It’s that time of year again: spooky season, and that means all the best streaming services are serving up new terrifying thrills and scares. One of them is the most shocking horror flick I’ve seen in years, Zack Cregger’s first solo directorial debut “Barbarian,” on Hulu.
I know I’m not alone in that opinion given that “Barbarian” went on to earn 10 times its budget in theaters. It’s also chalked up a 92% critics rating on Rotten Tomatoes, a rare feat for a horror movie. But critics’ scores and earnings only reveal so much. So take it from someone who watches a lot of horror movies, even though most of them end up being crap: “Barbarian” is right up there with “Get Out” and “Hereditary” in the pantheon of modern horror movies that are actually worth your time.
While “Barbarian” has a lot of familiar pieces that horror fans
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