Barbarian
Barbarian
Barbarian
Director:
Zach CreggerGuión:
Zach CreggerCámara:
Zach KupersteinMúsica:
Anna DrubichReparto:
Georgina Campbell, Bill Skarsgård, Justin Long, Jaymes Butler, Richard Brake, Kurt Braunohler, Kate Bosworth, Matthew Patrick Davis, Sara Paxton (más)Streaming (2)
Sinopsis(1)
Traveling to Detroit for a job interview, a young woman books a rental home. But when she arrives late at night, she discovers that the house is double booked and a strange man is already staying there. Against her better judgement, she decides to spend the evening, but soon discovers that there’s a lot more to fear than just an unexpected house guest (20th Century Studios)
(más)Reseñas (9)
Es bueno que Disney+ rompa el mito del VoD familiar y estrene películas de terror interesantes. Pero Barbarian está sobrevalorado. El guionista y director Zach Cregger disfruta jugando con las formas y en el primer tercio gradúa decentemente la tensión de lo desconocido. Pero al desentrañar más tarde el misterio, revela la debilidad creativa de limitarse a tomar prestados elementos clave de los avances del género y, en última instancia, cae en una autoparodia involuntaria. Y se cree genial. Debía ser realizado por un carnicero ingenioso, idealmente con raíces europeas, que no tuviera miedo de explotar el potencial del terrorífico contenido de las cintas de vídeo.
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Avoid spoilers, you really don't want to know which way the initially relatively simple looking premise will go. Just the few reviews posted here now would have easily ruined the experience for me. Barbarian is a dream horror debut, the best and least predictable genre film in years, and Zach Cregger is the one Hollywood producers should be fighting over right now. Anyway, without spoilers, it's very hard to talk about this film, so I'll perhaps just give a very tentative indication that it's divided in three parts. The first one overflows with tension and culminates in a heart attack and fucking scary sequence. The second part lightens the tone, but the humour is not intrusive, rather it comes from the fact that the focus shifts to the funny character. The third part is a horror ride with a dash of gore. The overall plot is perhaps a bit wild in the end, you have to work a bit to "believe", but that is the only complaint I can have about this revelation. The sound is worth a special mention – I don't usually pay much attention to it, but Barbarian is really beautifully scored, it's almost ear-piercing.
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The concise first third of Barbarians with the wonderful Bill is great; the second has an unexpected comedic edge (I roared with laughter at the twist from jump-scare to reality farce), and the third is a mishmash, but... the original mix of inverse home invasion, lactation instruction, collecting of VHS snuff flicks, drama about cruel motherhood and black comedy about the MeToo movement simply kept me watching, even though some of the dramaturgical choices are very dubious and the film barely holds together in places. As another entry in the canon of Detroit high-concept horror movies (the magnificent and in some ways related Don’t Breathe and the more allegorical It Follows are worth mentioning), it is indeed a more than respectable work. A place where society has collapsed invites the rise of barbarism.
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A properly intense wild piece that reminds me of my favourite Ghostland. I'm glad to see that every year some talented and unknown horror filmmaker comes along to satisfy our needs for years to come. Zach Cregger has made a very good horror film that can't leave anyone downright cold. Barbarian has perfect craftsmanship (the sound and cinematography are of Wan's caliber). Georgina Campbell and Bill Skarsgård are both perfect (Justin Long a little less so, but it’s alright). The opening is a little slower, but once the action moves to the basement, it starts a hell of an uncomfortable, chilling and intense horror with a very uncomfortable and claustrophobic setting, a properly creepy villain – the best one so far in five years. The film also emphatically emphasizes the rational behavior of the characters, which is a very nice touch. It also manages to pleasantly and unpleasantly surprise the viewer on several occasions, the mystery and thick atmosphere works as well as the fear of the unknown. There were a few heart-attack-inducing jump-scares and of course there was gore – basically, everything we want to see in this genre. I'm giving a standing ovation, tearing my hair out and roaring HELL YEA!. Anyone who is going to be mad at this movie, I'm going to be mad at them. 9/10.
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Ignorance truly is bliss. Rarely today do I go to the movies blind, without the slightest knowledge of the premise or the cast. With Barbarian this was a double advantage because the question marks started piling up right from the first few minutes. It's a shame that the opening act is by far the best. Every little twist brings about a first-class thrill, and the last two minutes had me glued so tightly that I almost couldn't bear it. Unfortunately, the second and third acts, when compared directly, are a diluted, subversively told fairy tale that becomes weaker the clearer the who, what, and how become. When even the appealingly rational rules are violated in the finale, and the showdown begins so abruptly that I had to make sure I didn't accidentally skip fifteen minutes of runtime, it seemed almost a pity if you consider the massive yet rather quickly blown potential.
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I can't deny the film's style, ideas and the great feeling of the unknown I had while watching it. Unfortunately, I have to criticize it for being terribly, terribly long, and the longer it gets, the more bloated and annoying it seems to me. And considering the way it's written, I think it would work much better as a series. At least for me.
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Actually, probably the best #MeToo thing yet. It is not uncompromising, but it’s definitely unpredictable and it uses its genre playfully for strong thematization. A thrilling horror film with heart, surprises and a message... 85 %
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Me parece un poco triste y quizás injusto que en los últimos años las películas de terror que subvierten, satirizan y ridiculizan las tendencias del género hayan recibido críticas más favorables que algunas películas de terror serias y atmosféricas hechas a lo tradicional, cuya calificación en el mejor de los casos ronda el 58%. Al mismo tiempo, sin embargo, no se puede negar que justamente Barbarian funciona brillantemente en esa subversión y sorpresa.
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Unfortunately, the decently constructed atmospherics of the first half are interspersed with utterly unbelievable screenwriting wanking, which brings unintentionally charming comedic touches (Justin Long with the wind-up tape measure is a bit of a personal highlight for me). The exterior scenes are reminiscent of It Follows in their aesthetic, and the whole thing actually flows and looks pretty good, but in the end it's unbelievable crap that barely pulls off 3 stars. Good enough for one-time viewing, but as a genre film it's just god-awful average. [60%]
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