Movie Details
| Title: | Longlegs | |
| Director: | Osgoood Perkins | |
| Year: | 2024 | |
| Genre: | Horror | |
| Times Seen: | 1 | |
| Last Seen: | 11.01.24 |
Other Movies Seen By This Director (0)
| Date Viewed | Venue | Note |
| 11.01.24 | Internet | This is a serial killer movie that on the surface might look similar to Silence of the Lambs but thanks to a few elements winds up as a straight-up horror movie. I'd like there to be another Silence of the Lambs serial killer, procedural-ish, grounded in realism thriller of the same caliber but... still waiting for that one. In the meantime, after adjusting expectations about an hour in, I wound up really liking this one a lot. I hesitate to talk about spoiler things. Guess that'll be at the bottom, but spoiler-free things that I can say is that Nic Cage is in the movie, giving an amazing performance. The main girl (she was in It Follows) is kind of the weak link in the movie... she's a little too blank for me, but she doesn't ruin the movie or anything and I guess it creates a nice link to A24 horror which I think this fits nicely in. Not too long, good music, very atmospheric photography (if not sometimes a tad underlit but what kind of idiot complains about a horror movie being too dark), and I thought the story was pretty satisfying. I also like horror movies that take place in the 90s. What was that one from an earlier fantastic fest called? Not Very Bad Things... one sec... Super Dark Times. I liked this more than that but I like how both these movies evoked my high school days which I find to be suitable for horror. SPOILERS BELOW Ok, so just for my memory, Nic Cage plays a satan-worshipping weirdo under a ton of make-up but his performance is also legit spooky. Alicia Witt is also great here as the main girl's mom / accomplice. And the movie pulls a Fight Club by having a dark goat satan figure in a bunch of shots almost subliminally. I caught a couple during my watch (in the woods, outside the window of the library) but there's an imdb trivia note outlining 10 of them. I went back and found them and am really impressed by the subtle imagery. A few shots in particular really highlight the presence in her life. I think if I would've seen this in a theater I could've caught more but on my LCD monitor with my view angle some detail gets lost in my blacks. I also like that, since the satanism aspect is real in this film, these creepy dolls with the weird spheres in their heads can actually be a viable answer to the mystery. It doesn't feel tooo cheaty for me to have an evil doll make the families kill one another. Kinda even more creepy in fact since I find possession spooky. Blair Underwood at the end sells it great. The red eyes under the black sheet is great. the name "Mr. Downstairs" is great. So yeah, really liked this one a lot. Not too often you watch a new horror movie that's good so gotta celebrate that. |
