El hombre del saco

On June 28, 1910, in Gádor (Spain)

there was a crime that was so heinous it shook all of society.

It had such an impact

that many parents used it to scare and discipline their children.

Thus a legend was born that, more than half a century later,

continues to terrify children around the world.

GÁDOR, SPAIN JUNE 28, 1910

Bernardo!

Bernardo!

Be quiet, you made the baby cry!

Let her cry!

That damn boy broke my pipe.

The little swine!

Bernardo!

Anyone there?

Please help me!

Help, please!

Help, son! Please!

I was robbed.

They beat me.

My water bottle.

Please hand it to me.

It's over there.

Some water, please.

Sir,

there's no water.

Sir?

Hello?

Sir?

Bernardo

was never seen again.

That was the Bogeyman's first victim.

From that moment on,

he looks for naughty children,

to put them in his sack

and take them away forever.

GÁDOR, SPAIN, PRESENT DAY

Naughty children.

Naughty children like you!

Mommy, come here!

What's this? Why aren't you asleep?

Ana, sweetie,

what's wrong? Come here.

-What's wrong? -Mommy,

Sara told me the Bogeyman will come for me.

What did you tell her?

She's lying, Mom!

That's enough!

Aren't you ashamed of scaring her?

I'm fed up with you. Fed up! I don't know what to do with you.

Why do you act so mean?

You should be the one the Bogeyman carries away.

Come to make fun of me, brat?

Mom?

THE ORIGIN OF THE MYTH

Guys,

we're nearly there.

Lucas, we're nearly there.

Tell your sister.

Nearly there, Ali.

Nearly there, guys. Our new home.

Look, isn't it pretty?

This way?

Yeah, straight ahead.

WELCOME TO GÁDOR

HOME OF THE BOGEYMAN

Sorry about the delay.

Please don't charge me overtime.

Do you have the keys, Sergio?

-You're holding them, Mom. -Oops, my bad!

-Your brother? -Downstairs.

Lucas! Lucas, come upstairs!

Coming!

MISSING

It's not that bad, is it?

I preferred the other house.

You'll end up liking it.

Jesus! We'll fix it.

-Hey, Mom. -Yeah?

I saw a cool gym on the way.

-I'll go check it out. -No, not now.

You all lend me a hand, this has to look like a home.

-I need a box cutter. -But Mom,

I need to find another squad.

Weren't you thrown out?

-Alicia! -No, no!

It was because Mom wanted to come to this hick town.

Sergio, enough already! You know full well I need this job.

I'll drive you to the gym when I go to the hospital.

-Look, here's the box cutter. -What about us?

Where does this go?

In the kitchen, no idea where that is.

Have a look in the hall. You could go into the town

and make new friends.

Yeah, right.

Being his babysitter will make me super popular.

No offense, huh?

Honey, this is just until I find a regular shift at the hospital.

I can't take it anymore, I'm leaving!

Well take the kids with you too!

Then I'll free you from such brutal oppression, okay?

Okay.

Gee, it's so hot!

Oh my God.

Don't look at me like that.

It's no big deal.

But don't you realize that they need you?

They need a father!

A father? My dad was never around and it was fine!

Hi.

Hi. I'm Gabi, I live opposite. Welcome to the apartment.

Thank you.

This is Paula, my sister.

Hiya.

We wanted to show your kids the town.

They're not my kids, I'm their big sister.

Mom.

Isn't that great?

That means yes.

Sweetie.

Don't you want to see the town with them?

No.

Why?

There's still a lot to unpack.

Lucas, I thought that moving here was a chance

to change certain things.

I know you really miss Daddy. So do I.

But he'd love to see you being happy

and playing with other kids.

Will you give it a try?

Promise me?

Okay.

How can you be that cute? How?

Oh, I love you to bits!

Hey, kid!

Come over here! Help me, please!

What do you need, sir?

I'm a poor old man who's injured.

Give it back, give it back!

Pass!

Doesn't count!

Here. Wanna smoke?

Awesome. I like them strong.

What's a city girl like you doing in a dump like Gádor?

Dunno, what do you think?

You misbehaved, so now you're mine. Take that!

Another naughty child for the sack!

And if you're not careful...

Let's go.

...wait and see the beatings I'm gonna give you!

Pass!

Shit! Cool! Come join us

-for a game. -Thanks.

I can't get an injury pre-season.

Oh, okay, okay.

-This joker has lost it. -What?

See that tree over there?

It's always been here.

They wanted to cut it down to put up antennas

or shit like that.

So I chained myself to it to stop them.

That tree? It's not that special.

We all need someone to protect us, don't we?

They treated me like a terrorist.

But I kicked up such a fuss, they had to leave it.

That's so cool.

That's how this town is.

Like quicksand.

If you move, it swallows you up.

But if you give up, it kills you.

What did I tell you about being here this late?

We're going home!

Goddamn it! Home, right now!

-What's his problem? -He doesn't want them here.

Move, damn it!

-Why? -He's scared, I guess.

-Scared of what? -Didn't you tell him?

-Jesus! -Didn't you tell your buddy

how dangerous it is here?

Don't be a pain, Álex.

What's your name?

-Lucas. -Maybe you didn't know,

but in the past two months

kids have gone missing.

Everyone knows it's not safe to be out now.

Ignore him.

All right, brat.

For my YouTube channel.

Heard of the Bogeyman?

A bit...

Screw you, man!

Shut it, pussy.

Like what?

Like...

he carries away naughty kids in his sack.

-Did you behave? -Ignore him.

Look.

See that abandoned villa?

That's the Bogeyman's secret den.

Maybe you'll get to know it soon.