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Following the sudden death of his mother, a mild-mannered but anxiety-ridden man confronts his darkest fears as he embarks on an epic, Kafkaesque odyssey back home. [more inside]
posted by argybarg on Apr 22, 2023 - 14 comments

A neurotic middle-aged man's trip to visit his mother is delayed indefinitely when his keys are mysteriously taken from his door. He is subsequently haunted by an increasingly sinister chain of upsetting events. A short horror film from Ari Aster (Midsommar). [more inside]
posted by DirtyOldTown on Sep 17, 2020 - 3 comments

A mother (Bonnie Bedelia) unable to confront the heartbreak of her son leaving for college, delays his departure by making him sick. A 2013 short film by Ari Aster (Midsommar, Hereditary.) [more inside]
posted by DirtyOldTown on Sep 16, 2020 - 2 comments

A dark domestic horror drama about the ties that bind and the ties that really bind. An early short film by Ari Aster (Midsommar, Hereditary). [more inside]
posted by DirtyOldTown on Sep 16, 2020 - 3 comments

A couple travels to Sweden to visit a rural hometown's fabled mid-summer festival. What begins as an idyllic retreat quickly devolves into an increasingly violent and bizarre competition at the hands of a pagan cult. (IMDB)
posted by Countess Elena on Jul 4, 2019 - 68 comments