The best part of the entire film, by far, is when Justin Long discovers the creepy basement tunnels and immediately tries to figure out how he can make money off it. Absolutely hilarious.
He's (AJ, not Justin himself) not the brightest, is he? It's so weird to see Justin Long play a role like this, I'm use to him playing an adorable dork, like Brendan from Galaxy Quest or Patchi from Walking With Dinosaurs 3D.
I like how you spent 10 minutes establishing all the aspects of Keith's brutal murder plan and then the next morning Keith's just like 'alright see ya later'
No shit but that kind of tactical mindset is real. I was staying at guys house, I didn't trust him to not steal my shit or worse. I turned in early, barred the door, and made sure I could bail out of a window at a moments notice. I bolted the next day and felt like an asshole (because he ended up being harmless) but the fact is that when you're staying with a stranger they have so many options to hurt you in such unexpected ways. Even monor things can have weird compounding consequences. Like, imagine if that guy had gotten accidentally spilled a wine on her socks. "It's fine, nobody will care about discolored socks" except, you'll know, and that can throw off your game... just enough to make a sharp comment here or there.
The writer/director of this movie actually read a book about red flags women see and have to deal with and then wrote the beginning of this movie trying to incorporate every single one of them into a story, but felt it was too predictable so then he expanded and wrote the rest of the movie. It's why the film starts that way.
@@TarkusLives ^ Yep, it's kinda weird how many people are missing the point that Keith was supposed to be a red herring. It's not a flaw of the movie, it's a strength
@@Tony_Pesta Well, it's extremely obvious to be 1 of two things. He's either the obvious killer, or a red herring, because there's like a dozen different red flags that she ignores. I don't think people think of it as a flaw, it's obviously a plot device.
@@RS-fy9hb I don't think she ignores any of the red flags, she calculates them and chooses to trust Keith. He is 100% a red herring, he's supposed to make you feel uncertain. But people in this comment section clearly think it's a flaw lol -- which is fine, it's their opinion. I just think they missed the point
@@Tony_Pesta nah that the worst gamble ever. That's how you end up in someone's basement because you chose to trust. The second I see someone open that door saying we double booked I'm gone. Let's make survival a 100% rather than trusting he's just every red flag that won't get me killed. Don't give em a chance. At all. Ever. Hell even bringing her bags up to the door was dumb. And leaving them there was even worse. Her behavior screamed future death by random serial killer
Bro I was thinking the same thing😂. I’m a nice tall guy, and I’m naturally inclined to help people. But the moment I see that long ass stairwell bro there’s nothing I can do for you lol. It’s beyond me at that point.
Yeah even if there's no dangerous creature in the cave there's still a bunch of ways to die in a dark underground tunnel. There might be pit falls, the ceiling could collapse or a large rock can fall on ur head, u could get lost and not be able to call for help, u could get lost and suffocate from a lack of air, etc.
I found this channel before I found Cinema Summary, but it looks like this channel is the less popular one. It’s a shame too because Nerd Explains is way funnier.
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Finally, a review pointing out the baffling stupidity of Tess's decisions. But doesn't mention why Tess didn't tell the cops when they were at the location that ALL of her belongings were in the house. What a glaring oversight, at least to me.
My girl literally sacrificed herself for her "baby" and she shoots her. I mean I get it, but I'd at least be a little hesitant to shooting her in the head. Who knows, maybe we could chat and we could change the whole... trapped In a hole and being fed unknown milk thing.
I personally think a suspense thriller where the girl books an Airbnb only to find a (seemingly) cordial guest ending up staying, making the audience question if everything is as it seems with him would be a fun watch. Things start off innocently enough (even perhaps somewhat flirty), but slowly devolving into those red flags starting to show, with (something) forcing them to have to live in the same house/unable to leave. Eventually, the girl finds the secret doorway in the basement, leading to that sketchy cam room, with the guy turning out to actually be the deranged/psychotic owner of the house. I think Bill Skarsgard would do a wonderful job at starring as that friendly and awkward (but harmless) guy, and slowly shift into that deranged serial killer kinda vibe.
Yeah it ruins any semblance of horror for me. I don't feel like they are going against overwhelming odds, it just feels like a drunk driver crashing because their terrible decisions land them in their situations.
I really don't get this take, Tess was a very smart and capable main character. I love Nerd Explains but he glosses over a BUNCH of things that explain why Tess walked into the house and warmed up to Keith. There are plenty of red flags but there's also a healthy amount of green flags Also, let's not ignore the fact that Keith literally was just an awkard guy and not a serial killer at all. Tess and Keith had obvious chemistry, it's not at all surprising that she would have felt comfortable after their conversation and while it's a stretch for her to go into the basement, her defining character trait is that she "always goes back / doesn't know when to leave"
My favorite part of the movie was that both of them got the AirBnb without any horror aspect connecting to it. I was under the impression that someone plan the double booking but instead it seemed to be a mistake made by the company loaning the house. Seeing the cave dweller was a surprise.
When Justin Long dropped the gun off the side of the building, I laughed for about three minutes straight. Anyone else ever notice that in bad horror movies freaking NO ONE is allowed to competently hold or use a firearm when it matters?
Atleast they prefaced it this time by making sure we knew he was a clumsy doofus from the start. He dropped every single freaking item he held in the movie like a bumbling buffoon.
In hindsight, her door opening in the beginning absolutely drives me crazy. That means that mama came and opened her door, and then went back downstairs. Nah wtf mama should have kidnapped them both right there, or am I missing something?
