It’s Airbnb straight out of “Barbarian.”
A family in Kansas City, Missouri, has gone viral on TikTok after posting an unsettling video inside a Chicago Airbnb that’s keeping a dark, basement-like room that sent shivers down their spines.
Xena Habashi rented a basement apartment in the Windy City in late December – but quickly sensed something was wrong.
“I noticed that there were so many random doors in the house that were never shown in the listing,” Habashi told Newsweek.
“While getting ready for bed, my cousin and I saw a light on in one of the locked rooms,” he said. “We decided to try and open it…I got a pitchfork and was able to open the door. That’s when I saw him.”
The guest posted a creepy video that showed him peering into what felt like a secret dungeon.
Airbnb guest Xena Habashi posted a viral video on TikTok about finding an eerie hidden space in a Chicago building that many have compared to the horror movie “Barbarian.” TikTok / @notxh2
He saw “locked wooden doors” and “chains on the ground” in several areas while he also saw wooden doors “further down” into the bowels of the building.
The scene is reminiscent of the 2022 horror film “Barbarian,” about a woman who discovers that the rental house she booked has been occupied by strangers.
“I had watched Barbarian a month before and we had been joking before we got there saying ‘imagine something like Barbarian happening!’ Then the room is just like a movie!” Habashi told the mag.
A guest from Missouri said the room was not mentioned in the Airbnb listing. TikTok / @notxh2
His two video clips under the handle “notxh2” have amassed over 10 million views.
“This is really a Barbarian movie,” wrote one user.
“Oh HELL NO! I’ll go right away!!” another said.
A third added: “I watched Barbarian, I know how this ends.”
A fourth user said Habashi “is very brave to spend the night because I will leave the place immediately. Imagine someone or something coming to your room from there.”
He said the hidden room also contained chains on the floor. TikTok / @notxh2
Habashi said he called his mother to see the unpleasant space.
“My mom saw it and was scared too because that was never shown in the listing and it looked scary,” she told Newsweek.
To make matters worse, she said they started hearing “knocking noises” so they decided to call the owner and Airbnb.
“Our door was blocked by a table and a towel rolled under the handle to where you couldn’t move the handle,” Habashi said.
The sight of the dungeon-like space left the family reeling. TikTok / @notxh2 Airbnb offers refunds to families and places them in other properties. TikTok / @notxh2
“We can’t sleep. We stayed up until morning, kept hearing the noise, and before we left I decided to take the video and it unexpectedly went viral!” he added.
Airbnb offered refunds to the family for what Habashi called a “terrifying experience.”
The popular homestay company told Newsweek it had no other reports of safety concerns with the listing, which it described as a “spacious basement unit” with a 4.84 rating and good reviews.
“The listing is advertised as a basement apartment, and the separate space accessed is part of the basement,” an Airbnb representative told the outlet.
“Our customer service team supports our guests with their concerns at the time, and assists with refunds and other accommodations,” the spokesperson added.
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