A double-booked Airbnb in a storm might be the most relatable horror premise of the decade—and Barbarian squeezes it for every ounce of dread. We open with the small stuff that sets your nerves on edge: an unlocked door, a too-polite stranger, a rope you should never pull. From there, we follow the film’s audacious pivot into AJ’s Hollywood scandal and ask why that sharp turn makes the story more honest about entitlement, denial, and the smooth language predators use to reframe harm. We get ...
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A double-booked Airbnb in a storm might be the most relatable horror premise of the decade—and Barbarian squeezes it for every ounce of dread. We open with the small stuff that sets your nerves on edge: an unlocked door, a too-polite stranger, a rope you should never pull. From there, we follow the film’s audacious pivot into AJ’s Hollywood scandal and ask why that sharp turn makes the story more honest about entitlement, denial, and the smooth language predators use to reframe harm. We get ...
Dare to say his name five times in the mirror? Bernard Rose's 1992 horror classic Candyman continues to haunt our nightmares with its perfect blend of urban legend, racial commentary, and genuine terror. We journey through the decaying hallways of Chicago's notorious Cabrini-Green housing project alongside Virginia Madsen's Helen, a graduate student whose research into urban legends leads her to the horrifying truth behind the hook-handed killer. As we dissect this influential film that scor...
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A double-booked Airbnb in a storm might be the most relatable horror premise of the decade—and Barbarian squeezes it for every ounce of dread. We open with the small stuff that sets your nerves on edge: an unlocked door, a too-polite stranger, a rope you should never pull. From there, we follow the film’s audacious pivot into AJ’s Hollywood scandal and ask why that sharp turn makes the story more honest about entitlement, denial, and the smooth language predators use to reframe harm. We get ...
