![]() All Rights Reserved.)ĭirector Zach Cregger is new to the horror scene, joining the likes of Jordan Peele and David Gordon Green, who began their careers in comedy but eventually transgressed into horror features. Bill Skarsgård as Keith in 20th Century Studios’ BARBARIAN. Taking a picture of Keith’s ID just so happens to be the least of Tess’ worries. The significance of the stairs is divulged later in the narrative, when the real horror comes into play. If you’ve seen one of the many posters for Barbarian, you’ve probably stumbled across the one of Tess standing at the top of a long flight of stairs with a red background. If you haven’t seen a trailer at all at this point, don’t. This works deceivingly well as you really don’t know what the 103 minute runtime has in store for you. The trailers for Barbarian reveal little about the film’s actual plot. After surviving one night in the double-booked Airbnb, Tess goes to the most exciting job interview of her life with promising prospects for the future. Tess has no problem trusting Keith a tiny bit more after opening a bottle of red wine together and laughing about their shared interests in Detroit based music. ![]() This especially rings true after he jokes that he’s ‘no monster,’ as many people know Skarsgärd from playing a literal child eating monster in IT. To any audience, Keith appears a little strange. Her common sense leads her to never drinking anything that Keith has made without her being present whilst he makes it. ![]() Upon agreeing to stay the night in the one bedroom that happens to have a lock on the inside, whilst Keith takes the sofa, she takes pictures of Keith’s driver’s license, so she knows exactly who she’s spending her Detroit visit with. Both Tess and Keith have managed to book the same house on the same date. Keith ( Bill Skarsgård) answers the door in pyjamas, half asleep. A light flickers on from inside the house, so Tess knocks on the window, and then on the door, to get the attention of whoever’s in the house. Tess calls the contact number she has for the owners but there’s no answer. It’s late at night and the rain doesn’t appear to be stopping anytime soon. When our protagonist Tess ( Georgina Campbell) is on the outskirts of Detroit renting an Airbnb the night before a big job interview, the code to her lockbox doesn’t work at first, but when she’s finally in, there’s no key to be found. It turns out there were two rented apartments in the same building, so I was typing the code into the wrong lockbox: a rookie mistake. Most notably, I stayed in Brooklyn alone and the code to access the key didn’t work. I’ve had to frantically type in lockbox codes in the middle of the night in dark alleyways, and, when the code doesn’t work, you begin to panic. Having stayed in my fair share of Airbnbs on my own, Barbarian felt almost nostalgic at the start. In Barbarian, Zach Cregger ditches his comedy roots and teams up with leads Georgina Campbell and Bill Skarsgård to create one of the most haunting horrors of 2022.
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