Barbarian
2022 · 103 min · Horror / Mystery / Thriller · TMDB 6.9
The short version:An Airbnb with a basement, in three acts that keep changing genre. Darkly funny, then genuinely nasty; the backstory involves decades of captivity and rape.
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Scare profile
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Scary4
Not scaryExtreme
Dread4
RelaxedSuffocating
Jump scares3
NoneConstant
Disturbing4
ForgettableHaunts you
Grim3
Fun ridePunishing
Synopsis
In town for a job interview, a young woman arrives at her Airbnb late at night only to find that it has been mistakenly double-booked and a strange man is already staying there. Against her better judgement, she decides to stay the night anyway.
What is in it
Intensity: brief means implied, off-screen or a single moment; heavy means graphic, prolonged or central. Items marked “inferred from keywords” come from TMDB tags and have not been confirmed by a person.
Violence & gore
- Graphic goreHeavyeditorial
Details (may spoil)
- A head is smashed against a wall; a finger is removed.
Children & pregnancy
- Child abuseModerateeditorial
Sexual content & violence
- Sexual assaultHeavyeditorial
Details (may spoil)
- Shown mostly through recordings and implication, but the premise is a man who kidnapped and raped women for decades. A separate subplot involves a sexual-assault accusation.
- IncestModerateeditorial
Body & medical
- Body horrorBriefeditorial
Mental health & grief
- Mental illnessBriefinferred from keywords
Abuse & bigotry
- Domestic abuseBriefeditorial
Phobias & sensory
- Claustrophobia & confinementHeavyeditorial