At its best it is inventive and unpredictable, with a nervy visual style that takes note of the lurking evil beneath the banality of its domestic space.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Sep 18, 2024

It’s long and silly, but Barbarian is wildly entertaining.

| Original Score: 3.5/5 | Jul 25, 2024

This is a smart, well-produced, and suspenseful horror film.

| Original Score: 7/10 | Jul 11, 2024

By the time to film ends you'll be worn out by it, but entirely satisfied.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Jul 5, 2024

The use of familiar horror film tropes and turning them on their head, and re-inventing the format of storytelling for the screen makes the experience of watching Zach Cregger's Barbarian exciting and even inspiring.

| Jun 11, 2024

The film feels like an unofficial sidequel to “Nope” (2022) Tess and Keith are genuine artists trying to reinvigorate a community and creating one out of the ashes of capitalism by deliberately occupying a rundown neighborhood and forming a unit.

| Jun 9, 2024

Barbarian is a flick that shines with potential and still manages to stand as a worthy watch for any fan of the horror genre.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Sep 25, 2023

With Barbarian Cregger clearly knows what he’s doing with a horror film. He’s absolutely aware of the tropes and pulls the audience in, tricks them, pulls them in again, and comes up with bizarre and visceral horror.

| Sep 6, 2023

Zach Cregger's unique storytelling in the horror film will leave any viewer baffled, transforming a generic premise into a truly captivating, suspenseful, thematically rich story where the definition of a "good person" is brilliantly explored.

| Original Score: B+ | Jul 25, 2023

A twisted, sadistic, hilarious, bonkers & down right insane movie

| Jul 25, 2023

With stellar performances, a unique premise, a boatload of scares and horror visuals that'll be engraved into your brain for life, it's one of the best horror flicks to release this year.

| Original Score: 3.5/5 | Jul 24, 2023

Horror movies are often undone with a PG-13 rating, so it can find a larger audience. For that reason alone, the R-rated "Barbarian" is something to relish.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Jul 16, 2023

One of 2022's 20 best films.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Mar 13, 2023

If you like intense, incredible stressful horror films, this is right up your ally.

| Feb 12, 2023

I haven’t had this much fun watching a horror movie in years.

| Original Score: 5/5 | Jan 6, 2023

Barbarian has the framings of the perfect first time horror film. Has some of the creepiest setups and executions of horror this year. This is bloody, disturbing, trippy, but at times feels very unbelievable & characters make questionable decisions during

| Original Score: 6.5/10 | Jan 1, 2023

Zach Cregger’s Sam Raimi-esque film is best watched knowing nothing about it, but rest assured it will deliver on frights, laughs, and utterly brazen entertainment.

| Dec 27, 2022

Like that X-Files episode “Home,” glazed in intergenerational and gendered dread, where women are feared instead of adored.

| Dec 23, 2022

…the solution isn’t wildly imaginative, but getting there is all the fun, and if you can handle the adult themes, Barbarian should knock the stuffing out of you…

| Original Score: 4/5 | Dec 20, 2022

The less you know about Barbarian going in the better, but know that it gives new meaning to the phrase bargain-basement.

| Original Score: B+ | Dec 10, 2022