Barbarian (2022) poster
2022 · horror

Barbarian

Directed by Zach Cregger1h 43m2022
ElsewhereIMDb7.0258kRT92%Metacritic78TMDB6.93k
  • heavy
  • brisk
  • extreme
  • inventive
  • bleak
  • cold
Movie DNA

Heavy, kinetic, extreme horror, inventive in texture. Nihilistic, intimate, cold.

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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.

Our read · Barbarian (2022) reads as a heavy, kinetic, inventive horror entry — extreme in intensity, intimate in scope, cold in temperature, nihilistic in outlook.

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You want an Airbnb dread trip that keeps flipping genres on you.

ends unsettlingit will wreck youa rollercoastergrips by minute 28attention 5/5breezes by
Date nightWith friendsSoloWith parentsKids around
Heads-upsexual violencegraphic violencegorejump scaresbody horror

Skip it tonightBasement horror, assault trauma, and body shock will haunt your sleep.

DNA · twelve axes

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Each axis is hand-scored — not derived from votes or genre averages. The marker shows where this film sits; the gradient fill uses the film's own cinematography palette.

Mood · HeavyCosy
Pacing · Slow-burnKinetic
Intensity · GentleExtreme
Weirdness · ConventionalSurreal
Hope · NihilisticRedemptive
Stakes · IntimateEpic
Humour · NoneBroad
Reality · GroundedFantastical
Density · SparseTwisty
Warmth · ColdTender
Auteur · TransparentSignature
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