You forget that sound is actually so much more important than what's visual.

Especially in an horror movie.

It's really true.

The sound is more important.

And so, you know, there's some cool gurgles and blood stuff and the bone crunch.

And it's like this, if you mute it, you'll have a different experience watching it.

But when you listen to it, it's like, this is beastly.

Okay. a different experience watching it, but when you listen to it, it's like, this is beastly. Hello, and welcome back to the Directors' Cut, brought to you by the Directors Guild of America.

In this episode, a woman discovers the house she has rented is not what it seems, and director

Zach Craigers' thriller, Barbarian. The film tells the story of Tess, a young woman who arrives at

her Airbnb late at night, only to find that her rental has been

mistakenly double-booked, and a strange man is already staying there. Against her better judgment,

she decides to stay the night, but soon discovers that there is much more to be afraid of in the

house than the other guest. In addition to Barbarian, Mr. Craigers' directorial credits

include the feature films Miss March

and the Civil War on Drugs,

and episodes of newsboys,

the gang self-sucks,

and the whitest kids you know.

Following a screening of the film

at the DGA Theater in Los Angeles,

Mr. Craigers spoke with director David F. Sandberg

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