Classics had acquired distribution rights to the film. The film went on to premiere at SXSW on March 9, 2008. and the Tribeca Film Festival on April 26, 2008. The film was released in a limited release in the United States on July 13, 2008. The film had its Latin American premiere at the Mar del Plata Film Festival on November 6, 2008. and the European Premiere at the Hamburg Film Festival in September 2009. Reception The film received mostly positive reviews from Duane Byrge (The Hollywood Reporter), Bill Weber (Slant Magazine), Peter Debruge (Variety) and Ty Burr (The Boston Globe). It also received two "See It"s from Michael Phillips and Richard Roeper during At the Movies. On review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes the film holds a 79% approval rating, based on 99 reviews with an average rating of 6.6/10. The site's consensus reads, "Pitting actors against murderers in a self-aware struggle for stardom, Baghead successfully skates the borders of horror and comedy." On Metacritic, Baghead have a rank of 62 out of a 100 based on 23 critics, indicating "generally favorable reviews". Todd Gilchrist of IGN, while attending Los Angeles Film Festival in 2008, wrote: "Mumblecore makes its first horror film with this indie opus". Dana Stevens of Slate magazine compared the film to early works by John Sayles and Eric Rohmer. The Village Voices Robert Wilonsky, said that "[the film] better in its first half, when it pokes gentle fun at the film festival circuit where Baghead [has] been stretching its legs since its debut at Sundance in January". The DVD release of the film got a score of 8 out of 10 by Christopher Monfette of IGN who called the film "A first-rate horror/comedy mash-up" and "[a] scary, charming, funny, frightening must-scene indie flick". See also Mumblecore Mumblegore References External links Interview with Mark and Jay Duplass at Cinefantastique 2008 comedy horror films American comedy horror films American independent films Sony Pictures Classics films Duplass Brothers Productions films 2008 comedy films 2008 films 2000s English-language films 2000s American films 2008 independent films