How scary is Midsommar? Ari Aster’s follow-up to Hereditary, rated on the Scaredy Scale.

For die-hards, no horror movie can be too scary. We’ve put together a highly scientific and mostly spoiler-free system for rating new horror movies, comparing them to classics along a 10-point scale so you can determine which are too frightening for you. You certainly might start to feel dread about whatever it is these fair-haired revelers have planned, but the movie doesn’t sneak up on you much or rely on cheap shocks, other than one or two mild jump scares and some sudden close-ups on gory images, the latter of which is becoming something of a signature for Aster, who also memorably deployed the device with a severed head in Hereditary. With the score by Bobby Krlic, aka the Haxan Cloak, setting up an almost claustrophobic atmosphere of tension, the movie proceeds from one demented, hallucinogenic set piece to the next, and it has several truly horrible deaths that Aster’s camera dutifully lingers on. I found Hereditary more perversely fun than life-ruining, unlike some of my peers, but ritualistic violence and folk horror are high on my list of “I’d rather not.” Even so, to my surprise, Midsommar often plays like an incredibly dark comedy.