Barbarian

At its best it is inventive and unpredictable, with a nervy visual style that takes note of the lurking evil beneath the banality of its domestic space.

Like the best horrors, it's 'about' stuff -- gentrification, abuse, toxic masculinity, taking responsibility. There's also plenty of jump scares.

Barbarian is a timely depiction of youth anxiety toward a territorial older class and an older generation’s disdain for an entitled, aimless youth.

Barbarian serves up all the requisite thrills with panache, but it also provokes deeper, longer-lasting reflections.

A gleefully scary and inventive tale that’s full of disarming twists and #MeToo undertones.

For the most part, it’s one of the most bracingly effective chillers of the year.

It’s long and silly, but Barbarian is wildly entertaining.

This is a smart, well-produced, and suspenseful horror film.

By the time to film ends you'll be worn out by it, but entirely satisfied.

The use of familiar horror film tropes and turning them on their head, and re-inventing the format of storytelling for the screen makes the experience of watching Zach Cregger's Barbarian exciting and even inspiring.