Midsommar: How Horror Misunderstands Paganism

I watched Midsommar a few months back, and as a practicing pagan I had some thoughts about its representation of paganism, and how the horror genre as a whole treats these religions. SPOILERS for #Midsommar and other films mentioned

Videos cited:
Wisecrack "MIDSOMMAR: Is it Deep or Dumb?" MIDSOMMAR: Is It Deep or Dumb?
Comic Book Girl 19 "Epic Review: MIDSOMMAR" Epic Review: MIDSOMMAR
Scarlet Ravenswood "A PAGAN'S REVIEW OF MIDSOMMAR" A PAGAN'S REVIEW OF MIDSOMMAR + A GIV...
Arith Härger "The Tradition Behind Midsommar" The Tradition Behind Midsommar
Acolytes of Horror "How Midsommar Brainwashes You" How Midsommar Brainwashes You

Film clips from:
Midsommar
The Wicker Man
The Blood on Satan's Claw
Kill List
A Field in England
Apostle
Wake Wood
The Ritual
Penda's Fen
Equus

Articles:
Aufderbruck-Londres, D. (2016). The Representation of Paganism in modern Anglo-Saxon Popular Culture: Paganism in Movies and TV Series.
http://dante.univ-tlse2.fr/2462/1/Don...
Hoadley, E. (2016). Discrimination and modern Paganism: a study of religion and contemporary social climate (Doctoral dissertation, University of Pittsburgh).
http://d-scholarship.pitt.edu/28559/1...
"Cults, human sacrifice and pagan sex: how folk horror is flowering again in Brexit Britain", The Guardian, 2017 https://www.theguardian.com/film/2017...
"Devils and debauchery: why we love to be scared by folk horror", The Guardian, 2019 https://www.theguardian.com/books/201...

Music:
Midsommar soundtrack by Bobby Krlic
A Field in England soundtrack by Jim Williams
Equus soundtrack by Richard Rodney Bennett
Blanck Mass - Chernobyl
The Path of the Goblin King - Kevin MacLeod

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