Longlegs 2024
The 2024 American mystery horror film Longlegs, written and directed by Osgood Perkins, follows FBI agent Lee Harker (Maika Monroe), who possesses an intuitive, almost clairvoyant, knack for profiling, as she is assigned to the decades-old cold case of a satanic serial killer known only as Longlegs (Nicolas Cage). The killer's signature involves meticulously orchestrated murder-suicides where the father kills his entire family, leaving behind occult-coded letters. As Harker delves into the case with her superior, Agent Carter (Blair Underwood), she uncovers disturbing evidence that points to a shocking personal connection: Longlegs had approached a young Lee before her ninth birthday, and her devout mother, Ruth Harker (Alicia Witt), had been his accomplice all along, delivering special dolls to families to facilitate the demonic possessions and murders in a desperate bargain to keep Lee safe. The film culminates in a terrifying confrontation where Lee realizes the scope of the conspiracy, forcing her to shoot her own mother to protect a new target, ultimately failing to destroy the demonic influence of the final doll, suggesting that "evil isn't going anywhere." The film, which also features Kiernan Shipka as a survivor, was a massive critical and commercial success, receiving positive reviews for its chilling atmosphere, slow-burn tension, and strong performances from Monroe and Cage, earning a "Certified Fresh" 86% critics rating on Rotten Tomatoes. Produced on a budget of less than $10 million, Longlegs became a surprise box office sensation, grossing approximately $128 million worldwide ($74.3 million domestically and $53.6 million internationally), making it the highest-grossing film for distributor Neon and the highest-grossing independent film of 2024.Following its theatrical run, Longlegs is available for streaming on Hulu and Prime Video (depending on the region), and can also be rented or purchased on various Video-On-Demand platforms like Apple TV, Amazon Video, and Google Play, with physical copies also available on DVD and Blu-ray.
- 2024
- 1 h : 41 min
- 1.2k views
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6.523
- R
- English (UK)
Recommended
Starring
Blair Underwood
- Agent Carter
Alicia Witt
- Ruth Harker
Michelle Choi-Lee
- Agent Browning
Dakota Daulby
- Agent Fisk
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Isabella Rossellini
2025-05-22 11:56:44
Longlegs is an interesting film. It's sometimes good, sometimes scary, and sometimes laughably goofy. The marketing for the film was undoubtedly the greatest thing about it. It was so overhyped and well sold that I was convinced I'd be seeing a movie completely different than the one I just saw a few hours ago. The end result wasn't bad at all, it's just.. not the ultimate horror fright fest it was made out to be. The critics, filmmakers, and Nicolas Cage all raved about how Cage is unrecognizable and how he gives a skin crawling performance that you wouldn't be able to tell was him. I'm just gonna break the news and say that you can definitely tell it's Cage and he absolutely makes it a very Nicolas Cage role. He did a great job but I really wasn't quite sure if I was supposed to find him hilarious or terrifying. It was a memorable performance but I was way more puzzled and confused than scared. The rest of the movie is beautifully shot, scored, and paced. The story is riddled with plot holes galore and the twist veers into pretty silly territory. It's a good movie but it's not the scariest film of the decade or even the whole year.