PREVIEW: Barbarian (18)

WHO’S IN IT?

Georgina Campbell (All My Friends Hate Me), Bill Skarsgård (It), Justin Long (Tusk), Matthew Patrick Davis (film debut), Richard Brake (Batman Begins), Kurt Braunohler (The Big Sick), Jaymes Butler (Big Game), J.R. Esposito (The Hurricane Heist), Kate Bosworth (Blue Crush), Sophie Sörensen (film debut), Brooke Dillman (Superbad), Sara Paxton (Blonde)

WHO’S BEHIND THE CAMERA?

Zach Cregger (Miss March), director, writer; Roy Lee (It), J.D. Lifshitz (The Vigil), Raphael Margules (Becky) and Arnon Milchan (The Northman), producers; Anna Drubich (Werewolves Within), composer; Zach Kuperstein (The Eyes of My Mother), cinematographer; Joe Murphy (The Sound and the Fury), editor

WHAT’S IT ABOUT?

Tess (Campbell), a young woman attending a job interview in the city, arrives at an Airbnb for the night, only to find that the place has mistakenly double-booked with a strange man named Keith (Skarsgård). Deciding to stay the night anyway, Tess soon discovers something sinister lurking in the basement…

IN ONE SENTENCE, WHY SHOULD YOU BE EXCITED?

Already a hotly-discussed horror movie for its huge surprises and unpredictable turns, this is a seriously scary cinematic experience that needs to be seen with the biggest crowd possible.

WHEN’S IT OUT?

FRIDAY 28TH OCTOBER 2022

WHERE CAN I FIND IT?

IN CINEMAS NATIONWIDE

 

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