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“Barbarian” stars Justin Long and Georgina Campbell along with Writer and Director Zach Cregger join CinemaBlend to discuss their buzz-worthy new horror film. Learn why the cast trusted  Cregger’s vision for the story, working with Bill Skarsgård, how audience feedback shaped the film, and much more!

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00:00 You know, when I watch horror movies where the scares are CG,

00:03 it just takes me right out of it.

00:05 It just doesn't feel real.

00:06 And I'm trying to create a visceral experience.

00:10 So it was very important to me to do

00:12 everything practical in camera.

00:13 [MUSIC PLAYING]

00:17 The trailer just did not prepare me at all.

00:28 Good.

00:28 I just appreciated it so much.

00:31 And I want to know how involved you

00:32 were with making the trailer.

00:34 I was invited to participate in making the trailer.

00:37 I was very relieved that from the get-go,

00:39 Disney was on the same page as me,

00:41 that they did not want to put any spoilers in the trailer.

00:46 Now, they cut the trailer that is out there in the world.

00:49 And I think it is fantastic.

00:51 If I had been left to my own devices,

00:52 I would not have made a trailer that good.

00:55 So thank God they're pros at what they do.

00:57 They know how to market this movie.

00:59 And my hat is off to them.

01:02 And I think they crushed it.

01:03 So yeah, it's pretty spoiler-free.

01:06 It's funny, because a lot of people

01:07 will leave comments on the trailer saying, well,

01:09 this--

01:10 I know what happens.

01:11 I promise you, you don't know what happens.

01:14 How much fun is it to look at internet theories

01:16 before this comes out?

01:17 Because I had my own, just like even re-watching the trailer

01:20 today and hearing how the audio was used, I was like--

01:24 I had a completely different idea of what the movie was.

01:26 Sure.

01:27 How much are you really engaging with the internet about this?

01:29 I read a lot of the comments.

01:32 So far, they've been positive.

01:33 So I haven't really had my feelings hurt that much.

01:35 As soon as my feelings get hurt, I'm out.

01:37 But no, I do keep an eye on them.

01:40 And it's fun.

01:41 Some people have brought up some really amazing points

01:43 that I've never even realized.

01:45 People pointed out that "Barbarian"

01:46 is an anagram of Airbnb.

01:48 And I did not realize that until way too late.

01:51 Somebody pointed out that 476 Barbary,

01:53 the address of the house, that 476 is the year

01:56 that Rome fell to the barbarians.

01:58 I didn't know that.

01:59 You know, it's fun.

02:00 It's fun to, like, watch these sleuths kind of do

02:03 their thing and pick it apart.

02:04 We're asking so many questions.

02:06 We're kind of yelling at the screen for you guys.

02:08 Are you kind of trying to answer questions for your own

02:10 characters when you're on set?

02:12 Well, I think the script was so well-written by Zach

02:17 that it makes sense.

02:20 He really kind of fills in those kind of, like, loopholes

02:23 and makes sure that there's proper diversions.

02:27 It makes sense why, you know, Tess,

02:30 she tries to get out of these scenarios

02:33 again and again and again,

02:34 and she keeps kind of getting pushed back.

02:38 And also, you know, Zach is a really fantastic director,

02:42 so he was always there to kind of talk things through

02:44 and make sense of anything

02:46 that maybe was confusing at the time.

02:48 I trusted Zach as well.

02:50 I mean, he crafted, yeah,

02:52 it was such a tight script.

02:54 It was such a thoughtful script that anything

02:59 that I questioned were usually just very minor word choices.

03:05 And Zach has such a great ear for dialogue.

03:08 You know, he's got such an ear for realism

03:11 that he was so supportive of any kind of, like,

03:15 minor tweaks that maybe made it sound

03:18 a little bit more realistic or natural.

03:21 But, no, I never -- I didn't question him at all.

03:25 He was such a thoughtful, creative leader.

03:31 -They're kind of like two different sides

03:33 of the same coin, you know?

03:34 Like, Tess is a woman who goes into this deadly situation,

03:39 identifying threat, and her brain is working overtime

03:41 trying to determine if she's in danger or not.

03:44 AJ is a man going into the same situation.

03:47 He's in danger.

