u/lucidboy78

I know intercaste marriage is forbidden. But my question is child from Brahmin father and non brahmin mother in general takes father's surname and lineage. Are they allowed for upanayan ceremony? (If/ if not can you provide sashtra about this topic) And we see many of them performing upanayan, what will be the effect of them if they indulge in priestly works ?

I heard many ancient barna sankar stories (eg Bidur , dronacharya, viswamitra eklavya (some says) also it was much common between Brahmin and khatriya in ancient days ( Sri Krishna's yadav lineage start from khatriya king and a Brahmin Rishi's daughter).

So the story goes like some group of friends visit a new place small community, at first they are welcoming but soon dark things started happening, one by one people disappear and the movie end ( the ending is quite similar to hereditary).

Isn't it a very common plot for any horror /cult movie or novel?. (C'mon we all have seen this pattern elsewhere)

But what makes it unique or popular that still people are discussing about it is -

Place : most cult films show the thing within a country or same people related community. But the director chose it in a different continent. Now a small psycholgical pattern for most films the place for this kind of things should be any african bacward tribe , or anywhere India/ south east asia but the director chose sweden a developed country with high GDP or any other human index . This give you the 1st shock

Race: Idk I might get downvote but Scandinavian countries are used to look up by white supremist as a birth place of white race . So showing it as some mediaval cult tradition is another shock.

Sexuality and gore : the director mixed both gore and sex in the same movie quite brilliantly. Though I think he can make the gore scene better put some more incidents instead of giving flashbacks . The nude scenes are quite brilliantly done and literally shocked me .

The rest is just Ari aster' magic .

Negative points : the director can give more of aview about dani's background, family or can connect it with the cult . But anyway that mattered not much

Another thing a lot of time is wasted in dining we could have been offered Some other strange rituals or cult history in those time . This make the film slow paced but I think it might be engaging for some people. Anyway a great film .