The best thing Barbarian had to offer was it's bare bones trailer that left a lot to the imagination. Sadly, that's where a lot of the magic ended for this OK but formulaic horror. It started out promising and then got better and better as Justin Long showed up but as the twist was finally revealed and the pieces of the puzzle started to come together, it felt a little lame and more gross than scary. Yeah, I guess the whole incest subplot made for interesting world building around the characters but it didn't make much sense for the villain other than for her to be a lumbering brute. The whole affair ended up being unexpected but not in a good way. The other thing that bugged me about this movie was the title. Other than "Barbary" being the name of the street where the movie takes place, "Barbarian" was a pretty unfitting title for this drooly, claustrophobic horror movie.
Review of Barbarian
