Barbarian (2022) Horror Movie Review | SPOILER FREE 

Huge huge props to the director for their decision on what types of violence to show, and what types NOT to show

The Measuring Of The Floor Scene Was Hilarious 😂

the first kill was the most shocked i've been watching a horror movie in a while ! wasn't expecting it

i’d love to get a spoiler review in a few weeks about this from you! there’s so much to discuss and i’d LOVE to hear your specific thoughts on all of it more in depth

I think the title was supposed to make you ask yourself, “who is the barbarian?” Even after you’ve finished watching it, you can answer that at least 3 different ways.

Old school horror done right. This, and X are homages, while remaining original, and nail biting. The first 40 minutes of Barbarian were masterful. The set up was a great riff and twist on Psycho.

hey Sarah! i also wanted to note that the airbnb is located on “barbary street” which also plays into the title of the film

I love how X, Bodies and now Barbarian are your “favorite movie of the year” means you’re having so much fun with this releases and all of them are original! 🙌

I just got back from the theater. I love it so much. A lot of us horror fans constantly complain that there isn’t enough original movies. Well, this is about as unique as it gets. This is 100% my favorite movie of the year. I can’t stop thinking about it. 2022 has been the best year for horror in a long time, and we’re not done yet. We have Smile, Halloween Ends, Pearl, Hellraiser, and Terrifier 2. Probably some I’m forgetting.

I think the creepiest part about this movie is how realistic it was, just terrified me you know? all those houses you always see, you never know what’s actually happening

Thank you for making sure we know it spoiler free before clicking the video! So annoying when other reviewers don’t and then u get spoiled

Im glad you brought up the film’s score! It’s something that definitely impacted those “quiet” scenes where we were introduced to the hallway/tunnels. eerie vibe sorta reminded me of the vibes the sinister sountrack made me feel 😖

Your story reminds me that someone brought 3 children that looked younger than 10 years old to The Black Phone when I saw it. The Black Phone wasn’t super scary (other than a few hard-to-watch scenes). I would’ve probably been okay watching it as a kid, but it was clear that these kids were not ready for the movie. They had to leave after lots of screaming and crying. I’m not saying that it’s bad parenting to allow your child to watch horror movies, but it has to be on their terms and limits.

This was a shocking movie. I just knew watching it that it was entirely unique and I love how it did its messaging. I felt like it knew exactly how it wanted to portray itself and I loved that the writing fit the story perfectly. The more I think about this movie, the movie I like it. It's definitely going into my top 5 which is surprised because I expected next to nothing from this lol! Great review, Sarah!

clicked on this video and the second you said we should go in as blind as possible i paused, saw that people were liking it in the comments and left immediately to the theater to see the last showing of the night- the second the tone of the movie changed my jaw went to the floor, i sat up in my seat and stayed that way for the rest of the time. extremely in love with it hoping to watch in the theater again soon, and extremely concerned in my ability to say that there were multiple small children present in my theater as well lol

I think the score and sound design is absolutely perfect. The score builds you up the tension and the sound design lets you hear just enough to make you nervous but also makes the sound low enough that you really have to pay attention to be drawn into so you can confirm what you think you’re hearing. This is one of my favorite of the year for sure.

There was a child in our screening too! I heard her at one point say, “Mommy I’m scared” and my husband and I looked at each other in pure shock lol. I couldn’t hear what her mom responded but they didn’t leave so who knows 💀

It's a really interesting movie. I like that it's a movie you can discuss afterwards and is so clearly in love with the genre. Also we had kids in our theater and they had their own side convo too. Such a great movie to watch in theatres, but why kids man. Why.

Title question: to better understand it, remember the Airbnb’s street name. No spoilers but in case you didn’t catch that, that’s why the title- at least that’s my take 😂 I was so looking forward to your review and I’m so happy to see you reviewed it!!! LOVED THIS !! Saw it Friday night in a theater and what a great fun experience!! Amazing movie. It is great!!

