Bagman: Espíritu Del Mal

This is just like all the other films with the same boogeyman premise. This "Pied Piper" uses a bag. That is pretty much all.

And because of the narrative skipping around the way it does, this is not only boring - it gets really confusing. So they couldn't even copy the formula in a productive way.

The effects are kinda meh. I guess there was music too. But it was probably some cliched horror music library of tiresomeness.

Oh and that dreadfully atrocious, terribly deplorable, shamefully abysmal, horrendously annoying, abominably appalling, stratospherically ear-piercing wooden deal that the kid treasures. Yeah, no.

This movie just wasn't my bag, man.

"Bagman" (2024) is a horror film that explores the terror of a family haunted by a malevolent entity. While it delivers some effective scares and a chilling atmosphere, the film ultimately falters due to predictable plot points and a lack of originality.

The movie effectively uses sound design, lighting, and a secluded setting to create a sense of dread and unease. The jump scares, though frequent, are well-timed and genuinely startling. The performances, particularly from leads Sam Claflin and Antonia Thomas, are commendable, conveying the characters' fear and vulnerability convincingly.

However, "Bagman" suffers from a reliance on familiar horror tropes. The plot follows a predictable pattern, with the family members making questionable decisions that escalate the danger. The antagonist, while visually unsettling, lacks a compelling backstory or motivation, reducing it to a generic force of evil.

Furthermore, the pacing feels uneven. Some scenes drag, while others feel rushed, disrupting the flow of the narrative. The film also fails to delve deeper into the psychological impact of the terror on the family, focusing primarily on the physical threats.

Despite its shortcomings, "Bagman" offers a decent dose of jump scares and a chilling atmosphere for horror enthusiasts. However, those seeking originality or a more nuanced exploration of fear may find it underwhelming.

I mean come on... your house has been invaded 10 times and you still choose to watch your kid on a monitor, leave him unsupervised in a tub, and constantly move out of sight of the child to allow things to happen further? Where is the common sense meter when it comes to writing. I understand movies need suspense points but when you have to insult our intelligence to achieve suspense then that's just a recipe for a bad review. No parent will put their in law who has been attacked in the bed with them while they put their baby in another room to watch on a monitor. Lots of holes in the story and terrible editing. At one point a loud bang in the babies room and both parents started running somehow in that 2 seconds the wife was on the phone with the police. God this was awful.

Bagman has low ratings, but I usually don't let that stop me from watching something that seems interesting. Sometimes the movies are incredible, and sometimes they are worse than the ratings. Horror movies are not ever scary to me, but I enjoy the atmosphere and psychological parts of them. Bagman was not anything very original, but it was still a decent watch. I didn't find the movie hard to follow and I didn't see the parents as terrible like so many other reviewers have said.

I gave this a 6 rating and would have a 7 if not for the "ending" of the end of the movie. After how the movie turns out, and that was definitely different and I wasn't really expecting that, but it's after what happens that I felt was a little flat. I guess it ended how it should as not to be carried out to be a 3 hour movie, but I kind of wanted to see more. The climax was good though and I felt made it worth seeing the movie through. That's a good thing. Just when you think you know what's going to happen, because again, it wasn't anything with an original plot. That was a really good way to turn the movie into something different.

I say give it a go. It was a decent movie with a really good ending.

So after seeing this one earlier today, I thought I would give it a quick review.

Now I agree with some of the reviews such as these days people are rating gore covered horror movies with high ratings, so they realise that gore filled horror movies are not scary, why? Because they swap the scary for the gore.

This is another side of the same coin, here me out for a second.

This film was enjoyable but not scary one bit, this movie while nothing wrong with it, it became a straight by the book, seen this before non scary horror.

See what I mean when I said, two sides of the same coin. Gore filled horror movies are not scary because of the gore and by the book horror movies are not scary either but both are and can be enjoyable.

Watch this film, enjoy it for what it is and don't hope for anything special.