Barbarian

2022
R
1h 42m

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7.0/10

210K

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Psychological Horror Psychological Thriller Suspense Mystery Horror Mystery Thriller

A woman staying at an Airbnb discovers that the house she has rented is not what it seems.A woman staying at an Airbnb discovers that the house she has rented is not what it seems.A woman staying at an Airbnb discovers that the house she has rented is not what it seems.

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IMDb RATING

7.0/10

210K

YOUR RATING

POPULARITY

648

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See production info at IMDbPro

Awards
- 5 wins & 38 nominations

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Trivia
The script started out after Zach Cregger read Gavin de Becker's book, "The Gift of Fear," which encourages women to trust their intuition when confronted by obviously dangerous men. He used it as a writing exercise and began crafting a thirty-minute short that consisted entirely of a conversation in which a woman continues to ignore a mounting series of red flags. He liked it well enough that he knew that he had the makings of a longer film and began conceptualizing a broader story for the characters.

Goofs
One of the characters drives an electric Nissan Leaf, bizarrely it has engine and ignition sounds dubbed over its movement.

Quotes
Tess: Nope.

Crazy credits
SPOILER: There are three mini-scenes after the initial smash cut to "Written & Directed by Zach Cregger" credit, showing Tess sitting up in the street, walking away from the bodies, and limping away from the water tower as dawn breaks.

Connections
Featured in Chris Stuckmann Movie Reviews: Barbarian (2022)

Soundtracks
Lonely at the Bar
Written & Performed by Benny Reid
Courtesy of Seven Seas Music

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Featured review

7/10

A fun ride.

I went in totally blind, with no expectations whatsoever as I only heard of this movie the day I decided to watch it. I think that's the best way to enjoy it.

This is campy horror film that has all the classic tropes from horror movies of a home invasion, with some fun twists and turns in it. This is definitely more of campy film though. Not quite as a campy as movies like Child's Play or Leprechan, but definitely not a true horror movie that will give you nightmares like the Ring or the Excorcist.

Bill Skarsgård really does a great job setting things up, and Georgina Campbell serves well as the classic "damsel in the distress." Justin Long is truly hilarious. This pokes fun at a lot of hororr movie tropes while still being scary enough to have audiences jumping out of their seats. It's a movie that's best seen with a lot of friends in a packed theater. But I don't think it will be a horror classic.