And yet the creepy mysteries and wacky reveals are plenty visceral in “Barbarian,” even when they get willfully dumb.ĭid I mention that the other Airbnb guy is played by Bill Skarsgård of " It"? For further proof that casting is a vital part of moviemaking, consider Skarsgård’s inclusion, one of the film's unsettling pieces, as unsettling as the house's numerous secret, dark corridors. Soon enough, it's time to check out the basement, which, no big spoilers here, but you probably wouldn't want to go down there, or past the door that can be opened with a strand of rope. Effective dread comes in various sizes in this story, sometimes due to pushy plotting. The optics of this woman putting herself in certain vulnerability are uncomfortable, and his economic filmmaking nudges it just so. Cregger, of sketch group The Whitest Kids U' Know and their Playboy magazine frat comedy "Miss March," knows well what he’s playing with here.
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