'Baghead' is an obvious budget flick but don't let that stop you from choosing this to watch.The plot revolves around Matt that wants to make an independent film for a indie film showing. He gathers his friends and they just happen to be Chad (an old friend) and two girls. He suggest a trip to a lakeside cottage for brainstorming on their budget movie storyline.The plot line they agree upon begins to strangely start happening in real life!! Sure enough there's something afoot. And in that lays the store for this movie.At finish there is a moral message (if you can't figure it out you need help) and a somewhat painful but happy ending.

The Duplass bros prove that you really don't need much of a budget to make a great, fun movie. Doubly so. I by far prefer the low-budget "Baghead" over their later, much more expensive work "Jeff Who Lives At Home" and "Cyrus". It's simple and fun.Four miserably unsuccessful actors -- two men and two women -- get down to the isolation of a cabin in the woods to write a film script -- one, that sells and has roles for all of them in it. The men are buddies, the better-looking ("with the Elvis hair") one has an on-off relationship with one of the girls; the other man looks like James Belushi and tries to get with the other girl. Who, as it turns out, has a crush on Mr. Elvis Hair. The well-laid plans to write a stunning script, on the other hands, end in nightly alcoholic binges (we've all been there). Our four friends at least manage to come up with a rough initial idea: a horror movie about a murderer who wears a paper bag over his head to conceal his identity. Then, while they're all preoccupied with playing patty cakes, they notice that they're being watched ...

Is Mumblecore an accepted genre? There are still films being made that feature twenty-somethings and their relationships in low budget, often with hand-held digital camera. the Duplass brothers, Jay and Mark, writers and directors of this film, are solid in the mumblecore camp.Here we have a mumblecore dramedy that has a horror aspect. It is not a horror film.Chad (Steve Zissis) wants to hook up with Michelle (Greta Gerwig), Michelle wants Matt (Ross Partridge), and Catherine (Elise Muller - Revamped, Vampire Lesbian Kickboxers) is worried about her clicking clock.They all head to a cabin in the woods to write a script. they kick around ideas, but don't get anywhere until Michelle sees someone with a bag over their head.They joke around, thinking it is the others kidding around. But they start to write a script using the baghead idea.It gets funny as Michelle strips thinking it is Matt. When she then tries to scare Catherine thinking it was her, and they all deny it, they really freak. But, they still play the game on each other until Chad swears he sees the baghead while they are all standing together.The ending is not what you expect unless you are familiar with the genre.

I don't know about all the haters on this movie, but I, for one, thought this was a very good little film Sure, it's low budget, sure it's a bit sleepy in some parts, but overall, it's got a very good thing going for it. I liked this film because a) i like slasher movies, and b) it's not a stupid slasher movie. Actually, it's not really a slasher movie at all, but a comedy with slasher-tinges to it. If you need a good movie with believable characters, pretty good plot, and can get past a few boring moments, then I believe this is the film for you. The Duplass brothers have a very good skill of writing believable, colloquial dialogue, which I think helps the film. Overall, i give this movie 8/10 stars.