Review Tuesday: BARBARIAN (2022)

 

 

BARBARIAN

When two people seem to rent the same house at the same time in a rough Detroit neighborhood, they find that there are worse things hidden within. 

For weeks Mrs Bax0jayz and I had been hearing rave reviews for this movie from friends so we were looking forward to having time to see it. 

 

This starts off like most horror movies these days. An attractive young woman, Tess (Georgina Campbell),  is forced to be in a situation with a suspicious man, Keith (Bill Skarsgard). She shows up on the doorstep of her rental, and this guy is already in there. They both have proof that they had booked this particular home at the exact same time, so they came to an agreement to stay in there together since there was plenty of room. 

 

Of course, strange things immediately starts happening and she thinks he's behind it. So, while investigating the premises Tess stumbled across a secret passageway beneath the house. Of course that's when things go sideways.

 

Oddly enough, they added an extra plot-line. I suppose there wasn't a whole lot they could do with the man and woman scenario, they tossed in the owner of the property. AJ is an actor in a world of legal troubles and needed to liquidate some assets, the first one being the house that Tess and Keith are in. 

 

Basically, this movie is a series of really screwed up scenes, that, for the most part, don't even make sense or was plain dumb. When the movie was over we both agreed that, despite being somewhat original and well-polished, it was a terrible disappointment. I do not recommend this movie at all.   

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