103 min.
Reach
Streams in 33 countries, rent or buy in 25 more
+23
Released
2019
July 3, 2019
7 years ago
Genres
HorrorDramaMysteryLanguage
English
Original language
Also spoken
SwedishMade in
Sweden
United States
Rated
- NRUnited States
- RUnited States
What's in it
- ViolenceStrong
- Gore, disturbing imagesStrong
- Frightening scenesStrong
- Sex, nudityMild
- Dark themesStrong
- Drug useNamed in the advisories
In white: what the content advisories name. Levels from the title analysis.
Viewing guide
AdultsFriends NightSolo WatchThought-ProvokingNot listed for kids or family movie night.
38 people
Florence PughDani
Jack ReynorChristian
William Jackson HarperJosh
Will PoulterMark
Vilhelm BlomgrenPelle
Isabelle GrillMaja
Gunnel FredSiv
Ellora TorchiaConnie
Archie MadekweSimon
Henrik NorlénUlf
Agnes Westerlund RaseDagny
Julia RagnarssonInga
Mats BlomgrenOdd
Lars VäringerStev
Anna ÅströmKarin
Hampus HallbergIngemar
Liv MjönesUlla
Louise PeterhoffHanna
Katarina WeidhagenYlva
Björn AndrésenDan
Tomas EngströmJarl
Dag AnderssonSven
Lennart R. SvenssonMats- ABAnders BeckmanArne
Directing · 6
- Ari Aster Director, Writer
- Beau Ferris First Assistant Director, Producer, Co-Producer
- Melissa Lawrence Script Supervisor
- Lex Hogan Script Supervisor
- Reszeli-Soós András Third Assistant Director
- Ákos Strommer Second Assistant Director
Production · 18
- Thomas Benski Executive Producer
- Ben Rimmer Executive Producer, Line Producer
- Pelle Nilsson Executive Producer
- Philip Westgren Executive Producer
- Fredrik Heinig Executive Producer
- Lars Knudsen Producer
Camera · 11
- Pawel Pogorzelski Director of Photography
- Fabrizio Sciarra "A" Camera Operator, Steadicam Operator
- Peter Horvath Grip
- Csaba Aknay Still Photographer
- Gábor Kotschy Still Photographer
- Tyler Furner Grip
Editing · 3
- Lucian Johnston Editor
- Jennifer Lame Additional Editor
- Max Berger First Assistant Editor
Sound · 12
- Bobby Krlic Original Music Composer
- Ruy García Sound Designer
- Gene Park Supervising Sound Editor, Sound Re-Recording Mixer
- Jay Peck Foley Artist
- Ric Schnupp Sound Re-Recording Mixer
- Ben Foster Conductor
Art · 11
- Henrik Svensson Production Design
- Teddy Blanks Title Designer
- Sándor Jani Set Designer
- Csaba Lódi Supervising Art Director
- Zsuzsa Sverteczki Set Designer
- Rico Olsen Art Direction
Costume & Make-Up · 9
- Andrea Flesch Costume Designer
- Katalin Jakots Makeup Supervisor
- Mónika Tóth Hair Supervisor
- Athina Sapanidis Prosthetic Makeup Artist
- Anna Törjék Makeup Artist
- Matyas Borda Prosthetic Makeup Artist
Visual Effects · 11
- Samuel Karlsson Visual Effects Supervisor
- Vico Sharabani Visual Effects Supervisor
- Robin Scott Graham Visual Effects Supervisor
- Asaf Yeger Visual Effects Supervisor
- István Vajda Visual Effects Supervisor
- Robin Aristorenas Visual Effects Supervisor
Lighting · 3
- Phil Sokoloff Gaffer
- J. Owen Rogers Gaffer
- Zoltán Kristoffy Gaffer
Other crew · 7
- Gáspár Szabó Stunt Coordinator
- Barrie Gower Thanks
- Fenton Quinn Thanks
- Árpád Halász Animal Wrangler
- Géza Kovács Stunt Double
- Noah Aster Thanks
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