Longlegs
Directed by Osgood Perkins
Tijdens de jacht op een seriemoordenaar ontdekt een FBI-agent een aantal occulte aanwijzingen die ze moet oplossen om een eind te maken aan een ijzingwekkende reeks moordpartijen.
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- rg94001 november 2024It's best to ignore the hype when watching this movie because outside of raising your expectations, it might also just make you think this movie is going to be very different than it actually is. It's a slow-burn serial killer procedural in the vein of Silence of the Lambs that worms its way into you. I watched Os Perkins' earlier works in The Blackcoat's Daughter and Gretel & Hansel. I noted his excellent skills with the technical aspects of filmmaking, and they are as sharp as ever in Longlegs. This movie is extremely stylish, with excellent camerawork, cinematography, imagery, and sound editing. Maika Monroe's acting is phenomenal -- she inhabits the sharp-witted detective while still making her fear palpable through the screen. Nic Cage is...okay? I think a lot has been hyped up about his performance, but I think he acts exactly the way I was expecting him to act. The problem with Os Perkins' earlier movies was limp scripts, and I was wondering what he could do with something stronger. This movie is mostly that. The movie starts out incredibly strong, and the sense of dread, mystery, and atmosphere is well-developed. However, as the movie progresses, I did feel like it started to struggle to bring everything together in a satisfying way. Namely, it introduces an element late into the movie that I just did not think landed. Also, at times, the dialogue is a bit soft spoken and obtuse, leading me to be confused if I was supposed to understand what was happening yet or not. Even though the ending didn't work for me, I still thoroughly enjoyed this movie and think it is as strong as some of the other arthouse horror movies people visualize from the past 10 years (many of which share similar issues regarding obtuse elements). It might not be a 10/10, but it's still incredible. The imagery in this movie is really fantastic, but don't go in expecting a ton of jump scares or anything in your face. It's a much more atmospheric movie. Honestly, the biggest drawback to this movie isn't anything related to what is in it. The viral marketing and hype machine around it are going to set unrealistic expectations and lead to disappointment from people expecting another Conjuring-esque movie. However, I would still highly recommend it.
- Hipster ZOMBIE21 februari 2025Longlegs was a film that was built up on a lot of hype. The creepy build up to the film with its eerie marketing was next level. Then came the movie and I have to be honest it’s a let down. Nicolas Cage is hyped up to be the scariest thing in the movie but he comes across more comical than anything else. At no point does he instill any sort of dread. The overall story is just build up to a ridiculously lame ending that is just insulting. Really it’s that bad. Maika Monroe who plays Agent Lee Harker is exceptional in the film with her performance but beyond that this film was all hype and nothing else.
- MrTrivet23 januari 2026Longlegs by Osgood Perkins is a horror film that clearly prioritizes atmosphere over narrative precision. From its opening conversations about faith and prayer, it suggests a world where no effective shields against evil exist; neither religious nor rational. The story of FBI agent Lee Harker oscillates between procedural investigation and metaphysical nightmare, where intuition carries more weight than logic. When examined closely, parts of the plot feel inconsistent, but Perkins treats this as a deliberate trade-off. Some films seem almost contaminated by evil, producing a physical chill regardless of narrative coherence. Longlegs works exactly this way - through mood, sound design, and unsettling framing. The use of a constricted, Polaroid-like frame for reminiscences is especially effective, severing the past from the present and turning memory into something alien and haunting. This is a film meant to be experienced rather than solved and its power lies precisely in that impurity.
Longlegs Trivia
Longlegs was released on 10 juli 2024.
Longlegs was directed by Osgood Perkins.
Longlegs has a runtime of 1 u, 41 m.
Longlegs was produced by Chris Ferguson, Nicolas Cage, Brian Kavanaugh-Jones, Dan Kagan, Dave Caplan.
Tijdens de jacht op een seriemoordenaar ontdekt een FBI-agent een aantal occulte aanwijzingen die ze moet oplossen om een eind te maken aan een ijzingwekkende reeks moordpartijen.
The key characters in Longlegs are Agent Lee Harker (Maika Monroe), Longlegs (Nicolas Cage), Agent Carter (Blair Underwood).
Longlegs is rated 16.
Longlegs is a Horror, Thriller, Misdaad film.
Longlegs has an audience rating of 6.1 out of 10.
Longlegs had a budget of US$ 10 mln..
Longlegs has made US$ 128 mln. at the box office.