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Sep 8, 2022 · Nick Allen September 08, 2022. Tweet. Now streaming on: Powered by JustWatch. Writer/director Zach Cregger proves himself to be a bonafide jack-in-the-box horror filmmaker with "Barbarian," beginning with a nightmare that could happen to any of us—a double-booked Airbnb.
Sep 9, 2022 · Nov 8, 2022 Full Review David Sims The Atlantic Barbarian serves up all the requisite thrills with panache, but it also provokes deeper, longer-lasting reflections.
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A hilarious and enervating offer that replicates and rebuilds extremely familiar resources with enough intelligence to shape one of the great horror films of 2022. Full Review | Nov 16, 2022
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By Matt Donato
Updated: Oct 25, 2022 6:34 pm
Posted: Sep 7, 2022 4:00 pm
Barbarian hits North American theaters on Friday, Sept. 9. It will become available on HBO Max on Oct. 25.
Zach Cregger's Barbarian exists to be abrasive and uncomfortable. It wants to eviscerate audience boundaries and bathe in their mortified gasps. Cregger architects raucously horrific sequences that embrace exploitation and introduce detestable characters to serve over-the-top just desserts. Barbarian can feel like two different movies stitched together with Leatherface's craftsmanship — one an accomplished thriller with shocks abound, the other a clumsier approach to Hollywood cancel culture — but at the end of the massacre, it's a savage commentary that properly incinerates comfort zones.
At the onset, Barbarian addresses modern companies like Airbnb and Uber that depend wholly on blind trust between users and either renters or drivers. Tess (Georgina Campbell) and Keith (Bill Skarsgård) are individuals who've had the same rental double-booked outside Detroit in a dilapidated, impoverished neighborhood. Without options, Tess and Keith share the night as Tess rightfully approaches the situation with buckets of apprehension — despite Keith's assurances that he's another good guy. The established gendered tension is authentic as Keith attempts hospitable gestures like inviting Tess inside or pouring her tea. Cinematography conversely accentuates Keith's looming outline in doorways or Tess locking every door whenever in a new room. It's only the beginning of Tess' nightmare after discovering a secret door, hidden bedrooms, and a tunnel system beneath the home.
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Barbarian is barbaric, comedically brutal, and the antithesis of contemporary horror trends. Some will despise exactly that, but it’s the risk of challenging viewers to reach or surpass their boundaries in one sitting. Zach Cregger embraces extremism in horror cinema that is a sensory overload of hyper frights, grindhouse lawlessness, and the uglie...
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Sep 8, 2022 · Critics Pick. ‘Barbarian’ Review: Knock, Knock. Who’s There? A Ratched New Horror Classic. A simple premise involving a double-booked vacation rental gets downright demented as it goes along in...
Sep 8, 2022 · ‘Barbarian’ Review: This Rental Is Hell. Two strangers explore the basement of their Detroit rental home in this gleefully twisty horror movie by Zach Cregger. Share full article. Georgina...
Nov 4, 2022 · Culture. The Indie Horror Film That Everyone Is Suddenly Talking About. Barbarian capitalizes on the thing viewers love and hate most: the unknown. By David Sims. 20th Century Studios. November...