I knowwww....... I know it was the mama but that makes no sense , she has the sense of a 5 year old, when she sees something she wants she just takes it,...unless she doesn't want to wake in her mind the babies ..... But common sense saids he opened it because he is fucked up to.. just saying....it felt like they started off with a entirely different movie and the decided this sucks and add a mutant
@@coreyharvey8953 no, its actually very commun that when a Mother ser her baby sleeping, doesnt want to wake them up, so it make se se that Mother saw them asleep and well, and decided that they didnt need her help
@@coreyharvey8953Other aspects that don't make sense; If the mutant didn't want to wake them and let them sleep, why would she then (after getting ahold of them) leave them in a cage in their cave dungeon, rather than bringing them back to the room where their "baby" was sleeping. Who's the old man in the basement? The troll wife's father? Why was the troll creature trying to care for a child? What's the backstory/reasoning on this? Does it just see the girl as her child? If so; Why did she try to bottle feed both the girl and the guy, and (later) was fine risking its life to save the girl, but be fine with killing the guy? Soo many questions to this movie..
This first guy Keith gave off so many fucking red flags that he's a serial killer I'm in complete belief that the original script didn't have the Mama thing in it and it was supposed to be a thriller about whether that guy is bad or not, but then the script writer noticed he made it impossible to make the audience believe he's not a murderer that he threw in the 7 foot tall behemoth of a woman to make people forget how poorly set up that was. EDIT: The new scariest thing about this movie how many people apparently don't know how many red flags his behaviour should've given off if you weren't an omniscient viewer that knew he was supposed to be a nice person and just a misdirect. EDITEDIT: Ok, Imma write another comment considering people seem to think that what I presented as an initial script was the actual initial script. It isn't. Him being a fucking creep giving off 50 red flags per minute was completely intended. From other comments and wikipedia and interviews, Keith giving off so many horrific red flags was actually completely intended because apparently his entire behaviour was based on a book on red flags women should watch out for in men the writer read. So yeah, him giving off red flags galore and being a super creep is completely intended, so if you either don't see the red flags or try excusing the red flags, you're basically exactly the problem the book and the screenplay tried to address, lol.
I read what the director was going for and it was the mis direct and the Mother was the killer. Then in congress the owner which really threw it all off to think maybe the owner knew about it. The director was explaining how he wanted to do the movie. Im like... that was clever
His "red flags" seem to be just him being oblivious to boundaries. Don't get me wrong, fucking creepy. I wouldn't trust him. But he didn't do anything wrong really.
@@FaceFamous Honestly, don't think it's particularly clever or well-done if you just make a guy with a billion red flags, play it up, and out of nowhere just have she-hulk blasted into your movie without setup and fuck shit up.
I’m positive the city will have a absolute meltdown about the zoning violations going on with those tunnels. He’ll probably lose money because he’s forced to fix it
Honestly I'm scratching my head on how any woman can hook up with a man (a stranger at a bar, clubbing, etc) if this level of paranoia is rattling around their heads 24/7.
@@Indigo199517 I don’t really know much women who actually do hookup with people from any of the places you’ve stated. The only people who do stuff like that typically don’t have the best sense of self preservation, because they came from bad backgrounds and never progressed mentally from their trauma. Or people who just say YOLO to everything.
The funny thing is had she not gone in the house with Keith, she would've been in more danger (unless she immediately drove away) cause Mama comes out at night.
Oooh interesting, I actually didn't even think of this. I'm actually just now realizing that Mama was probably coming home when she opened the bedroom door at the start -- for some reason I assumed she just came up then went straight back down but this makes much more sense
@@Tony_Pesta I actually thought the same, that she came up and went right back down. It's actually scarier to think the main char was waiting on that porch in the rain and Mama was already outside...
The real twist would have been if he really HAD turned out to be a serial killer, but the monster was the worse evil and she finds this out when she tries to start her car and finds he cut the fuel line or something when she’s trying to escape.
Love how he is actively passively aggressively trashing the atf. “Just say he has a handgun and is gonna put a stock on it and the whole place will be shot to the ground or burned” lmao love this guy
Oh my gosh my friends were watching this last night while we were eating dinner after going out for Halloween. We were all just looking at the screen saying "Dude no just let her leave when the hell is wrong with you. She said she wants to go" which turned into "No no don't go down there that's who you end up on a missing persons list."
The most unrealistic scene in this movie is when Justin Long gets the tape measure to stay hooked on the top stair as he measure down that second tunnel. Also I was disappointed, I really thought Arnold Schwarzenegger was supposed to be in this film to conclude his Conan trilogy. 😆
The whole movie was unrealistic lol And how is she huge and like superhuman it makes no sense. At least explain how did she get like that. Even if she is some big abnormal human how would she survive that fall hitting the ground that high.
Also how long have other people owned this house? And they just live down there for many years and no one ever lives there up stairs and notices? Did the guy sell it? He would have to come up to get food. He also is too sick then to come up and bring a bunch of groceries down. And no one ever noticed all these years that pull string thing for the door tell now?
@@miac2382 there was a bell connected to a rope hanging in his room. i assume he pulls it calling her to him and bring whatever he needs. and she just forages for food when shes out at night i guess
@@miac2382can't really explain the whole superhuman ability, but she looks like that due to the massive incest-blood line....wait maybe, cause of her environment she's able to develop some unique abilities, and she probably only feeds on breast milk.🤔
That tends to be my favorite type of horror. It reminded me of Malignant, which is a movie I frequently recommend due to its beautiful hilarity but also a fun horror ! I was not expecting barbarian to be this at all, I enjoyed being absorbed in the oddities ha
The joke about threatening to put a stock on a pistol and the ensuing police assault made me snort ginger ale out of my nose! Every new video is just better and better!!
