what is going on to all my horror fans out there and welcome back to my channel movie files today
we are discussing the new horror film by the name of barbarian which will be available in
theaters today now this film i have heard nothing but best film of the year easily the best horror
film of the year i just got done from seeing it in theaters and by the end of this review i'm gonna
let you all know if i agree with a lot of those sentiments or if i'm on the complete opposite
side of the fence we'll be discussing that and so much more in today's spoiler free review but
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were you on the edge of your seat watching this film were you terrified did you have a good laugh
the twists the terms did you enjoy them the reveal were you disappointed and also for my horror fans
out there it's been a really good year for horror let me know your top three horror films that you
have seen so far this year in the comments section so this film premiered at comic con this year and
literally everyone i've spoken to about this movie that got a chance to see it early or just saw it a
couple days ago best film of the year best horror film of the year now coming from someone that's a
horror fanatic i grew up on horror horror sci-fi favorite genres my bar was pretty high for this
film because there were some people i spoke to that i respect especially that are horror
fans and i'm like listen if this lives up to the expectations i might be on that bandwagon
but i'm here to tell you all right now there are definitely elements that i absolutely loved as a
as as storytelling as an element of horror element of surprise performances and then there are
elements about this film that i didn't really care for and we're gonna get into that without spoiling
it of course a little bit later but let's get into zach the director here zach craiger who wrote and
directed this film this is my first time seeing one of his projects what a hell of a job what
a home run of a direction here there were just a little bit of nuances and especially coming from
the horror background that i come from this film has a little bit of the descent neil
marshall descent one of my favorite horror films of all time this has a little bit of
alfred hitchcock going on the suspense that is built within this film is just fantastic
the camera work reminded me of a little bit of my boy sam raimi some evil dead isms going on
in this film so again it's not a copy and paste type of movie there's just homages and being the
horror fan that i am there are certain things that zach does to navigate you through this narrative
whether it be the the camera work the lighting in this film especially when we descend into our
basement that we'll get into here in a little bit there is just a lot of things that i appreciated
from a directional standpoint but also the writing was very on point there's a lot of things going
on in this movie that i did not anticipate and you all have probably heard this already
go in without knowing anything going without watching a trailer don't even read the damn
synopsis and i can appreciate that but man i was very very surprised by the strong direction in
writing this film but kind of pivoting over to a little bit of that story and the performances now
just let you all know that aren't you familiar with this film very simple premise you have
a young lady by the name of tess who's going on a job interview in detroit
and she is reading an airbnb and unfortunately there's another gentleman by the name of keith
played by the great bill skarsgard what are we going to do tess how are we going to figure this
out they eventually kind of work things out but unfortunately this house has a lot more going
on to it and particularly in the basement this is all as far as i want to go with the story line but
going into those performances i mentioned tess and we have keith first and foremost bill skarsgard
the man in horror is like peanut butter and jelly he is just meant to be in this genre
there is something that bill is doing in this film that just makes you just kind of like question his
motives that you question him as an individual and there are so many moments in this film that you're
just like what's going on with this guy because again this is pennywise you know how can you
trust the dancing clown but nonetheless i thought bill skarsgard fit perfectly within this narrative
but walking out of the film another newcomer for me georgina campbell who is testing this
movie again i'm not too familiar with her work boy is she a star she really carries a narrative
she does such a great job of making you just go on this journey that she's on again the suspense
the development the layers that she has without getting too much into her backstory there's
something that she says very early on the film that really kind of explain who she is as a person
and just to kind of touch on that a little bit she has a she sees the good in people which explains
certain decisions that she makes in this film but she also kind of gravitates towards people that
might not be good for her so i really enjoyed the little nuances the the bits of commie she provides
in this film for any jordan peel fans out there you know what i mean when you see the film but
i thought she was fantastic and if you've seen the trailer justin long i'm a big fan of fizz the man
needs to be in more horror film jeepers creepers one and two he's great in those films he is very
interested in this movie he is a douchebag and i just kind of leave it at that and there's even a
nice little subplot that he's going on through this journey that he goes on with that has a very
satisfying ending but performances were great and the nuance in this story there
are again there's the superficial surface level to the story again the surprises the spooks the
scares the twists the terms that was really well developed especially in the first half
but the story that's going on here and the themes that i took away from this film again
taking the good out of people hoping for the best for people doing the right thing also this kind of
tale of you get what you deserve karma it's just a lot of good things that's going on
with this narrative and again the thing that i found to be the best element of this film
this first half of the movie fantastic like literally the tension the suspense the mystery
again the performances direction i'm telling y'all right now from a first half perspective
this is one of the most engaging films i've seen all year in regards to just being so locked into
the script locked into the performances and going on this mystery journey because it's almost three
films going on in this movie the first half is the mystery the second half is kind of getting
into the more horrific elements of the film and the third half gets more into the more
thriller and kind of crazy bunker-ness so again i was just on this journey and again i
can't stress enough the first half of this film is absolutely home run edge of your seat great movie
unfortunately there's a second half of this movie and not that the second half was terrible my thing
with this film is the build up the suspense and when we get to the reveal it didn't really work
out for me now there are things that are explained to us as an audience that i just kind of found
from a logical standpoint to not make the most logical sense now this film takes place in detroit
and i have some homies and some friends of mine i've never been down there and i know that that
detroit has some some hard times and again this kind of reminds me of uh don't breathe a little
bit too because there's a little bit of element of some social commentary being said in regards
to just the housing and kind of the the the situations that are being done in detroit but
there is a layer and there is an element of this film that i wish we could have got that
movie especially when there's a twist that happens there's a a switch in the narrative that happens
and i'm like ah and that's where justin long is involved i'm like i don't know if i'm vibing with
this new elements of the film compared to the first half but then i'm like okay this person
bit of a douchebag a little bit of a story that we've got going here and then again another swish
that happens in that switch i'm like listen the first plot this new plot that film i really wish
we would have dove deeper into the narrative but then we focus more on that justin long thing which
comes more into the third active film which i just didn't find as engaging as plot a and plot
c and again that b plot just wasn't as strong as nuance as those other two plots i just mentioned
and then when we get down to that third act it gets a little hokey i mentioned that it reminded
me a little bit of sam raimi a little bit of evil dead more evil dead two than evil dead one and
when you kind of see the reveal you're just like ah i'm not really digging this because it was so
ground and so rooted in reality and it kind of it didn't get flimsical or fantasy or too over the
top but it just wasn't sticking the landing that i was getting out of that first half of the film
so with all that being said elliot is it one of the best films of the year i don't think so
is it one of the best horror films of the year definitely top three at the end of the day
how i'm feeling about this film now on first watch it's a 3.8 out of 5 for me again there's a lot of
fun to be had with this film a lot of good nuances to performances really strong performances coming
from the directional standpoint really great suspense especially in that first half but for me
i'm more of a person that i can go with an okay first half and then get a home run ending but i'm
not the best fan of a fantastic first half with the ending that doesn't really stick to landing
for me so that's where my 3.8 out of 5 comes from me and you you gotta see this movie in theaters
you don't wanna get spoiled number one but also it's an experience that i think you're gonna
have a good time with so three point eight out of five definitely go check it out and when you do
let me know your pros your cons your thoughts on the performances the twist the turns did the
reveal work for you i found to be a little kind of predictable but let me know your thoughts in
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