Absolutely loved this movie. Expected nothing from this. Like I thought it would just come and go and then they hit us with THAT. WOAH! YES! It inspired me to write again after weeks. Man, that was great. It has its flaws but even so, I had such a fun time with this ride because WOO! Also “a whole child” cracked me up.

Both you and Emma have said this is the best horror of the year! I'm so excited for it now!

As soon as I left the theater, I had the urge to go back in and watch it again. I gasped so many times during this movie. I couldn’t look away the entire time.

Great review. I saw it last night and I loved every second of this film from start to finish. I was blown away. What a ride!

I’ve literally been waiting for your review all day! I’ll be watching this weekend-I’m a huge fan of Bill!

I'm so excited to see it tomorrow!!! Thanks for the review Sarah. You rock!!! ☮💜

Its been a while since a horror film made me feel that scared to watch. I had to cover my eyes in some scenes. This movie is crazy good.

I saw Barbarian a couple days ago and just had to come back to this video and say that this is probably one of my favorite movies this year as well. It was incredibly well-filmed and the social commentary was great- thanks for the recommendation!

I CANNOT WAIT to see this movie! I usually wait for VOD because my last horror movie fan friend moved away, but HELL YEAH, I'm going in the next few days! 5 out of five from you and 9 out of 10 from Spooky Astronauts????? Jeez I can't wait!!! Thanks for making sure I won't miss this movie! You've never steered me wrong.

I had a similar experience of someone narrating the movie when I saw A Quiet Place. It was extra annoying because the movie was so quiet so you could clearly hear the kid narrating. As for Barbarian, I definitely didn't expect it to be what it was. Glad I knew nothing about it before I saw it.

Got my tickets for tonight bringing along my horror loving mother. Neither of us has watched the trailer, but with Emma giving it a 9/10 both on the film and on the scare factor, as well as you giving a 5/5. I am SOOOOO excited. Nothing has scared me that much this year, a couple sequences in Nope, nothing in The Black Phone, so I'm hoping this truly lives up the hype. Have no idea what I'm info. Also this is a bit late, but I've been watching you for years and congrats on the pregnancy!!!

Saw this a few hours ago. Your review is dead-up. The best of the year so far, and I loved "X." Thanks.

I really enjoyed the movie and my audience made the theater experience better but I thought it was overhyped, more thrilling than scary, and some parts I saw coming. Also there were some dumb choices made by the main lead which didn’t work for me but worked for Justin Long’s character. Don’t get me wrong, it was a great horror film but I wouldn’t call it the best horror of the year personally. It did reminded me of Don’t Breathe, Wrong Turn, and The Descent

I didn’t even see trailers but I’m glad the trailers didn’t give away anything! Awesome review! Saw this last night and I could not look away but my jaw was also on the floor lol very happy with more original ideas in horror lately!

I know what you mean by the humor. It was unexpected, but super welcome. I remember one section just had the whole theater howling with laughter, but it somehow didn't take away from the growing tension. It actually added to it, I think. Every time he doubled down it built both the hilarity and the tension in a way I haven't seen before

I watched the first minute of your review, heard your "as little info as possible" recommendation, dropped the video and bought the movie tickets to watch it last night. Thank you! The experience is indeed better if you just go in blind. I effing loved it!! Can't wait to rewatch it.

I actually first heard about this movie because the trailer was played as an ad on another YT video, and it was the trailer that spoils the other actor appearance, so I know who it is. But I'm still really excited to see, even more now after watching your review. I'll definitely be checking it out this week!

I love how fast you are with making these videos I literally barely watched this movie last night and I wait for your review specifically❤️😂🙏

I agree 100% I just saw the film after seeing a review that gave the same advice as you, go in as blind as possible! I sat in the theater with my mouth open at the end and had to take a moment to gather myself. I called my sister because I was so affected by this film! What a fun ride.