@@supersaiyanbino I think the question is at one point does "worse or equal things" become a line of "I'll just off myself instead". Cuz I think this one situation leans on the latter.
@@thewalking4473 right? But if her only request was "suck on my teet or I'll bludgen you to death." I'll tough it out as long as I could...maybe request a washrag...or...sani wipe to clean her teet, but dammit this is about SURVIVAL! 🤣
@@josephmurphy417 Then again, if you screw up as bad as most of the people in this movie, a Darwin Award is probably something you would be better off receiving, for the sake of the gene pool.
17:25 as I watched this last night I literally yelled "whether he's in actual danger or luring you down there to capture/kill you wtf is your unarmed, 120lb @$$ gonna do bout it????"
I honestly prefer you over Cinema Summary. I feel you are more in touch with your fans and less about big sponsorships. Oddly enough I also rewatch videos to fall asleep to.
I like them both. Just appreciate them both. They have their own style. Nerd has the sarcasm and how to use certain weapons etc and use common sense. Cinema Summary (how to beat) Is more scientific and using the surroundings to the advantage. Plus common sense. But love them both
I prefer binge xpress, then this guy, then the other guy. binge being the top because he's realistic about the moment lol. this dude is getting to be more like that too though
Wait so are you and How to Beat doing different perspectives of the same movies now? I really enjoyed watching both of your channels and the different movies covered it was like a double feature!!
She had a working car for the majority of the movie and she was even able to go to her interview and she came back to the house?!?! I was not even rooting for her to survive after that.
Seriously....thats been the prob with horror movies lately ( or always)... They often have deplorable or unrealistically stupid characters that you end up not caring about...or even hoping they die.
“However since the law of physics works differently in the state of Michigan troll face falls fast enough to beat her to the ground and soak up most of the impact”. I like it.
She could have also worked on her delivery to the cops. instead of "oh theres a crazed giant underground", maybe start with "someone held me captive for a week in a bunker"
@@skubaRu7 I meant that they wouldn't use it effectively. Probably waste the shots, lose it, remember they had it too late, give it to someone who doesn't know how to use it. There are plenty of stupid decision they would make with the gun that would remove the benefit of having said gun.
@@ollehkacb Tess escaped too and even rammed her with her car but then the troll hag not only didn't kill her but hurt herself trying to save her life.
This man made my damn day binge watching these videos all day. I don't feel good but he freaking had me cracking up at this one, especially? I didn't kno so many different names could be thought up to describe Andre The Giant's Nana? Although, Tess, Pennywise, and Justin Long's weird looking "Plays the role of an A-hole too well" a**, are all dumb, the smartest thing about this movie was to make us think Penny was the killer so much, I still remember being jump-scared when Grandma Orc came popping out of nowhere?
Japanese horror. Once the curse is applied (walked into the wrong house, played a weird tapas, whatever), it is an inevitable doom. No amount of smart decisions will save you.
Tess deserved everything that happened to her. I believe that was the point, but continuously going through this situation was stupid, especially for people she didn’t know. The whole police situation almost took me out the movie. That being said…. This was probably the most suspenseful / tension filled movie I’ve seen in a while. I was genuinely intrigued where her stupid decisions would get her next in that dark place.
Honestly, it's the one thing about the movie absolutely didn't understand. Why were the 3 protagonists of the movie 1. A person so insanely stupid to ignore literally every single red flag in existence + has zero sense of self preservation 2. A person so comically socially inept that he apparently wasn't a serial killer even though literally everything he did screamed serial killer 3. Just a human garbage pile in every possible way. Like... was I supposed to root for the 7 foot tall mutant crazy woman?
@@Albinojackrussel lmao no it didn’t at all? Some lady said she was kidnapped and literally they couldn’t care…. She goes to a house with a broken window and they do nothing but accuse her of breaking it, but they never even seen her do it. It was highly unrealistic. No cop should just shoo you off and they visibility see you’re under duress
Dude the ad at the end had me rolling. Brilliant. I realize that this comment seems like an ad, but we have at least 6 more months until technology advances to that point.
I've been watching a bunch of your vids and your style in this one is my favorite. I know it's similar to the others, but the commentary is funnier, more sarcastic, more critical.
LOVE BOTH CHANNELS!!!! (Nerd Explains and How to Beat) And just watched How to Beat video on this yesterday.. IM CONVINCED. THEY ARE WORKING TOGETHER.. TO MANY SIMILARITIES. 1) SAME UP LOAD SCHEDULE.. AND WHEN ONE MOVES THE OTHER MOVES DAMN NEAR SAME DAY 2) SAME THUMBNAILS 3) BOTH HOW TO BEAT 4) DIFFERENT STYLES of movie genre but used to both do the same movies BUT SIMILAR SITUATIONS SPOKEN ABOUT in the same videos NOW 5) BOTH FUNNY AS HELL. 😁
See, I would have survived by the point of needing toilet paper. I would have probably already begun going before checking the roll's status. Seeing it was out, I'd be in a pickle. Air dry, or use underpants (gross, yes, but then I can just stuff them in the garbage or a ziplock baggie, then change into another pair from my bag.) Then I'm on my way and never have to endure the rest of this movie!
The best part of the entire film, by far, is when Justin Long discovers the creepy basement tunnels and immediately tries to figure out how he can make money off it. Absolutely hilarious.
I couldn’t stop laughing while this fucking is using the tape measure down the stairs
@@brothaclutch The ridiculousness of that definitely adds to the scene.
Bruh…that shit had me dying lol
He's (AJ, not Justin himself) not the brightest, is he? It's so weird to see Justin Long play a role like this, I'm use to him playing an adorable dork, like Brendan from Galaxy Quest or Patchi from Walking With Dinosaurs 3D.
