Barbarian (2022)
published 2026-10-21 | tags: #backlog #movies
Two things I liked about Barbarian:
- You think it's one movie and takes a HARD left turn.
- It felt like a video game.
If you've seen it you understand (1) but (2) might need some explanation.
There's a scene where the main protagonist is searching for something, anything, and finds a clue, then tugs on that thread to find another things and another, etc. At each step she's like "Nope nope nope" which felt very video-gamey. Ever single horror game I've played I find where I need to go, but there's a big monster or creepy hallway in the way so I need like... convince myself to do it even though I really don't want to.
Also Zach Cregger ended up doing a good Resident Evil movie so I'm choosing to believe he's a fan of games and that video games have informed his filmmaking at least a little bit.