Barbarian
- Director
- Zach Cregger
- Release Date
- September 9, 2022
- Cast
- Bill Skarsgard , Georgina Campbell , Justin Long , Richard Brake , Kurt Braunohler , Matthew Patrick Davis
- Writers
- Zach Cregger
- Runtime
- 102 minutes
- Main Genre
- Horror
- Cinematographer
- Zach Kuperstein
- Producer
- Roy Lee, J.D. Lifshitz, Raphael Margules, Arnon Milchan
- Production Company
- BoulderLight Pictures, Hammerstone Studios, Almost Never Films Inc., Regency Enterprises, Vertigo Entertainment
- Main Characters
- Tess, Keith, Cale, AJ
- Distributor
- 20th Century Studios
- Assistant Director
- Todor Chapkanov
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