Netflix has added a 2022 horror film that’s shaking up viewers and pulling in attention for being one of the crucial intense additions to the platform shortly. This recent arrival has managed to face out among the many infinite scroll of crime dramas and offbeat comedies. It’s called Barbarian and it dropped on June 1.
Mother wants you to know that Barbarian is now on Netflix. pic.twitter.com/IfBd6uUYzf
— Netflix (@netflix) June 8, 2025
What’s Netflix’s Barbarian About?
The film kicks off with Tess, played by Georgina Campbell, heading to Detroit for a job interview. She books a rental house, only to reach and find another person already inside. That person is Keith, played by Bill Skarsgård. A double booking leads them to awkwardly share the space for the night. Nevertheless, things take an odd turn and never in the best way you expect.
The story initially starts slow after which dives deep into something far darker, pulling the ground out from under the audience with each scene. There’s a basement within the film, and something’s down there. That’s all you could know, because the less detail you go in with, the more practical it hits.
The story twists in directions that feel inconceivable to predict. One moment you’re watching a personality attempt to make sense of a weird situation, the subsequent you’re caught in something nightmarish.
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— Pop Crave (@PopCrave) October 11, 2022
Critics Praise Barbarian for Its Daring Direction and Twists
Barbarian is directed by Zach Cregger, which features Justin Long, Matthew Patrick Davis, Richard Brake, and others. It has a 92 percent rating on Rotten tomatoes, and a solid 7 rating on Imdb.
Siddhant Adlakha of Empire Magazine wrote, “Barbarian begins as a tale of awkward circumstance, before mutating into something intensely claustrophobic, satirically amusing, and in its best moments, each.”
One viewer tweeted, “Barbarian on netflix is insaneeee.” One other added, “Barbarian on netflix was crazy asf but superb.”
barbarian on netflix is insaneeee
— trin (@hennykizz) July 1, 2025
Barbarian on netflix was crazy asf but superb
— da3mmms (@ithinkhername) June 3, 2025
A 3rd said, “I would like to see Barbarian on Netflix but not by myself lmao I’m scared lmao,” while another person wrote, “Barbarian on Netflix it sooo good 1000/10.”
I would like to see Barbarian on Netflix but not by myself lmao I’m scared lmao
— Dej (@Dej_pash) June 14, 2025
Barbarian on Netflix it sooo good 1000/10
— dionna p🧚🏻 (@duumduumz) June 5, 2025
Although opinions have been divided on the ending, even those that felt unsatisfied by the conclusion agreed it was a crazy enough ride to recommend. It’s the variety of film that’s perplexing enough that after it’s over, you’re left taking a look at the screen attempting to figure it out.
Barbarian is streaming now on Netflix.
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