@@crystalgemgirl731 Watch 'Tusk', it'll fuck you up a little bit.
I like how you spent 10 minutes establishing all the aspects of Keith's brutal murder plan and then the next morning Keith's just like 'alright see ya later'
Prepare for the worst, anticipate the worst
Should have made and carried out a preemptive retaliatory counter murder on Keith. We can't afford a murder plan gap
@@roryscott2941 Lol yeah I suppose it never hurts to have that up your sleeve
Overthinking at its best
No shit but that kind of tactical mindset is real. I was staying at guys house, I didn't trust him to not steal my shit or worse.
I turned in early, barred the door, and made sure I could bail out of a window at a moments notice.
I bolted the next day and felt like an asshole (because he ended up being harmless) but the fact is that when you're staying with a stranger they have so many options to hurt you in such unexpected ways.
Even monor things can have weird compounding consequences. Like, imagine if that guy had gotten accidentally spilled a wine on her socks. "It's fine, nobody will care about discolored socks" except, you'll know, and that can throw off your game... just enough to make a sharp comment here or there.
The amount of red flags and she managed to ignore them all.
Nerd explains commentary is killing me
The writer/director of this movie actually read a book about red flags women see and have to deal with and then wrote the beginning of this movie trying to incorporate every single one of them into a story, but felt it was too predictable so then he expanded and wrote the rest of the movie. It's why the film starts that way.
@@TarkusLives ^ Yep, it's kinda weird how many people are missing the point that Keith was supposed to be a red herring. It's not a flaw of the movie, it's a strength
@@Tony_Pesta Well, it's extremely obvious to be 1 of two things. He's either the obvious killer, or a red herring, because there's like a dozen different red flags that she ignores. I don't think people think of it as a flaw, it's obviously a plot device.
@@RS-fy9hb I don't think she ignores any of the red flags, she calculates them and chooses to trust Keith. He is 100% a red herring, he's supposed to make you feel uncertain. But people in this comment section clearly think it's a flaw lol -- which is fine, it's their opinion. I just think they missed the point
@@Tony_Pesta nah that the worst gamble ever. That's how you end up in someone's basement because you chose to trust. The second I see someone open that door saying we double booked I'm gone. Let's make survival a 100% rather than trusting he's just every red flag that won't get me killed. Don't give em a chance. At all. Ever. Hell even bringing her bags up to the door was dumb. And leaving them there was even worse. Her behavior screamed future death by random serial killer
I love the way this film knows about all the horror movie tropes where the characters make stupid decisions and said:
"Hold my beer"
“Hold my life support, I’ll handle this.”
- charging off as the life support cords to him get taut
Yup and then did every single one
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the fact that the woman survived the whole movie despite all of her seriously dumb decisions is unbelievable.
its because everyone else was dumber, she survives by default
She was a good person tho , so she definitely deserved to survive
Be a black woman, +10 to plot armour.
@@10pmmemes88 Tru dat 😂
By the end, my friends and I were hoping she died, we were disappointed
I can understand going into the first hallway with the bedroom; but that long ass stairwell into the pits of hell; Fuck no.
Bro I was thinking the same thing😂. I’m a nice tall guy, and I’m naturally inclined to help people. But the moment I see that long ass stairwell bro there’s nothing I can do for you lol. It’s beyond me at that point.
Yeah even if there's no dangerous creature in the cave there's still a bunch of ways to die in a dark underground tunnel. There might be pit falls, the ceiling could collapse or a large rock can fall on ur head, u could get lost and not be able to call for help, u could get lost and suffocate from a lack of air, etc.
screw a monster. Have yall seen Hostel? Id be thinking that'd be my fate.
@@sinbad7090 Gotta let nature take its course
I wouldn't even get into the basement in the first place
Nerd Explains is like Cinema Summary's (now How to beat's) cooler older brother with extra sarcasm and nihilism.
Ngl I thought they were the same person for a while
I found this channel before I found Cinema Summary, but it looks like this channel is the less popular one. It’s a shame too because Nerd Explains is way funnier.
@@hazeygrace8122 thank god I’m not the only one
Nerd explains is way better and goes more in depth how to beat is too boring
@@Sol_Invictus1997 Samee, it's really sad. Although Cinema Summary isn't too bad either of course
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Man, this is legit the definition of “can’t have shit in Detroit”
facts!
Finally, a review pointing out the baffling stupidity of Tess's decisions. But doesn't mention why Tess didn't tell the cops when they were at the location that ALL of her belongings were in the house. What a glaring oversight, at least to me.
I would love to see him do The Walking Dead series. I know it would be super labor intensive, but would be cool to watch!
Maybe he could find a way to keep Glenn alive😩
Or Z Nation...although their decision making is so bad it'd be hard to fit it all in
Agreed on this one
@Rick Wilkinson L
@Rick Wilkinson yessir, its fucking boring
Referring to crackheads as "local wildlife" was top tier humor
Depending on the area it isn’t wrong lol
Honestly it's pretty correct
If a seven foot tall cave troll wanted to keep me as her baby? Well I guess I’m a cave troll’s baby now 🤷🏻♀️
It is what it is
My girl literally sacrificed herself for her "baby" and she shoots her. I mean I get it, but I'd at least be a little hesitant to shooting her in the head. Who knows, maybe we could chat and we could change the whole... trapped In a hole and being fed unknown milk thing.
Can’t do anything about it, she would just smash your head into the rock.
I mean, no bills? I don’t have to work? Sounds like a plan to me
would LOOVE to drink some milk.. from the source that is..
