--- title: The Best Midsommar Memes From That Spooky Reaction Scene description: Florence Pugh's Midsommar reaction is the internet's new favorite meme canonical: https://time.com/5836785/midsommar-best-memes/ author: Melissa Locker article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2020-05-15T16:48:46.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T08:01:27.685Z og:title: The Internet Is Taking This Shocking Midsommar Moment and Running With It og:description: The 2019 film is enjoying a second life online og:url: https://time.com/5836785/midsommar-best-memes/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: The Internet Is Taking This Shocking Midsommar Moment and Running With It twitter:description: The 2019 film is enjoying a second life online twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # The Internet Is Taking This Spooky _Midsommar_ Moment and Running With It by [Melissa Locker](https://time.com/author/melissa-locker/) ## Melissa Locker May 15, 2020 4:48 PM UTC by [Melissa Locker](https://time.com/author/melissa-locker/) ## Melissa Locker May 15, 2020 4:48 PM UTC _Midsommar_ is the gift that keeps on giving. Ari Aster’s [“terror-round-the-maypole dread-fest”](https://time.com/5615615/midsommar-movie-review/) may have come out last year, but one moment from the film is enjoying a second life as a reaction meme on Twitter. The [meme](https://time.com/5720246/best-memes/) stems from a moment in the film when American tourist Dani, played by [Florence Pugh](https://time.com/5748203/meryl-streep-fries/), stumbles upon a horrifying ritual while backpacking through Sweden. Her shocked expression has become the go-to response to express horror, dismay, or stunned confusion online without saying a word. Naturally, Twitter users have run with it, filling the feed with Pugh’s shocked expression as a means of expressing their own. While Pugh’s character Dani had good reason to look horrified in the film (no spoilers) the uses on Twitter tend to be more tongue-in-cheek with Dani’s shock being used in response to a Shrek parade balloon and [_Twilight_’s Edward Cullen](https://time.com/5831725/midnight-sun-stephenie-meyer-twilight-novel/) sitting in a tree. In short, it has become the perfect response to almost anything Twitter can dish up. Here are a few favorite examples of the latest _Midsommar_ memes: > [](https://twitter.com/mtchllncgnto/status/1260369200457154561) > [](https://twitter.com/annetdonahue/status/1260576914907041792) > [](https://twitter.com/larrydavidsson/status/1260578919272636418) > [](https://twitter.com/TheFknLizrdKing/status/1260672720729264129) > [](https://twitter.com/straw%5Fberrry%5F/status/1260067313392353281) > [](https://twitter.com/SAMGREIS/status/1260284811194691584) > [](https://twitter.com/mxrc0%5F/status/1260453911212818432) > [](https://twitter.com/sIuttyspice/status/1260026359117537280) > [](https://twitter.com/BartManMX/status/1260307333277798401) > [](https://twitter.com/hebertosinlao/status/1260266920198180864) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/5836785/midsommar-best-memes/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/5836785/midsommar-best-memes/"},"headline":"The Internet Is Taking This Spooky Midsommar Moment and Running With It","datePublished":"2020-05-15T16:48:46.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T08:01:27.685Z","description":"The 2019 film is enjoying a second life online","url":"https://time.com/5836785/midsommar-best-memes/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Brief","clickmonsters"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Melissa Locker","jobTitle":"","url":"https://time.com/author/melissa-locker/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/5836785/midsommar-best-memes/","name":"The Internet Is Taking This Spooky Midsommar Moment and Running With It"}}]}] ```