Barbarian Review
Barbarian, the new horror film from writer and director Zach Cregger, starts off with a premise that is already deeply uncomfortable: a woman, traveling alone, finds a man staying at the Airbnb that she rented. With nowhere else to go, she accepts the invitation to enter, without being entirely sure how that will turn out.
That alone would be enough for the start of a chilling horror premise, but Barbarian takes its story much further. The chance encounter in the movie's opening minutes is just a jumping-off point for a story that roots its terror in examining how differently men and women perceive the world around them.
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After making the decision to share the rented space with Keith (Bill Skarsgård), Tess (Georgina Campbell) ends up discovering a hidden door in the basement of the house. Unlike other horror movie characters, though, Tess already knows this is bad news, and resists entering for as long as she can. Once she finds herself deeper in the house's hidden areas, she discovers some truly dark secrets hidden below.
That setup may make it seem like Barbarian is heading toward some fairly boilerplate horror stuff, but by the end of the first act, the film makes an abrupt left turn, practically resetting itself in a way that doesn't seem entirely connected to the story so far. However, Cregger's script is not to be underestimated, as the connection between a character played by Justin Long and everything the audience has seen so far suddenly becomes clear. It's not even the only surprise shift in narrative that Barbarian has in store, but to talk too much about the movie's narrative twists is to undermine them.
From the outset, Barbarian's atmosphere is made to feel
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