This is so hard to believe anyone would be dumb enough to stay in the same airbnb as a stranger in an unknown place
I personally think a suspense thriller where the girl books an Airbnb only to find a (seemingly) cordial guest ending up staying, making the audience question if everything is as it seems with him would be a fun watch.
Things start off innocently enough (even perhaps somewhat flirty), but slowly devolving into those red flags starting to show, with (something) forcing them to have to live in the same house/unable to leave. Eventually, the girl finds the secret doorway in the basement, leading to that sketchy cam room, with the guy turning out to actually be the deranged/psychotic owner of the house.
I think Bill Skarsgard would do a wonderful job at starring as that friendly and awkward (but harmless) guy, and slowly shift into that deranged serial killer kinda vibe.
Berlin Syndrom, Film about kinda that
The second Cloverfield Movie was actually kind of like that.
It’s another one of those movies that would’ve never happened if the main character was actually smart.
Or any hint of common sense
Yeah it’s a good movie. But holy fuck the characters are brain dead
99% of all horror movies are like this. if feels punishing to actually watch them.
Yeah it ruins any semblance of horror for me. I don't feel like they are going against overwhelming odds, it just feels like a drunk driver crashing because their terrible decisions land them in their situations.
I really don't get this take, Tess was a very smart and capable main character. I love Nerd Explains but he glosses over a BUNCH of things that explain why Tess walked into the house and warmed up to Keith. There are plenty of red flags but there's also a healthy amount of green flags
Also, let's not ignore the fact that Keith literally was just an awkard guy and not a serial killer at all. Tess and Keith had obvious chemistry, it's not at all surprising that she would have felt comfortable after their conversation and while it's a stretch for her to go into the basement, her defining character trait is that she "always goes back / doesn't know when to leave"
“there’s a barricaded shooter in the basement threatening to put a stock on a handgun” 💀💀
The ATF when attaching a stock to a luger doesn't turn it into a .700 Nitro Express:
The ATF would be traumatized
LOL i just watched this. Your timing is impeccable. Movie is wild, i loved it. First act was a masterclass in suspense and tension lol
Hahaha I just saw this movie too! It is fucking amazing
@@Alpha-up3mo facts. had no idea where it was going, was crazy lol
I just watched it this morning around 1:00am😂😂
Honestly didn't need to watch this just to know how to beat it , but Nerd explains is just so entertaining
He always adds his personality and comedy to his vids!! Makes them 10x better
Half the movies he covers aren't all too entertaining, but his comentary is ;)
@@laurel5432 true
So true! I’ve already watched another how to beat video on this but Nerd Explains just is so much better at sarcasm.
@@MitzyDoodle13 let me guess it was cinema summary
My favorite part of the movie was that both of them got the AirBnb without any horror aspect connecting to it. I was under the impression that someone plan the double booking but instead it seemed to be a mistake made by the company loaning the house. Seeing the cave dweller was a surprise.
When Justin Long dropped the gun off the side of the building, I laughed for about three minutes straight. Anyone else ever notice that in bad horror movies freaking NO ONE is allowed to competently hold or use a firearm when it matters?
Atleast they prefaced it this time by making sure we knew he was a clumsy doofus from the start. He dropped every single freaking item he held in the movie like a bumbling buffoon.
@@FibahIt is still extremely freaking stupid. Like come on.
how to beat Barbarian: use your brain.
Wait she actually calls 1 hotel and calls it quits. A quick search on hotels app would had saved her. Who manages the airbnb?
Or just sleep in the car. Find a public, but secluded place.
In hindsight, her door opening in the beginning absolutely drives me crazy. That means that mama came and opened her door, and then went back downstairs. Nah wtf mama should have kidnapped them both right there, or am I missing something?
I knowwww....... I know it was the mama but that makes no sense , she has the sense of a 5 year old, when she sees something she wants she just takes it,...unless she doesn't want to wake in her mind the babies .....
But common sense saids he opened it because he is fucked up to.. just saying....it felt like they started off with a entirely different movie and the decided this sucks and add a mutant
@@coreyharvey8953 actually the idea of her not wanting to wake up her babies is kinda cute lmao
Possibly the nightmare screaming caused her to leave?
@@coreyharvey8953 no, its actually very commun that when a Mother ser her baby sleeping, doesnt want to wake them up, so it make se se that Mother saw them asleep and well, and decided that they didnt need her help
@@coreyharvey8953Other aspects that don't make sense; If the mutant didn't want to wake them and let them sleep, why would she then (after getting ahold of them) leave them in a cage in their cave dungeon, rather than bringing them back to the room where their "baby" was sleeping.
Who's the old man in the basement? The troll wife's father? Why was the troll creature trying to care for a child? What's the backstory/reasoning on this?
Does it just see the girl as her child? If so; Why did she try to bottle feed both the girl and the guy, and (later) was fine risking its life to save the girl, but be fine with killing the guy?
Soo many questions to this movie..
This first guy Keith gave off so many fucking red flags that he's a serial killer I'm in complete belief that the original script didn't have the Mama thing in it and it was supposed to be a thriller about whether that guy is bad or not, but then the script writer noticed he made it impossible to make the audience believe he's not a murderer that he threw in the 7 foot tall behemoth of a woman to make people forget how poorly set up that was.
EDIT: The new scariest thing about this movie how many people apparently don't know how many red flags his behaviour should've given off if you weren't an omniscient viewer that knew he was supposed to be a nice person and just a misdirect.
