Bagman [Movie Review]

Bagman [Movie Review] | Another horror movie to watch during the holiday? Of course.

The poster promises a sinister entity lurking in the movie. Will I be scared after watching this?

SYNOPSIS

Bagman (2024) Trivia

• Starring: Sam Claflin, Antonia Thomas, William Hope, Steven Cree,  Jordan Gubian, Frankie Corio, Adelle Leonce, Henry Pettigrew, Sharon D. Clarke, Neil Linpow, Will Davis & Carell Vincent Rhoden 

• Director: Colm McCarthy
• Producer: Marty Bowen, Jonathan Farmer, Chris Fenton, John Fischer, Wyck Godfrey, Isaac Klausner, Kelley Sims, Yanko Ushatov & Christopher Woodrow
• Production Company: Temple Hill Entertainment & Media Capital Technologies

• Distributed by: Lionsgate

• Release date: September 27, 2024

• Running time: 93 minutes

• Rating: Mature Adult

• Country: United States

• Language: English

• IMDb: 4.6 / 10
• Tomatometer: tbd
• Metascore: tbd
• This is the first PG-13 horror film with the "Lionsgate Red Gears" logo since The Possession (2012).
• The Bagman has some similarities to the Pied Piper. 
• In Spain, the film was titled El hombre del saco (Bagman) to avoid confusion with El hombre del saco (2023), a Spanish horror movie about a boogeyman figure who kidnaps children by stuffing them into a large sack and vanishing. 

Patrick finds himself in a tough spot financially after his dream of building a high-tech tree trimmer fails. With no other option, he moves back to his childhood home, bringing along his wife, Karina, and their young son, Jake. Patrick starts working at his family's lumber yard under the watchful eye of his brother Liam, hoping to rebuild their lives. 

Soon after settling in, eerie things begin to happen. Late at night, Patrick hears strange noises outside, and unsettling nightmares about Jake being taken away start haunting his sleep. As the days pass, flickering lights, an ominous-looking doll, and unexplained disturbances make Patrick feel like something sinister has crept into their lives. Though there’s no clear evidence, Patrick grows increasingly certain that something—or someone—is lurking, threatening his family’s safety, especially Jake’s.

It turns out Patrick may be right. When he was young, his father told him terrifying tales about Bagman, an ancient evil said to haunt an old, abandoned copper mine nearby. Bagman, according to legend, targets good children, rendering their parents helpless before snatching them away in his cursed bag, never to be seen again. While Patrick once brushed this off as a ghost story, he had his own terrifying brush with Bagman as a boy—a close call that he barely survived.

Now, decades later, Bagman has returned, and he’s set his sights on Patrick’s family. In a chilling prelude, another child goes missing, hinting that the creature is back in town. Patrick is thrown into a battle with old fears as he realizes he must confront this terrifying force head-on if he hopes to protect his son. 

Can he break Bagman’s curse to save Jake, or will he fall victim to the same nightmare from his past?

MY REVIEW

What I Like:  

• A good cast, including the toddler.  
• The sound of the zip being open - that's scary!

What I Don't Like:

• No new formula here.
• Not that scary 

Will I Watch It Again: I would but not in my go-to list.  

Overall: 4.0/ 5.0

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