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Zach Cregger on his new horror film #Barbarian: “I was struck by the fact that... as a man, I don’t have to be on guard against half the population who might have some sort of ill intent towards me.”

Here, the cast breaks down the buzzy new movie. latimes.com/entertainment-…

“She’s at this crossroads in her life where she’s looking at this new job, this new start, and this could be the moment that she manages to change everything,” said star Georgina Campbell, who brings a cautious intelligence to #Barbarian character Tess. latimes.com/entertainment-…

What Tess discovers in the basement leads her into a labyrinth of unimaginable horrors — some closer than you might think.

But who’s the real monster in #Barbarian? Dive into @jenyamato’s spoiler-filled explainer to answer all your burning questions. latimes.com/entertainment-…

“I was very aware that this could be funny in the right way or the wrong way,” Matthew Patrick Davis said of his “bonkers” #Barbarian performance. “You’re sitting there naked in Bulgaria with boobs taped to your chest. Are people going to buy this?” latimes.com/entertainment-…

“I thought, what’s the opposite of [Tess]? A man who has no awareness,” Cregger said of Justin Long’s character. “A man who is completely oblivious to the damage that he’s been inflicting on people. I wanted them both to pass through the same prism.” latimes.com/entertainment-…

“Cregger wraps this multilayered contemporary social commentary in a rip-roaring, utterly horrifying flick that’s inspired by classic horror filmmaking and tropes,” @katiewalshstx writes of #Barbarian. “It’s the throwback appeal coupled with fresh ideas.” latimes.com/entertainment-…

If you’ve seen the movie, jump into the spoiler discussion to learn all about the juicy twists and unpredictable turns in one of this year’s buzziest new horror films. latimes.com/entertainment-…

Read @jenyamato’s feature on the making of #Barbarian. latimes.com/entertainment-…