El hombre del saco

Spanish mystery film with full of thrills, suspense, chiller , eerie intrigue, plot twists , dark atmosphere , and otherworldly happenings. After the death of their father, three brothers move with their mother to a small town. They soon discover that in recent months there have been mysterious disappearances of several children, and they will embark on an adventure against time to discover the truth hidden behind the terrifying legend of what is known as "The Boogeyman". El hombre del saco (2023) explores the Spanish origins of the character's story, where he is a tuberculosis patient from Almeria who will do anything to get well, even consuming the blood of the kids he kidnaps in a sack.

This gloomy terror film contains thrills, intrigue, adventures, chills, and it connects with a dark episode in our history and the style of addressing young audiences. This is an entertaining and fun family film proposal, although it seems prudent to reserve it for somewhat older children, since its effect may be excessive grim on the little ones. Resulting to be a misunderstood adaptation of Stephen King stories with shortcomings and fallures. There is a somewhat uneven mix of genres, so I have been able to detect that it takes parts from other films and styles, swallowing North American references with the children riding their bicycles and while investigating the origins of the monster, of which I would include the following: "Stranger Things", ¨Goonies¨, ¨Stand by me¨, ¨Super 8¨ and even adding the Spanish ¨Verano Azul¨. This is an amusing mess, the goal was to pay homage to horror and adventure movies of the '70s and 80s. Thus the film will not please the general public at all, that's why it is too terrifying for children and has too much protagonism of childish people which will not please the most adults. The result is not entirely satisfactory: it is much less scary than expected. There's a few familiar faces in the cast , such as: Macarena Gómez, Manolo Solo , Ruth Gabriel y the prodigy girl Luna Fulgencio . And special apperance from Javier Botet. The latter often plays supernatural villains as ghosts, monsters, witches, demons, etc. At a special effects workshop , the tutor suggested him that his height and long arms and fingers would be perfect for monster make-up . Javier Botet has a genetic disorder known as Marfan Syndrome, plays an important role in helping the body grow and develop properly, he is very tall and thin and he is reportedly 6 feet 7 inches tall and weighs 123 pounds , that's why he uses to play weird and fantastic secondary roles , such as : Slender Man, Insidious , Alien: Covenant , The conjuring 2 , Rec 1, Rec 2 , Rec 3 Génesis, Rec 4 Apocalypse, The Crucifixion , The mummy, The Invisible Guardian, among others.

Adding a dark and sinister cinematography by Javier Salmones, he's a cameraman expert on dark atmosphere, such as: ¨La posesión de Emma Evans¨, ¨Christmas Tale¨, ¨Blind Alley¨, ¨Rottweiler¨, or ¨Romasanta¨. The motion picture was unevenly directed by Ángel Gómez Hernández, although with not much originality because we have already seen many terrifying situations in other films . His fim debut was 'Voces', he previously made Shorts: ¨Y la muerte lo seguia¨, ¨El perdón¨, ¨Behind¨, ¨Cariño¨, ¨Silent Weeeping¨ , ¨Sed de luz¨ , ¨Lagrimas de papel¨, and he also directed another much better horror film: ¨Voces¨ (2020). ¨El hombre del saco¨ (2023) rating : 5,5/10. Acceptable horror movie. It is a passable but wasted revision of the legend of the child abductor. And the result is too complicated for children, and a little disturbing and strange too.