Creepy hidden imagery in horror is nothing new, with notable examples being the flashes of Pazuzu’s face in The Exorcist and more recently, the hidden ghosts in Mike Flanagan’s “The Haunting of Hill House.” As it turns out, Ari Aster’s Midsommar is also home to nightmarish imagery that most horror fans – including yours truly – probably didn’t notice in theaters.
Twitter’s @DanielGayLewis has pointed out and screen-capped one of the hidden faces in Midsommar today, letting us know precisely where in the movie it can be found:
“when the hårgas lift dani onto the pedestal and start walking to the dinner table, you can see her dead sister’s face in the trees with the exhaust tube in her mouth… this shit is in different areas! what the fuck!”
Doing a little research, we came across a post on Reddit from a couple months back that makes mention of at least a couple other instances of this sort of hidden imagery:
- “So whenever Dani and Christian are on the couch in the first act of the movie and the camera slowly zooms in on the snow outside her window to the title sequence, I swear that in the snow outside you could see a creepy/demonic face for a several seconds.” – @noahhead
- “I recall seeing a face/figure in the rocks during the “fall” scene” – @hobbessss
- “At the beginning, with the wailing/singing, the close up of the forest line reveals a face.” – @GawaintheHunter
Midsommar is arriving on Digital/On Demand September 24, and on Blu-ray Combo Pack and DVD October 8, so keep your eyes peeled when you revisit the film at home.
And if you notice any of these hidden faces, be sure to let us know…
when the hårgas lift dani onto the pedestal and start walking to the dinner table, you can see her dead sister’s face in the trees with the exhaust tube in her mouth… this shit is in different areas! what the fuck! pic.twitter.com/zg4ejkfydW
— ger (@danieIgayIewis) September 22, 2019