I just got back from watching it! I started watching your review earlier today but stopped when you recommended going in knowing as little as possible. I'm so glad I did! It was so good, absolutely top tier horror elements, and so unpredictable. Me the entire time: 😱😱😱

Girl i watched this whole movie on Thursday night i was in the fourth row by myself the other person was five rows back. I damn near watched the whole movie through my fingers and my hoodie😂😂😂 and then bam i was confused and still entertained. OMG it was such a great movie

I actually have very mixed feelings about this movie. I am a very big fan of horror, and this year I absolutely loved X and Bodies x3 and I was very, very excited about this movie because the trailer looked very appealing to me. First of all, let me say that there might be some SPOILERS in my comment, so IF YOU HAVEN'T SEEN THIS MOVIE, STOP READING. Second of all: English is not my first language. I think myself as fluent but I can miss some stuff when I go to the movies with no subtitles (I live in Western Canada), so maybe there are some details I missed, so if you feel like some of the stuff I'm questioning are being said during the movie, please let me know, I might have missed it. Okay, let's go; I totally agree with you: the trailer was really perfect. I've only seen the first trailer and I'm never looking to see more, because trailers ruin everything but I think this one was really, really smart because it gave away mostly just the first 45min of the movie, which is great because I wasn't expecting that. I loved the changed of tone; to me, the first 20min started more with a romantic tone, because the two main characters like each other, despite the fact that Tess is very suspicious at first (which is fair). Then, the tone changes when she discovers the basement and I really loved this part because I felt like her reactions were very relatable and not the reactions of a typical 'horror character' who is going to look for trouble, even if it is not something any descent human being would do. When she opens the secret door and says "nope", I really loved that because I think 90% of people would have this reaction. Also, Georgina Campbell and (no surprises) Bill Skarsgård's acting were absolutely phenomenal. The music was also great. I was really into the movie and I think the directing was also really, really good. And then, it all stops to go to AJ's storyline, which was very unexpected. My first reaction was "what the fuck ?", because to me, it broke the pace and I didn't really get it but then, I thought it was smart because as the tension was climaxing in the basement, they cut to go to a "normal" story; it felt like a roller coaster, and I think it was great, because it threw the viewer off balance. The comedy brought by AJ's character was fun and I enjoyed it, but I'm not sure I liked the movie when Tess decides to go back to the house to save AJ: as Tess was making kind of rational decisions at the beginning, I thought this decision didn't make sense: she was proven at the beginning of the movie that going back to be the "savior" was a bad idea, when Keith got killed and she had been made prisoner. Why going back to save a total stranger? I can understand why she'd want to go get Keith back, but AJ? Also, my main complaint would be about the flashback from the 80's (I think? They were talking about Reagan on the radio, so I assume it was the 80's): they started to show us a potential "origin story" so that we could understand what was that thing in the basement but it was totally useless, because yes: it made us understand Richard was a serial killer, but it didn't bring much to the story. It probably would have been interesting to understand the origin story as AJ walks into Richard's room with all the VHS. I also still don't understand what that thing really was in the basement and I feel a little frustrated not knowing what it was. And finally, I thought the 10 last minutes were just.. ridiculous. The way the homeless guy dies seems just so.. shoddy, the shot where Tess was falling; the shot where that "lady thing" was jumping to catch her.. it just felt off for some reason. I liked the idea, though: AJ was an abuser, and even though he said he wanted to fix the mistakes he had done in the past, he showed that an abuser will stay an abuser all their life by saving himself and pushing Tess. I don't know.. there is a lot of stuff I loved about this movie: the actors were great, the music was great, the horror was great (except for the last 10-15min) but I think I was mainly disappointed by the ending and the lack of answer. Most of the movie had so many qualities that were suddenly swept away in the end. Also, I agree with you: I don't like the title. Not sure anyone will take the time to read such a long comment, but I had to talk about it and none of my friends are into horror so, had to let this out of my chest!

