One of the many striking elements of writer-director Zach Cregger’s horror film “Barbarian” is its sense of place; the decaying Detroit neighborhood in which most of the movie is set creates as much eerie dread as the Bates Motel in “Psycho” or the icy research station in “The Thing.” What makes the specifically American location all the more impressive is the fact that it’s not a location at all but a set, and one that’s not even in the Western Hemisphere — working with a local art department, Cregger and director of photography Zach Kuperstein transformed an empty Bulgarian farm into an entire run-down subdivision.
Before Kuperstein came on board, the production had chosen to shoot at Bulgaria’s Sofia Studio Complex, with the intent of using the “American Town” section of the backlot. When Kuperstein and Cregger started looking at videos and maps of the streets, however,...
Before Kuperstein came on board, the production had chosen to shoot at Bulgaria’s Sofia Studio Complex, with the intent of using the “American Town” section of the backlot. When Kuperstein and Cregger started looking at videos and maps of the streets, however,...
- 9/9/2022
- by Jim Hemphill
- Indiewire
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