“No one really saw Barbarian coming, the playful 2022 horror about an Airbnb reservation gone horribly wrong.
“That was part of the plan, a teasing trailer that only told a small part of the story and a swaggering title that promised something grander than we could initially see, and that might be why I found the reaction to be a little alienating.
“It was showered with euphoric praise upon release and first-time writer-director Zach Cregger, whose background is in comedy, was immediately heralded as a new king of the genre.”
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