I’ve been waiting alll dayyy for this!!! So excited to hear your thoughts. Quit teasing us on Instagram😭

The fact that both you and SpookyAstronaut are loving this movie, makes me super excited to watch it!!

This movie did such a good job at making me so ANXIOUS. The lighting, the music or lack there of, the camera angles, the dialogue, everything. I’ve been terrified to go near my basement since I watched it

i don’t know if anyone has commented this, but i think the name of the movie is a hint to the house being on barbary street! earlier in the movie they mention the street name is barbary :-) kinda like how some people are considered an “an” of a place of residence (ex. texan)

LOVED this movie. So weird; with all the anticipation I've had (and still have) for 'Pearl'-which I'll be seeing in just a few more days-for this MIND-BLOWER to just come out of nowhere a week earlier... such a pleasant surprise.

I watched your review when posted but hadn't seen Barbarian until it went up on HBO last night. After finally watching the movie, I knew I had to come back and rewatch your review :)

seems like a nice little trend we have of comedians becoming filmmakers.

It’s an incredible film. I knew absolutely nothing going into this one, and I wish it was like that with all films. It’s much more effective that way.

You have made me so excited for this movie. I’ve been craving a good horror from beginning to end and can’t wait til it’s on rental or streaming😄

Listening to you & I ill come back to watch this once I’ve watched the movie tomorrow, I’m so excited!! Seems like it’s a positive review!

So glad I saw your review. I wanted to know if it was worth seeing!

Thanks for no spoilers, looking forward to this movie! Some trailers lately are pretty much showing the whole movie, really pissses me off!

The title is what intrigued me the most about this honestly, then I saw it and really loved everything about it. The ending is something I wish they did a little differently but I'm not too bothered by it, I'm excited to make my friends go see it with me just for their reactions.

"Don't watch this video, until you've seen the mov----" *Silentknight has left the chat* P.S. I also find it concerning how parent's bring such a tiny child into such a movie. But that child will probably be a horror fanatic like us. So there you go🥴

So excited for it, I just wish we would have at least release dates for horror releases on Brazil. Barbarian isn't even listed in our biggest movie theaters upcoming movies. Orphan 2, Men and Bodies Bodies Bodies will drop only this month here, X dropped last month out of the blue, and so did Nope. I believe Halloween is the only movie this year we are getting a simutaneous world release. It sucks because when it drops in Brazil, I have already watched after given up on waiting to see if the film will go to the theater.

YES I've been waiting for this!! I'm so excited to see it!

OMG, I love your shirt! Benicio is my Hollywood crush! I hope that's who your shirt is about! Lol! Also, congrats on the baby news, my friend. All my best ♥️

I 100% agree with your review. I haven't stopped thinking about this movie since I watched it because it's so damn near perfect. It was so good that I catch myself trying to think of things I didn't like about it because it was just executed so well.

By far, one of the best horror movies I've seen. The end, could have used a smidge of tweaking, in my opinion, but overall, it's a must watch. Edge of the seat, whole time. Wish I would have scene it in theater, vs renting on my couch.

Based on the trailer I was expecting this to be run of the mill, but this one surprised me. One of those that I can’t stop thinking about! This movie thrilled me as a horror fan. I will definitely be seeing it in theaters again.

It’s been a while a haven’t watched a horror movie at the cinema and I was so sold by your review that I went today ahahah. I loved it soooo much!

I saw the trailer for the movie and knew I had to see it, especially after seeing you say how good it was. And it was truly one of the best horror movies I've seen in a long time.

I knew going into the movie it was going to be my favorite horror of the year. I could tell something else was going to happen from I think a trailer or something. Even if it was just the two people staying together, I felt something more sinister beneath it. This movie was phenomenal. I felt so giddy and excited after watching it!!

