Midsommar vs What Lies Beneath

Midsommar has the higher audience score (7.2/10 against 6.4/10 for What Lies Beneath). What Lies Beneath is the shorter watch at 2h 10m compared with 2h 27m. What Lies Beneath is the older of the two (2000 against 2019). Both are drama, horror, mystery movies, so they suit a similar mood.

Midsommar posterMidsommar2019 VS What Lies Beneath posterWhat Lies Beneath2000
MidsommarWhat Lies Beneath
Audience score★ 7.2/10★ 6.4/10
Year20192000
Length2h 27m2h 10m
GenresDrama, Horror, MysteryDrama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
CountrySwedenUnited States of America
DirectorAri AsterRobert Zemeckis
Main castArchie Madekwe, Ellora Torchia, Julia Ragnarsson, Florence Pugh, William Jackson HarperJames Remar, Miranda Otto, Harrison Ford, Wendy Crewson, Amber Valletta

Synopsis

Midsommar

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.

What Lies Beneath

When Claire Spencer starts hearing ghostly voices and seeing spooky images, she wonders if an otherworldly spirit is trying to contact her. All the while, her husband tries to reassure her by telling her it's all in her head. But as Claire investigates, she discovers that the man she loves might know more than he's letting on.

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