Step on a nail, lose your grip on reality—this salesman hits different.
After a sexually frustrated hammer salesman steps on a rusty nail, he must determine whether the world’s sudden and violent turn against him is real or the result of an infection consuming his body and mind.
Practical Effects
Gruesome infection effects that make you check your own feet.
Acting
Peter Falls sells total psychological unraveling.
Direction
Bernsen keeps you guessing until the final frame.
Director
Oliver Bernsen
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Oliver Bernsen shot the nail-penetration scene practically with a prosthetic foot and real rust—actor Peter Falls genuinely winced.
The title 'Bagworm' refers to the moth larva that builds protective cases from its environment—mirroring how Carroll constructs his own prison of denial.
US
