Baghead

"Talk to the dead. Pay the price."

2023 1h 35m EN

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6.5

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32%

ROTTEN

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METACRITIC

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5.4

IMDB

★6.5TMDB · 582🥫32%Rotten Tomatoes●51Metacritic★5.4IMDB · 16,081

Horror

Synopsis

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Following the death of her estranged father, Iris learns she has inherited a run-down, centuries-old pub. She travels to Berlin to identify her father’s body and meet with The Solicitor to discuss the estate. Little does she know, when the deed is signed she will become inextricably tied to an unspeakable entity that resides in the pub’s basement – Baghead – a shape-shifting creature that can transform into the dead.

“Talk to the dead. Pay the price.”

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Cast

Freya Allan
Iris Lark
Jeremy Irvine
Neil
Ruby Barker
Katie
Peter Mullan
Owen Lark
Anne Müller
Baghead
Svenja Jung
Sarah
Ned Dennehy
Solicitor
Julika Jenkins
Regina

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Alberto Corredor
Writers: Christina Pamies, Bryce McGuire, Lorcan Reilly
Languages: English
Countries: Germany, United Kingdom, United States of America

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ERA

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Released 3 years ago.

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2 / 8

WORLD

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International production across 3 countries: Germany, United Kingdom, United States of America.

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3 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Directed by Alberto Corredor, shot by Cale Finot. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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4 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Original score by Suvi-Eeva Äikäs. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.

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5 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Editor Jeff Betancourt shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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6 / 8

CAST

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Freya Allan and Jeremy Irvine and Ruby Barker carry the top of the cast.

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7 / 8

FACT

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Marketing tagline: "Talk to the dead. Pay the price.".

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8 / 8

WILD

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IMDB entry: tt14030816 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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Cinephile deep dive

The take

Alberto Corredor directs. Cale Finot behind the camera. Suvi-Eeva Äikäs scores. Jeff Betancourt cuts. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Produced in Germany, United Kingdom, United States of America. Dialogue in English.

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Things worth knowing

1Released 3 years ago.
2International production across 3 countries: Germany, United Kingdom, United States of America.
3Directed by Alberto Corredor, shot by Cale Finot. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
4Original score by Suvi-Eeva Äikäs. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
5Editor Jeff Betancourt shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
6Freya Allan and Jeremy Irvine and Ruby Barker carry the top of the cast.
7Marketing tagline: "Talk to the dead. Pay the price.".
8IMDB entry: tt14030816 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

The technical file

Cinematography: Cale Finot
Original score: Suvi-Eeva Äikäs
Editing: Jeff Betancourt
Production design: Marc Bitz
Makeup / hair: Birger Laube
Sound: Alexander Wunsch
Runtime: 95 min · 1h 35m
Aspect ratio (typical): 1.37:1 (Academy)
Status: Released
Box office: $6,691,851
Original language: EN
Certification (US): PG-13
IMDB: Baghead (2023)
Rotten Tomatoes: 32% 🥫 Rotten
Metacritic: 51/100
IMDB rating: 5.4/10 · 16,081 votes

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CinemaSerf2024-01-31
★ 6/10
"Iris" (Freya Allan) unexpectedly inherits a dilapidated pub from her estranged father (Peter Mullen) and is actively encouraged to just sell it by the solicitor (the always good at the creepy characters Ned Dennehy). She decides to spend a night - along with some VHS instructions - in the place to think on things and encounters the enigmatic young "Neil" (Jeremy Irvine) who offers her £4,000 so he can talk to his wife in the cellar! She tells him to come back next day, asks her lawyer pal "Katie" (Ruby Barker) to come and stay and before too long reckons she could be on to a cunning money-making wheeze. He comes back and to the cellar the three head. Two chairs and a great big hole in the wall greet them, followed by some filthy and scrawny fingers as the eponymous woman emerges from the darkness and... Yikes! Rather than being scared witless, "Iris" does a wee bit of research and concludes that she can control this scenario and make loads of cash too. "Katie" isn't so easily convinced and the lovelorn "Neil" is clearly working on a solution that will work more permanently for him! There are some startlingly stupid decisions made by the characters in this film, and some of the (sparing) visual effects are the stuff of the "Exorcist" from fifty years ago, but as a low-budget enterprise it is no worse than your standard Blumhouse fayre that trot in and out of our cinemas every few weeks. The acting is all adequate, as is the writing and the story has it's moment of intrigue as it develops. Though I'll never remember watching it in a fortnight, I quite enjoyed it for the ninety minutes leading to a denouement that I did rather like.

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