EDITEDIT: Ok, Imma write another comment considering people seem to think that what I presented as an initial script was the actual initial script. It isn't. Him being a fucking creep giving off 50 red flags per minute was completely intended. From other comments and wikipedia and interviews, Keith giving off so many horrific red flags was actually completely intended because apparently his entire behaviour was based on a book on red flags women should watch out for in men the writer read. So yeah, him giving off red flags galore and being a super creep is completely intended, so if you either don't see the red flags or try excusing the red flags, you're basically exactly the problem the book and the screenplay tried to address, lol.
I read what the director was going for and it was the mis direct and the Mother was the killer. Then in congress the owner which really threw it all off to think maybe the owner knew about it. The director was explaining how he wanted to do the movie. Im like... that was clever
Frrrr I was shocked when he died like I thought he was gonna kill her
what do you mean by red flags .. he just was a genuine dude. i knew from the point i saw him the first time that he is no threat at all
His "red flags" seem to be just him being oblivious to boundaries. Don't get me wrong, fucking creepy. I wouldn't trust him. But he didn't do anything wrong really.
@@FaceFamous Honestly, don't think it's particularly clever or well-done if you just make a guy with a billion red flags, play it up, and out of nowhere just have she-hulk blasted into your movie without setup and fuck shit up.
I’m positive the city will have a absolute meltdown about the zoning violations going on with those tunnels. He’ll probably lose money because he’s forced to fix it
Well he's dead now lol
Keith:does nothing violent, hurts noone, freed her from the basement, gets murdered
Nerd:keith is still a murderer🤣🤣🤣
Does act like one
@@averageeughenjoyer6429 yeah not really though
Honestly I'm scratching my head on how any woman can hook up with a man (a stranger at a bar, clubbing, etc) if this level of paranoia is rattling around their heads 24/7.
@@Indigo199517 they are only paranoid of guys they aren’t attracted to lol
@@Indigo199517 I don’t really know much women who actually do hookup with people from any of the places you’ve stated. The only people who do stuff like that typically don’t have the best sense of self preservation, because they came from bad backgrounds and never progressed mentally from their trauma. Or people who just say YOLO to everything.
The funny thing is had she not gone in the house with Keith, she would've been in more danger (unless she immediately drove away) cause Mama comes out at night.
Oooh interesting, I actually didn't even think of this. I'm actually just now realizing that Mama was probably coming home when she opened the bedroom door at the start -- for some reason I assumed she just came up then went straight back down but this makes much more sense
@@Tony_Pesta I actually thought the same, that she came up and went right back down. It's actually scarier to think the main char was waiting on that porch in the rain and Mama was already outside...
Oh shit
@@jmedrano704 how would he know she comes out at night though. Only explanation is he's seen her out before.
Not really, she would've driven away. That's like saying when she walked up to the house mama was going to grab her.
This Big mommas house reboot isn’t what I was expecting.
The real twist would have been if he really HAD turned out to be a serial killer, but the monster was the worse evil and she finds this out when she tries to start her car and finds he cut the fuel line or something when she’s trying to escape.
Would have been a great way to show why she didn't just fucking drove away.
Love how he is actively passively aggressively trashing the atf. “Just say he has a handgun and is gonna put a stock on it and the whole place will be shot to the ground or burned” lmao love this guy
You know you're a bad government organization when even the Cia doesn't like you
how do you "actively passively" do something?? lmao
you'd just say "passive aggressively".
active and passive are antonyms
If you can’t escape mother and accept your fate, you mutate into an actual cave troll baby.
11:36 how do you hear that door closing and not break into a mad scramble to get there before it shuts, she almost made it too.
Oh my gosh my friends were watching this last night while we were eating dinner after going out for Halloween. We were all just looking at the screen saying "Dude no just let her leave when the hell is wrong with you. She said she wants to go" which turned into "No no don't go down there that's who you end up on a missing persons list."
First the upload schedule similarities. Now this, this battle will be legendary.
The most unrealistic scene in this movie is when Justin Long gets the tape measure to stay hooked on the top stair as he measure down that second tunnel. Also I was disappointed, I really thought Arnold Schwarzenegger was supposed to be in this film to conclude his Conan trilogy. 😆
The whole movie was unrealistic lol And how is she huge and like superhuman it makes no sense. At least explain how did she get like that. Even if she is some big abnormal human how would she survive that fall hitting the ground that high.
Also the guy down stairs is sick and bedridden so how does he get food? How do they get food down there?
Also how long have other people owned this house? And they just live down there for many years and no one ever lives there up stairs and notices? Did the guy sell it? He would have to come up to get food. He also is too sick then to come up and bring a bunch of groceries down. And no one ever noticed all these years that pull string thing for the door tell now?
@@miac2382 there was a bell connected to a rope hanging in his room. i assume he pulls it calling her to him and bring whatever he needs. and she just forages for food when shes out at night i guess
@@miac2382can't really explain the whole superhuman ability, but she looks like that due to the massive incest-blood line....wait maybe, cause of her environment she's able to develop some unique abilities, and she probably only feeds on breast milk.🤔
The first act was great. The second act was fine. The third act was a goofy slapstick out of nowhere and really dragged the whole movie down.
How
That tends to be my favorite type of horror. It reminded me of Malignant, which is a movie I frequently recommend due to its beautiful hilarity but also a fun horror ! I was not expecting barbarian to be this at all, I enjoyed being absorbed in the oddities ha
@@Projectsunduck Both of those movies suck tho but somehow this one is getting praised left and right
What's your definition of Great. The definition in the dictionary and yours can't be the same.
Nothing
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Was good about this a whole hour into the movie was a snoozefest...f the paid reviews
The joke about threatening to put a stock on a pistol and the ensuing police assault made me snort ginger ale out of my nose! Every new video is just better and better!!
I remember someone once told me if bad decisions didn't exist there wouldn't be any horror movies.
