Barbarian

"Some stay for a night. Some stay for a week. Some never leave."

2022 1h 43m EN

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6.9

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92%

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★6.9TMDB · 3,600🍅92%Rotten Tomatoes●78Metacritic★7IMDB · 258,415

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Synopsis

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In town for a job interview, a young woman arrives at her Airbnb late at night only to find that it has been mistakenly double-booked and a strange man is already staying there. Against her better judgement, she decides to stay the night anyway.

“Some stay for a night. Some stay for a week. Some never leave.”

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Cast

Georgina Campbell
Tess
Justin Long
AJ
Bill Skarsgård
Keith
Richard Brake
Frank
Matthew Patrick Davis
The Mother
Jaymes Butler
Andre
Kurt Braunohler
Doug
Sophie Sörensen
Bonnie

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Zach Cregger
Writers: Zach Cregger
Languages: English, Spanish
Countries: United States of America

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MONEY

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Shot for just $4.5M — micro-budget by Hollywood standards.

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2 / 8

MONEY

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Grossed $45M — a 10.1× return. The kind of profit studios chase for a decade.

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3 / 8

ERA

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Released 4 years ago.

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4 / 8

WORLD

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Dialogue crosses 2 languages: English, Spanish.

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5 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Directed by Zach Cregger, shot by Zach Kuperstein. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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6 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Original score by Anna Drubich. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.

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7 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Editor Joe Murphy shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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8 / 8

RUNTIME

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Georgina Campbell and Justin Long and Bill Skarsgård carry the top of the cast.

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Cinephile deep dive

The take

Zach Cregger directs. Zach Kuperstein behind the camera. Anna Drubich scores. Joe Murphy cuts. Made its budget back several times over at the box office. Produced in United States of America. Dialogue in English, Spanish.

Trivia

Things worth knowing

1Shot for just $4.5M — micro-budget by Hollywood standards.
2Grossed $45M — a 10.1× return. The kind of profit studios chase for a decade.
3Released 4 years ago.
4Dialogue crosses 2 languages: English, Spanish.
5Directed by Zach Cregger, shot by Zach Kuperstein. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
6Original score by Anna Drubich. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
7Editor Joe Murphy shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
8Georgina Campbell and Justin Long and Bill Skarsgård carry the top of the cast.
9Marketing tagline: "Some stay for a night. Some stay for a week. Some never leave.".
10IMDB entry: tt15791034 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
11Classified under 11 themes, including "monster", "sexual abuse", "paranoia", "flashback".

The technical file

Cinematography: Zach Kuperstein
Original score: Anna Drubich
Editing: Joe Murphy
Production design: Rossitsa Bakeva
Costume design: Kiril Naumov
Makeup / hair: Gergana Batanova
VFX supervisor: Filip Popov
Sound: Matt Davies
Stunt coordinator: Teodor Tzolov
Runtime: 103 min · 1h 43m
Aspect ratio (typical): 1.37:1 (Academy)
Status: Released
Budget: $4,500,000
Box office: $45,400,000
Return: 1009% of budget
Original language: EN
Certification (US): R
IMDB: Barbarian (2022)
Rotten Tomatoes: 92% 🍅 Fresh
Metacritic: 78/100
IMDB rating: 7/10 · 258,415 votes
MPAA: R

Awards

5 wins & 40 nominations total

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Nathan2022-10-14
★ 9/10
Barbarian is such a twisted and incredibly unique film. Going into this film, I thought I had a pretty good indication of how this was going to go down and was ready for a fun cheesy horror film that follow a pretty generic pattern, but boy was I wrong. Almost the entirety of the trailer was just the first act, and it left me seriously stumped at where this movie was going. That sense of unknown really added to the thick tension that this movie brought throughout. There is a paranoia that occurs with both the audience and the main character. You never know who to trust, even if they give you all the indications that they are trustworthy. In today's horror cinema, it is rare to see a movie so reliant on building tension rather than just jump scares galore. Not to say that this film does not have any jump scares, but they are there to enhance and bring a crescendo to the long scenes of tension and dread. Overall, the acting was brilliant. Georgina Campbell was fantastic. Bill Skarsgård was a bit awkward at times, but I do think that was by choice, as his actor was a kind awkward sweetheart. Justin Long stole the show. His character added a bit of lightness and someone who the audience can really root against. The movie does slightly fall of the rails in the third act, it does not take away from the experience that is Barbarian. In fact, I think it almost enhances the film as something truly unique. Score: 87% | Verdict: Excellent
MovieGuys2022-10-26
★ 4/10
I like Justin Long, he was fantastic in Jeepers Creepers but Barbarian is uninspiring, to say the least. Not that that is the fault of the actors. Without giving too much away, Barbarian feels a little like The Hills Have Eyes, meets Psycho, meets Quasimodo. The problem here is the scripting and handling. Its takes far too long for this story to get off the ground, it has weird, nonsensical plot holes and the reveal comes far to early. Whats left almost feels like a second film. It leaves only a reiteration of the essential earlier plot line with a few wrinkles, as the film moves towards its rather icky, conclusion. Of course, any sense of fear and tension, built up subtly in the first part of the film, is dissipated too. You know what's coming. In summary, this film feels like it borrows from other horror flicks, in the worst possible way, leading to a disjointed but predictable viewing experience that's neither all that scary or even terribly interesting. The only thing propping it up, is the acting, which is of a high standard. Yet, as I've said more times than I can count, that on its own, is not enough.
The Movie Mob2022-10-27
★ 6/10
While for many horror fans, Barbarian might be compelling and unique, I found it decent but more strange and uncomfortable than scary and not as remarkable as others seem to think. Barbarian had heavy hype and big expectations before I checked it out. And while it didn’t blow my mind, I can see why many film aficionados would rate it more highly. It had a fresh Jordan Peele-type feel to a story that has been done many times before. I enjoyed the different stories coming together and the obvious nods to tropes of people ignoring clearly dangerous situations and red flags. However, while it had some fun elements, I wasn’t as impressed as many reviews suggested I should be. Definitely not a bad movie by any means, but some of the horror is just strange, and the creature is so bizarre that it’s less scary and more awkward at times.