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Midsommar

Gatekeeper Strong in semis, fades in finals
2019 · Horror, Drama, Mystery · Ari Aster

Midsommar wins consistently — it's the finals that create the ceiling. At 57% overall, it clears most of the field, but the films that make it to the last round tend to be the ones it can't beat. Aster moved horror into broad daylight and dared the audience to find flowers terrifying. The result is a film that provokes fierce loyalty from voters who felt seen by Florence Pugh's grief and genuine resistance from voters who wanted the genre to stay in the dark. It leads both Ari Aster films tracked on BingeBracket.

Synopsis

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.

Round 1
58.4%
73/125
Semifinals
67.1%
Where it thrives
Finals
36.7%
The ceiling

58%, 67%, 37%. The decline is gradual — Midsommar doesn't collapse so much as run into films that are slightly better when the stakes are highest.

On the other end of the spectrum: Us at 79% is a comfortable win, while The Lighthouse at 22% is the matchup Midsommar can't crack.

Dominates
Us
78.6%
Kryptonite

Midsommar handles The Witch in the semis but can't get past Hereditary in the final (36%). The tournament nemesis is clear.

Of the 2 Ari Aster films tracked on BingeBracket, Midsommar leads. Hereditary at 53% is the other entry — a 0% gap between them.

Hereditary 52.9%
BingeBracket Record
57%
Win Rate
#10 of 38 in Horror #5 of 33 from the 2010s #1 of 2 Ari Aster films
Scores based on real fan votes in head-to-head brackets. 50% = wins as often as it loses — perfectly average.
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#2 of 8 in Modern Masters of Horror.

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Hereditary #1
Midsommar #2
The Witch #3
Get Out #4
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