on rewatch this is allot more focused then weapons.
i think both films are extremely strong but justin long has more screentime in this one and thats why its better.
Barbarian
Some stay for a night. Some stay for a week. Some never leave.
Rating
4.0 (3)
Release Date
9/8/2022Runtime
102 minsOverview
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.
How It Feels
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A tense home-invasion setup that spirals into increasingly surreal and grotesque territory, pivoting from paranoia about a stranger into something far stranger lurking beneath. The film subverts your expectations at every turn and doesn't let you settle into a single kind of dread.
Mood
TenseUnsettlingParanoidAbsurdDread-soaked
Themes
Survival
Tone
Ironic
Pacing
Slow-burn
Look
NaturalisticHigh-contrast
Structure
Single location
Heads up
Sexual violenceGraphic violenceBody horror
Recent Reviews
Barbarian is still really cool and good.
The cinematography is amazing imo and some great shots that perfectly set up the tone of specific scenes.
Georgina Campbell, Justin long and for as little as he is in it, bill skarsgard all amazing in the roles and i like specifically justin long because his character is not some surface level dickhead, he's a wannabe good guy that only wants to make himself feel better. He's not a good person and while he states in a speech that he maybe is, he doesn't ultimately care and its just in his nature.( also watch my newest film shadows scare me on Letterboxd https://boxd.it/VbxI
https://youtu.be/9RrlyH2CioY?si=lw8PRTgmxun__sgi<b> )</b>
If the naked grandma from it chapter 2 got a movie
I went into this blind, which was fun, other than that I'm staying in an Airbnb tomorrow.
I loved the beginning, trying to figure out if Keith was going to try to kill Tess or fall in love with her, or maybe both. The duvet moment?! Adorable. Then things get a little DICEY, and I was into that also. The third act lost me a little, especially with the physics of a certain push/fall/jump moment, but overall still a good watch.
Popular Reviews
on rewatch this is allot more focused then weapons.
i think both films are extremely strong but justin long has more screentime in this one and thats why its better.
Barbarian is still really cool and good.
The cinematography is amazing imo and some great shots that perfectly set up the tone of specific scenes.
Georgina Campbell, Justin long and for as little as he is in it, bill skarsgard all amazing in the roles and i like specifically justin long because his character is not some surface level dickhead, he's a wannabe good guy that only wants to make himself feel better. He's not a good person and while he states in a speech that he maybe is, he doesn't ultimately care and its just in his nature.( also watch my newest film shadows scare me on Letterboxd https://boxd.it/VbxI
https://youtu.be/9RrlyH2CioY?si=lw8PRTgmxun__sgi<b> )</b>
If the naked grandma from it chapter 2 got a movie
I went into this blind, which was fun, other than that I'm staying in an Airbnb tomorrow.
I loved the beginning, trying to figure out if Keith was going to try to kill Tess or fall in love with her, or maybe both. The duvet moment?! Adorable. Then things get a little DICEY, and I was into that also. The third act lost me a little, especially with the physics of a certain push/fall/jump moment, but overall still a good watch.
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