$HAPPY5Happy Solstice
A fractured family gathers at a remote cabin for the winter solstice only to awaken an ancient pagan curse that demands blood for the sun's return.
A fractured family gathers at a remote cabin for the winter solstice only to awaken an ancient pagan curse that demands blood for the sun's return.
Synopsis
In the frozen woods of upstate New York, the Solstice clan assembles for their annual "Happy Solstice" reunion, a seemingly wholesome tradition masking generations of blood sacrifice to ensure spring's arrival. Eldest daughter Lena, long estranged, arrives skeptical of the rituals but soon discovers the family's survival hinges on offering one member to the ancient forest spirits. As the longest night descends, buried secrets erupt in hallucinatory terror and visceral violence. The celebration spirals from carols and feasting into masked dances and prophetic visions, forcing each relative to confront their complicity in the cycle. Lena must decide whether to break the curse or become its next vessel, as the woods themselves begin to claim their due. By dawn, the survivors face a world forever altered by the solstice's unyielding price.
The story
Lena returns home for the holiday, reintroducing old wounds among her eccentric relatives while hints of the ritual surface through cryptic toasts and forest omens. Tensions rise as the sun sets on the solstice eve.
The ceremonies intensify with drugged wine and animal masks, revealing the family's history of sacrifices; paranoia and hallucinations fracture alliances as members begin vanishing into the woods.
Lena confronts the matriarch in a climactic grove ritual, choosing defiance over duty; the curse breaks at dawn but leaves the family shattered and the forest hungry for new blood.
The cast
Estranged daughter who fled the family's traditions years ago, now dragged back by guilt and inheritance.
dream cast: Anya Taylor-Joy
Lena's grandmother who has presided over every solstice offering with serene conviction.
dream cast: Tilda Swinton
Lena's brother who embraces the rituals as liberation, hiding his own sacrificial fears.
dream cast: Timothée Chalamet
Elara's sister who escaped one cycle only to be pulled back, carrying prophetic scars.
dream cast: Rebecca Ferguson
Young relative unaware of the true stakes until the masks come off.
dream cast: Noah Jupe
Dream crew
in the style of Ari Aster — family dread and pagan visuals
in the style of Robert Eggers — mythic ritual precision
in the style of Bobby Krlic (The Haxan Cloak) — icy folk dread
Cold open
EXT. DEEP WOODS CABIN - NIGHT Snow falls thick under a black solstice sky. A single lantern glows in the window of a sprawling timber cabin. Inside, the Solstice family sings in eerie unison around a long table laden with evergreen garlands and a roasted stag. LENa, 28, arrives late, duffel bag over her shoulder. She pauses at the threshold. ELARA (70s, serene, crowned in holly) opens the door. ELARA Happy Solstice, child. The longest night begins. LENA Grandma. Still doing the whole song and dance. ELARA smiles, eyes glittering. ELARA The sun demands its due. Come in before the woods claim you. Lena steps inside. The singing stops. Every face turns. Rowan raises a goblet. ROWAN To family. And to the light we feed. Wind howls. The lantern flickers. A distant drum begins.
Why now
In an era of climate dread and return-to-nature movements, Happy Solstice taps the cultural hunger for ritual meaning while exposing its lethal cost, offering cathartic terror for audiences questioning what we sacrifice to survive the dark.
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