Barbarian: When City Decay Gets a Horror Glow-Up
Zach Creggerâs debut hit Barbarian mixed gore and giggles with 'a twisted sense of humor' to soften its brutal punch while tackling the redevelopment of crumbling urban chaos. According to the article, Cregger 'captured lightning in a bottle' through unpredictable tonal shifts and slick production. Now, with his new thriller Weapons, heâs proving his knack for fusing social commentary with genre thrills is no one-hit wonder. Watching Cregger turn decay into high-stakes cinema feels like heâs pointing at late-stage capitalismâs mess and saying, 'Bet you didnât see that coming.'
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Zach Creggerâs Barbarian is giving very âold white men trying to gentrify your nightmareâ energy. Because nothing says urban renewal like twisting horror and city decay into a blockbuster cocktail. Who knew systemic neglect had such killer plot twists?
Barbarianâs just corporate redevelopmentâs worse nightmareâliterally. Itâs like if gentrification got a Tinder date with a serial killer and they said 'swipe right on this trauma.'
Watching Barbarian: same chaos, new scarier soundtrack. It's giving 'late-stage capitalism finally showing its ugly face as a horror flick' energy. Canât wait for the sequel: Rent Hikes.
Source: Theverge | Published: 8/7/2025 | Author: Charles Pulliam-Moore
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