Can’t wait to watch this, so glad you liked it☺️

HI Sarah, I just finished watching Barbarian on HBO Max early a.m. of OCT 28, 2022 & I also loved it! So I fully agree w/ & appreciate your 98% positive review of it, & I too found certain parts especially with Justin Long hilarious, so I'm glad I'm not alone in that!😊♥️

I watched the first minute of your review and decided to watch the movie immediately with my boyfriend. Going in without knowing anything and we LOVED it! Thank you so much for recording it.

The movie was such a fever dream towards the end omg and I loved the addition of Justin long’s character and that whole storyline

This was such a roller coaster, super entertaining. Suspense was great! Wish they had done a little more with one particular character (my fav) but it was really good. Not my fav of the year, but very enjoyable. Glad I saw it in the theater. 💜

I just got back from the theater and I’m honestly very surprised you liked this film! I liked it as well but I didn’t think it would be your kind of thing haha. Great review as always though

my partner and I just left the theater! we enjoyed it so much. I agree - some parts were truly shocking, scary, and didn’t see what was gonna come next. nice pacing, I didn’t feel bored at all. wanna watch again for sure!!

I’m so upset this doesn’t even have a UK release date yet. I will be coming back to this review whenever actually get to watch this.

I loved it too! I went with my friend and he said his only complaint was that there wasn't enough backstory on the serial killer character. I personally somewhat agree with that, but it was great without it too! They did kind of bait me with Scarsgaard but I'm not too mad about it. Loved the comedic aspect, and the fact that a lot of the more "disturbing" things happen to somebody that you may not entirely feel bad for. Makes the comedic aspects kind of reach further into the horror and it melts together beautifully! I was absolutely on the edge of my seat the whole time. I loved that they didn't get cheap with it, they actually poured a lot of background and writing into the characters. Added so much necessary depth that we honestly do not see a lot of nowadays.

I asked for this on TikTok thank your the review you are a blessing thanks 💓

Gonna be driving two hours to see it tomorrow just because of how much I want to see it. The theater in my town won’t play it but that’s fine, that’s their loss.

Great, now I'm hyped. I know Sarah doesn't just praise any movie like this so... I am now excited to watch. Thanks for the non spoiler review.

sadly this movie isn't going to screen in france, i haden't even heard about it but your video made me want to watch it soooooo much, definitely gonna keep an eye out for when it's available in streaming

I went into this movie with just the knowledge that Bill Skaarsgard was in it, didn’t even watch a trailer because he’s one of my “must watch” actors and I’m OVER movie trailers spoiling movies. (I had to look away during Pearl’s trailer because I’m trying so hard to go in blind). Oh yes was that a good decision to go in blind here. This movie was so so so good. The only comparable experience I’ve had that I can think of was when I watched “Come to Daddy” with Elijah Wood and it had that major twist that changed the film. I love the idea that this film is going to lure in conventional horror viewers with the trailer and then surprise them with the twists. Excellent review here btw, you hit the nail on the head with how I feel about this film too, just such a breath of fresh air!

I just got done watching it and am still processing it, but it was fun. I totally agree with you about the trailer, when I saw this trailer (probably in front of NOPE) I thought it looked like a generic thriller I had no intention of seeing. But after hearing the initial reviews I decided to check it out. I’m glad I did. Once it’s been out for awhile it would be great to have a discussion about the title. Based on the initial trailer and the title I had a thought of what might be hidden away. Now I have no idea why the film is named “Barbarian”.

Just came from the theater and am rewatching your review and I gotta say I completely agree with every point you are hitting! As far as the title goes, I’m not sure if you caught it but the house is on Barbary street. Made me think it was a subtle play on a resident of Barbary being called a Barbarian. Not really a spoiler, but I wish there was an after credit scene where Tess gets a call saying she got the job. Would have been a nice cherry on top.