03:48 He's caused wreckage, and he's oblivious to it,

03:51 and he's just kind of blindly cruising through.

03:53 So it's a comment on the mental energy

03:57 that women have to exert to protect themselves

04:00 that men don't.

04:01 And so that was just a way to kind of riff

04:03 on the disparity of those two attitudes.

04:07 -Tess's introduction is kind of really introducing the film

04:12 and where we are.

04:13 We're at this Airbnb in this strange situation

04:17 with Keith, Bill Skarsgård's character,

04:21 which then leads to going down into the basement.

04:24 I think the kind of --

04:27 What's interesting about the film is there's shifts in tone,

04:29 and at the beginning of the film,

04:31 it kind of feels like there is more of a romantic vibe to it.

04:36 You know, they kind of start clicking.

04:38 It kind of feels very soft and nice,

04:41 and then suddenly, you know, we go down to the basement,

04:44 and suddenly there's another complete tonal change

04:47 as we find out that there's, you know,

04:49 there's something bad lurking down there.

04:51 -What are we supposed to do?

04:53 -I don't know. I don't know.

04:56 Why don't you come inside, and we'll call these idiots.

05:00 -How intentional is Bill Skarsgård in that role?

05:06 Because there was a point where he said, like,

05:08 "I'm not a monster," and just knowing it, I was like, "Uh-huh."

05:11 -Yeah, he says, "What do I look like, a monster?"

05:13 And everyone's like, "Uh..."

05:16 I actually didn't think of that as a joke

05:17 until the first time we screened it for an audience,

05:19 and everyone laughed. I was like, "Oh, yeah.

05:20 I guess that is pretty fun."

05:22 Yeah, I mean, Bill was perfect casting for this

05:24 because he has such a history with the audience.

05:27 Horror audiences know him, you know,

05:30 and they expect something from him.

05:32 So as soon as he opens that door,

05:33 everyone's like, "Oh!"

05:34 You know, and that's just what you want.

05:37 -Being with an audience watching this was so effective,

05:40 and I was wondering before, you know,

05:43 being ready with your final cut, did you --

05:45 Who did you show it to, and did you have to show it

05:48 to an audience before being like,

05:49 "Okay, I'm ready. I'm ready for this to be out"?

05:51 -Yeah, so there's a testing process that you go through

05:54 when you make a movie with a studio.

05:56 So, you know, you go, and you go to a big theater

05:59 packed with, you know, regular folks and --

06:03 who hopefully have some interest in horror,

06:05 and then they watch the movie, and then they, like, grade you.

06:07 You know, they, like, fill out a thing,

06:09 and you get a number grade,

06:11 and it's really, really stressful.

06:14 And then you take that feedback, and you make some changes

06:17 that you hope are gonna bring your score up,

06:19 and we did another one, and we brought our score up,

06:22 and, you know, then you learn more.

06:25 And it's a process that I think is actually really valuable.

06:28 I'm certainly not one of those filmmakers who's like,

06:30 "I don't care what anybody says."

06:31 Like, I care. I want the audience to have fun.

06:33 This is a movie for, like, the general audience.

06:36 I'm not making, um, whatever.

06:39 I'm not making an arty-farty sort of a thing.

06:41 I'm trying to make a big, crowd-pleasing popcorn movie.

06:44 Like, that's -- I want it to be a roller coaster.

06:46 So I really want to incorporate the feedback.

06:48 -Well, this one's pretty memorable.

06:50 I think this might be my favorite.

06:53 I guess getting turned into a walrus

06:54 is sort of tough to beat.

06:57 That's -- That old chestnut.

07:01 But, yeah, I mean, it's fun to --

07:04 I like -- I loved horror movies growing up.

07:08 I didn't really get to watch them,

07:09 so they were always, like, forbidden fruit, you know?

07:11 And so now -- So, like, the more gruesome

07:14 the cover of a movie was, like, the more I wanted to see it,

07:17 you know, the more graphic and gory.

07:19 So now getting to do some of this stuff,

07:21 it's kind of like I'm living out some childhood fantasies.

07:26 -This process might seem overwhelming.

07:34 But with a little practice,

07:38 it can soon become a pleasurable experience.

07:43 This is perfectly natural.

07:49 [Growling]

07:53 [BLANK_AUDIO]

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