Tess (Georgina Campbell) arrives at her overnight rental property only to find it's already occupied by Keith (Bill Skarsgard). Unable to find alternate accomodation, she accepts his offer to share the property. Waking in the middle of the night to discover her bedroom door unlocked and open, Tess soon discovers that the house she is staying in has a sinister past...

To reveal any more would be doing a disservice to writer/director Zach Cregger - making his feature debut - and his glefully subversive thriller, which pulls out all the stops in delivering an original, wild and terrifying ride. Critics are saying: "Cregger delivers an absolutely stunning addition to the horror canon. BARBARIAN is a twisted little film" (AV Club), "An inventive, nerve-shredding horror film whose greatest shock is its unpredictability" (Screen International), "Skillfully directed, smartly cast and superbly acted" (Seattle Times).