I'm glad I followed your advice not to watch this video (I stopped watching after your warning, a month ago) until seeing the movie, cause even the slightest suggestions might have spoiled it a tiny bit. Just saw and was blown away, a whole journey. So now I can safely watch your review.

I saw the trailer during X maybe or some release a few months ago and was still not prepared for what I saw... Wow it was fantastic

Super stoked to hear how well this was recieved with you. Can't wait to see it now. But hey, question, do you watch any Giallo films? If so which ones?

I agree with you on all the points you make in this review. The title, BARBARIAN, almost prevented me from seeing it. It was only early positive buzz from RU-vidrs like you, Mariana, and Chris that got me into the cinema. And the title must have prevented others from seeking it out as well, because I had the entire theatre auditorium to myself for the first showing on a Saturday morning. Which was good, because I screamed out loud a few times and shouted at the characters when they made questionable choices. The ending was a bit of a stretch, but didn't ruin the entire experience. This was a very creative horror, and I'm glad I saw it.

I loved this movie! ….. It gave me early 2000's horror, we definitely need more films like these

I waited to see the movie to watch this review and MAN! I feel the same way you did, definitely in my top 10 if not 5

Seeing this tonight! So excited. Just saw the Jaws IMAX reissue last week

Seriously glad to see this movie getting the praise it deserves. I also went in with basically no expectations. The trailer only picked up my interest slightly and I chose it because I was just in the mood for horror. But, wow, it is really that good and it went places I did not anticipate at all. So happy and excited to see more great, unique horror films being released!

Thanks for the great review. Just watched it. Oh my god my mind is blown. This was really so unexpected. Couldn't guess what's gonna happen the next moment. Freaking amazing movie it was.

I watched Supernatural, & after seeing the “bucket/cam” I somehow knew exactly what “it” was, which was just dope to be so right, an the final running to me was so predictable but the the final conclusion was a pleasant twist I didn’t actually see coming exactly.

I’ve been watching you for YEARS at this point, and I have to admit, I don’t really like horror but I think you’re very charming and entertaining! I clicked on this review because I hadn’t heard of the movie and was curious, and funnily enough a group of my friends were going to see it tonight. I am a big old baby, the first and only horror movies I’ve seen in theaters were the new IT movies (Bill Skarsgard is great lol I love him) and I literally cried because I was so scared. Dude, I hadn’t even seen a trailer but this review was enough for me to get the guts to see a horror movie in theaters and man…… nothing could have prepared me for this movie. I was so scared but it was so comedic in such a strange way and I wanted to laugh but like…. couldn’t because I was so scared. Absolutely loved this movie and may now finally be entering my horror movie era!!

I went in with his little knowledge as possible and it was amazing. I was so surprised by how scary it was like I jumped and little screams frequently enough it was very high stress. Honestly such a solid horror movie

Got to enjoy this Wednesday. It it was SO interesting & well made on all levels. From the trailer I thought this was gonna be something else entirely. Thought I had it unraveled three times & was always wrong. Great year for horror movies.🎃

I'm hyped for this movie, everyone keeps saying it's good esp if you go in without knowing anything. Thanks for your review.

Finally saw Barbarian over the weekend and OMG. Might be my favorite 2022 horror release (so far)

The movie taught me to never Airbnb in Detroit!

I went first night cause I didn’t want it spoiled and I LOVED it!!!! Mi have to go again because my eyes were hid the first half so I’m going again this weekend because I enjoyed it so much and to see what I missed!! Lolol thanks for the review!! ♥️♥️♥️

I saw your IG Story and went to go see, I hadnt seen any trailers or anything and it was good!

Saw it last night, amazing movie! the comedic elements were brilliant. I was cracking up and then horrified. What a wild ride !!

I was able to watch Barbarian on HBO Max last night without knowing anything about it at all. What a refreshing and wonderful experience! This movie is GREAT at red herrings and it's fun to have your preconceived theories completely bashed against the wall and pulverized.