However since the law of physics works differently in Michigan " had me dead 💀
"Ah well, guess he got ate. Sucks to suck, bro!"
The absolute perfect line every movie protagonist should have up their sleeve. lol
Just remember, that Somewhere at someplace, someone would love to be in this situation right now...
I mean...I could think of worse things that could be done to me in a dungeon, for sure, lol
@@supersaiyanbino I think the question is at one point does "worse or equal things" become a line of "I'll just off myself instead". Cuz I think this one situation leans on the latter.
@@thewalking4473 right? But if her only request was "suck on my teet or I'll bludgen you to death." I'll tough it out as long as I could...maybe request a washrag...or...sani wipe to clean her teet, but dammit this is about SURVIVAL! 🤣
STOP I JUST THOUGHT OF THIS TOO😭😭😭
@@josephmurphy417 Then again, if you screw up as bad as most of the people in this movie, a Darwin Award is probably something you would be better off receiving, for the sake of the gene pool.
This is why people yell "DONT GO IN THERE" in movie theatres
I love when he references actors by their roles in other movies
This would make a great map for Ready or Not. Reminds me of that creeps basement in SWAT 4
I really like the way he names people and places.
And this right here is why I consider horror movies to just be twisted up comedies 😹😹
We need a How to Beat and Nerd Explains collab
I’m not sure if it was you or your editor. But that transition clip of “Do the Right Thing” when you said “Here comes the Mayor” 9:50 was so clutch 👍🏽
I love how the homeless man knows this creepy freak roams the neighborhood at night and yet still decides to set up camp right down the street.
Nerd explains how to survive watching an ad every minute while trying to get through his videos
"If a 7-foot tall cave troll wanted to keep you prisoner as an adult baby, what would you do?"
God I love this channel
I appreciate a guy who calls another guy a "Tall drink of water". Respect that
17:25 as I watched this last night I literally yelled "whether he's in actual danger or luring you down there to capture/kill you wtf is your unarmed, 120lb @$$ gonna do bout it????"
The thing i love the most about these vids is the commentating, makes me laugh throughout the whole video even if it's a horror movie❤️❤️
I honestly prefer you over Cinema Summary. I feel you are more in touch with your fans and less about big sponsorships. Oddly enough I also rewatch videos to fall asleep to.
Funny I prefer cinema summary
I like them both. Just appreciate them both. They have their own style.
Nerd has the sarcasm and how to use certain weapons etc and use common sense.
Cinema Summary (how to beat)
Is more scientific and using the surroundings to the advantage. Plus common sense.
But love them both
I prefer binge xpress, then this guy, then the other guy. binge being the top because he's realistic about the moment lol. this dude is getting to be more like that too though
Wait so are you and How to Beat doing different perspectives of the same movies now? I really enjoyed watching both of your channels and the different movies covered it was like a double feature!!
She had a working car for the majority of the movie and she was even able to go to her interview and she came back to the house?!?! I was not even rooting for her to survive after that.
Frl and the lady who interviewed her even told her that place isnt safe 🤦🏾♂️
@@ltay352 She should've listened to the local who told her it's a bad area.
Honestly, just shove ur stuff into the car, go to the interview and go back to ur own house ITS NOT THAT HARD
Seriously....thats been the prob with horror movies lately ( or always)... They often have deplorable or unrealistically stupid characters that you end up not caring about...or even hoping they die.
“However since the law of physics works differently in the state of Michigan troll face falls fast enough to beat her to the ground and soak up most of the impact”. I like it.
I finally rented this last night and the entire time, I heard Nerd Explains in my head.
Aaaand here we are!
LMAO i deliberately didn't watch Cinema Summary's video coz i had a feeling you might upload the same video and wanted to watch your version
Why not watch both. Cinema Summary is good too
@@kickinwinghotboi883 oh i enjoy his videos too, but if i have to pick one for the Same movie i prefer watching Nerd Explains
Do these guys get a memo on going over going over the same movies at the same time
this one has to be the funniest commentary so far! Cracked up a lot !
I knew you’d love poking fun at Tess’s dumb decisions and you didn’t disappoint 😂
Thank God for Nerd Explains, always keeping the movie monsters at bay 😔
She could have also worked on her delivery to the cops. instead of "oh theres a crazed giant underground", maybe start with "someone held me captive for a week in a bunker"
All I think in these movies is if someone had their concealed carry they’d end it in 10 minutes.
Come dude, you know these guys are too incompetent.
@@stevenscott2136 😂😂😂
@@omnianimator8468 yea I mean not wanting a gun is fine imo to each their own ig. But if you’re gonna put yourself in all these strange situations..😅
Nah that makes to much sense but so does every other rational decision in this movie.
@@skubaRu7 I meant that they wouldn't use it effectively. Probably waste the shots, lose it, remember they had it too late, give it to someone who doesn't know how to use it. There are plenty of stupid decision they would make with the gun that would remove the benefit of having said gun.
Saw this at the theater and I can say the first 15mins had me I never thought this movie would end up the way it did😂😂😂
I still don’t understand why the mother thingy wanted tess and aj as her ‘babies’ but just decided fuck Keith lmao 🤣
Because he escaped. As long as you accept your position she'll keep ya alive.
@@ollehkacb Tess escaped too and even rammed her with her car but then the troll hag not only didn't kill her but hurt herself trying to save her life.
This man made my damn day binge watching these videos all day. I don't feel good but he freaking had me cracking up at this one, especially? I didn't kno so many different names could be thought up to describe Andre The Giant's Nana? Although, Tess, Pennywise, and Justin Long's weird looking "Plays the role of an A-hole too well" a**, are all dumb, the smartest thing about this movie was to make us think Penny was the killer so much, I still remember being jump-scared when Grandma Orc came popping out of nowhere?
