Alberto Corredor's Baghead (adapted from his 2017 short film of the same name) explores the feeling of grief,greedy and desperation, showing us the extent people will take just to get closure from their past relationships. It gives us a plot that has been told countless times in the horror genre...wherein communicating with the dead has its consequences when certain rules are not observed. We follow Iris Lark (Freya Allan) who inherits an old pub from her late father, only to discover a shapeshifting woman capable of summoning the dead in the basement...
Baghead isn't the most original of horror films. It's certainly derivative of any number of horrors involving some sort of boogeyman or entity that the lead character has to confront and face her fear before it scares her to death...
Corredor is more into tightening the screws on his characters until they're ready to pop. He builds an atmos of fear from early on and holds it to the end, when supernatural events really go off the rails - but in a good way that is agreeable with the general tone of the film... It's just not a very good one. It's a decent, mindless date movie though and people who rarely enjoy horror movies might like this one. Die hard horror fans may want to hold out for Baghead...
Baghead isn't the most original of horror films. It's certainly derivative of any number of horrors involving some sort of boogeyman or entity that the lead character has to confront and face her fear before it scares her to death...
Corredor is more into tightening the screws on his characters until they're ready to pop. He builds an atmos of fear from early on and holds it to the end, when supernatural events really go off the rails - but in a good way that is agreeable with the general tone of the film... It's just not a very good one. It's a decent, mindless date movie though and people who rarely enjoy horror movies might like this one. Die hard horror fans may want to hold out for Baghead...