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Wednesday, 16 October 2024

Barbarian (2022)


A lot of the plot is enshrouded in mystery and the fun of this movie is discovering it on your own. Suffice it to say that there is a house that contains a mystery within. We see it through separate, changing viewpoints.
The results are mixed. While I like the setup of where it's going, it's the kind of story that has a certain agenda attached to it which kind of bogs down the rest of the material. You can call it satire, I guess, but it's pretty clear where the filmmakers stand. Regardless, it's an average effort that feels very overrated among horror fans.

2½ secret rooms out of 5

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