Funny how she had to go to the bathroom. If the mayor of Detroit chased me into my house on his daily crack binge, I'd have already shit myself.
You should Wolf Creek next, unsettling movie, but beatable and not so linear a story I think you could have fun with it
I really want to see more horror movies where the main character makes smart decisions
Nope I guess
Watch the thing 1982
Japanese horror. Once the curse is applied (walked into the wrong house, played a weird tapas, whatever), it is an inevitable doom. No amount of smart decisions will save you.
I really like Skarsgard I hated to see him die
This may be the worst decisions I've seen in a movie lmao.... and can confirm physics are different in the state of Michigan
"Late career Justin Long" the shade! I think he'll be around for a long time personally lol.
Ah yes, IHOP. The best place to survive a horror film since nothing ever goes wrong at IHOP.
That you know of.
You're thinking of wafflehouse that's where all the things go wrong at. IHOP can't compare
I forgot about wafflehouse...
Closest I could think of was that one IHOP that got destroyed in Man of Steel.
@@BenjiM514 We don't talk about that IHOP.
My go to how to beats, his breakdowns are great keep it up nerd!! 👍👍
My inner Bill Skarsgard fan screaming "you're doing amazing sweetie🎥"
Thanks!
32:59 As a former Detroit resident. I approve this message.
I love how you’ll never run out of content endless movies
In her defense, IT character aside, Bob Skarsgard is pretty freaking gorgeous. Now, that being said you're completely right lol
I just realized that when Tess was looking at Keith’s driver’s license it is a New York drivers license could also be a red flag
Honestly surprised by Fumbles deadass throwing Tess from the tower, I did NOT see that one coming.
The moment i saw the room with bed and camcorder.
Im gonna tell police either they clear the building or the place is gonna get burn to the ground.
Well... time to watch another explanation on "How to beat the yo mama in barbarian"
Tess deserved everything that happened to her. I believe that was the point, but continuously going through this situation was stupid, especially for people she didn’t know. The whole police situation almost took me out the movie. That being said…. This was probably the most suspenseful / tension filled movie I’ve seen in a while. I was genuinely intrigued where her stupid decisions would get her next in that dark place.
Honestly, it's the one thing about the movie absolutely didn't understand.
Why were the 3 protagonists of the movie
1. A person so insanely stupid to ignore literally every single red flag in existence + has zero sense of self preservation
2. A person so comically socially inept that he apparently wasn't a serial killer even though literally everything he did screamed serial killer
3. Just a human garbage pile in every possible way.
Like... was I supposed to root for the 7 foot tall mutant crazy woman?
When people are so stupid that you want to see the creature win.
The scene with the police honestly seems very realistic.
@@Albinojackrussel lmao no it didn’t at all? Some lady said she was kidnapped and literally they couldn’t care…. She goes to a house with a broken window and they do nothing but accuse her of breaking it, but they never even seen her do it. It was highly unrealistic. No cop should just shoo you off and they visibility see you’re under duress
The police scene is realistic tbh
I just want to say how much I loved how they used the foreground/background and takes.
Barbarian double feature with Nerd and Cinema Summary 🤘🏿🤘🏿
Dude the ad at the end had me rolling. Brilliant. I realize that this comment seems like an ad, but we have at least 6 more months until technology advances to that point.
the tape measurer scene was so funny bro
Yet another movie that is only tolerated when told through the eyes of Nerd Explains. Horror/Comedy at its very best!
I have to keep rewinding because I keep laughing my ass off from the spot on sarcasm. I always look forward to these overviews after I watch a 🎬.
I've been watching a bunch of your vids and your style in this one is my favorite. I know it's similar to the others, but the commentary is funnier, more sarcastic, more critical.
Seeing a Nerd Explains vid pop up in my notifications gives me a shot of dopamine. It’s like a a pick me up in my day. 🙏
Mr. Nightmare does that for me but I also love Nerd Explains
@@kickinwinghotboi883 I’m subbed to Mr. Nightmare too! 🤝
LOVE BOTH CHANNELS!!!!
(Nerd Explains and How to Beat) And just watched How to Beat video on this yesterday..
IM CONVINCED. THEY ARE WORKING TOGETHER.. TO MANY SIMILARITIES.
1) SAME UP LOAD SCHEDULE.. AND WHEN ONE MOVES THE OTHER MOVES DAMN NEAR SAME DAY
2) SAME THUMBNAILS
3) BOTH HOW TO BEAT
4) DIFFERENT STYLES of movie genre but used to both do the same movies BUT SIMILAR SITUATIONS SPOKEN ABOUT in the same videos NOW
5) BOTH FUNNY AS HELL. 😁
Don't forget about BingeXpress
@@kickinwinghotboi883 Oh yea him too..and I still can't get into that channel I tried I'll have to get used to him and his back up narrator
@@virtueofabsolution7641 I like them both. Nerd Explains vastly superior.. especially his new style of videos. Too damn funny 😁
See, I would have survived by the point of needing toilet paper. I would have probably already begun going before checking the roll's status. Seeing it was out, I'd be in a pickle. Air dry, or use underpants (gross, yes, but then I can just stuff them in the garbage or a ziplock baggie, then change into another pair from my bag.) Then I'm on my way and never have to endure the rest of this movie!
The driver's license says Bill Skarsgard is 5'10 bahahahahahhahahah
Police: Exist
Protagonist: never herd of em
The barbarian had so much potential yet so badly made
With a disappointing monster that looks like victor Crowley lost cousin