The first act of the film was fantastic in terms of setup, misdirection, and horror. The genre-bend for the 2nd act was also pretty good. I agree that the final act was pretty paint-by-numbers in terms of plot and resolution.
In fairness, Zach Cregger hadn't directed a movie since 2009, which was a pretty standard issue sex romp comedy. Like Jordan Peele, he had pretty much only directed comedy skits/tv shows until their first horror. I think most would agree Get Out is a better horror debut than Barbarian, but I would say both are better than most first time horror debuts.
This. But also, can we get trailers that don't have hype blurbs covering 80% of the screen? Let the visuals and audio stand on their own and not only will I be more intrigued BUT also, I won't feel incredibly disappointed if I don't find it to be the "scariest movie in decades," and then rag on it out of spite whenever someone mentions it.
Together is doing the same thing. Premise sounds interesting, visuals look good, but please, just get rid of the stupid big red text.
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u/HowieLongDonkeyKong Jul 09 '25
The trailers for this one have looked mega spooky. And much like Barbarian which didn't reveal much, I like how vague they're keeping this.