Barbarian
First screened in August 2024
Director: Zach Cregger. Cast: Georgina Campbell, Bill Skarsgärd, Justin Long, Richard Brake, Matthew Patrick Davis, Jaymes Butler, Kate Nichols, Sophie Sörensen, Kurt Braunohler, Rachel Fowler, Zach Cregger. Screenplay: Zach Cregger. Twitter Capsule:
First 40 minutes build tension via space, silence, gendered mistrust. Middle gets by on different gifts. End a bit limp.
VOR:③
Reproduces familiar tropes of site-specific horror and especially of Detroit Gothic. But several risks in structure, theme, and range of tones.
