Horror Longlegs

[Shinobi Shaw]

Ugh.

@Kane52630 my brother in Satan, I’m sorry but this movie was the very definition of MID. Literally my face throughout Part 2 and Part 3:



It was beautifully shot, some of the camerawork felt Hitchcockian, Maika did good, but the movie fell flat and needed a new third act. Perhaps I have been reading too many Vigilant Citizen articles lately, but there was nothing remotely scary or atleast creepy here IMO.

But the nerve of them to say this is up there with Silence Of The Lambs. Absolutely not.

 

[Kane52630]

Kane, the way you hyping this movie up and getting me all excited, if it’s mid like X, we squaring up.

And i don’t want no hard feelings after either.

Ugh.

@Kane52630 my brother in Satan, I’m sorry but this movie was the very definition of MID. Literally my face throughout Part 2 and Part 3:

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It was beautifully shot, some of the camerawork felt Hitchcockian, Maika did good, but the movie fell flat and needed a new third act. Perhaps I have been reading too many Vigilant Citizen articles lately, but there was nothing remotely scary or atleast creepy here IMO.

But the nerve of them to say this is up there with Silence Of The Lambs. Absolutely not.

 

[Shinobi Shaw]

LOL, I won't challenge you to a Steel Cage match at SummerSlam this time.

It was decent, but it just could've been much better with a little more imagination.

 

[Shinobi Shaw]

How much you guys want to bet...

Spoiler

For the sequel, it takes place somewhere in the 2000s with Lee now killing people under the trance and they cast this woman to play an aged up version of Blair Underwood's daughter as she is forced to stop Lee now:

 

[AndyTrevino]

Finally saw this a few hours ago and REALLY wasn't prepared for those last 20-30 minutes. I think I might need to see it a couple more times, because it threw me for such a big loop that I'm honestly not sure how I feel about it lmao.

From a technical standpoint it absolutely rocked. Monroe, Witt, and Cage were all amazing as was everyone else.

 

[Chip Chipperson]

When Ruby asked if Harker was going to her birthday party, my heart immediately sank, and I kind of knew were things were headed. I was happy they didn’t hold back in that regard.

Pretty good slow burn and performances turned in by the cast, Monroe and Cage obviously

 

[The Shape]

Watch spoiler talk for those who haven't seen it, please.

This was dope. 8/10

 

[blueharvest]

 

[Sawyer]

That whole Exorcist business broke this man’s brain.

 

[SwordOfMorning]

Based on all the post-release reactions I’m seeing, it’s good but it’s not quite as “AHHH SOMEBODY HELP ME I’M BEING DRAGGED INTO HELL!” as the early reviews made it out to be, so I’m really going to need the early reviewers to dial down their bull**** a few thousand notches when it comes to this stuff.

Like, enthusiasm is great, but who benefits from building up expectations so high?

It's so profoundly not that type of movie that going in with that expectation is really going to set people up for disappointment. It really could just be an episode of The X-Files or a case of the week on Hannibal. Which isn't a bad thing, it's a super fun movie, but it's the least disturbing (and probably worst, but I'm one of maybe three people who likes I'm The Pretty Thing that Lives in the House) of Perkins stuff I'd say.

 

[Cap2024]

That whole Exorcist business broke this man’s brain.

Horror is a phenomenal way to tell really humanistic stories as well.

Currently working on an amazing (although biased) haunted house script based on a true story that previously had the eye of James Wan. It isn't simply about the house though, rather about a family dealing with grief, loss, and abandonment. The house just magnifies it. Many horror filmmakers view the genre the same way: while it's a way in, there is often a lot more under the surface.

It really could just be an episode of The X-Files

That just makes me even more excited to see it tomorrow.

 

[Kane52630]

yep called it.

 

[Kane52630]

 

[The Shape]

yep called it.

Same score as Barbarian. Similar in the sense that people went in expecting one kind of movie, and wound up seeing something very different.

I will say that the marketing for Longlegs was very true to the film itself, for the most part.

 

[OrbOfConfusion]

Okay. Thoughts fresh out of the theater: is this one of the scariest films I've ever seen that's going to keep me up all night and had my heart racing? No.

But is this still a great film with a commanding sense of tone and atmosphere? For my money, absolutely. This is what True Detective Night Country wishes it was, in my opinion. Having not seen any of the teasers, I wasn't sure what to expect, but this film nails that feeling of living in a sort of closed society, and Makia Monroe is great in the lead role. Everyone here brought their A-game and if you had told me that was Nicolas Cage underneath all of...that, then I would not believe you. I think this is a film that will do well played at home with the lights off. My theater was near packed and aside from a few gasps here and there, it was dead silent as everyone remained sucked in.

 

[Shinobi Shaw]

The first time in a long time I agree with a review.

 

[Drizzle]

The first time in a long time I agree with a review.

 

[Shinobi Shaw]

I just screamed in public. Damn you Drizzy.

And you’ll shoot your eye out kid.

 

[Black Narcissus]

The film did not live up to the hype.

I’m so disappointed.

Truly. Kuddos to the marketing team behind this, it was much better than the film. I was so angry the last 25 minutes or so. Damn shame.

There was a moment during them 20 minutes or so, where I gasped out loud ‘’oh no’’, not because it was scary or anything close to it, but because I could not believe the chef ruined his own food, after so much prep time. Lawd. I wanted to walk out at that point but could not do that to Monroe.

Monroe and Cage were great. Eh.

 

[InCali]

Hmmmmm......I was planning on going on Tuesday because it costs about 6 bucks....maybe I still will.....

 

[Kane52630]

 

[Shinobi Shaw]

I really want her to be Lorna Dane in the MCU.

 

[KaijuDude1992]

I guess I might be in the minority when it comes to this but I actually enjoyed the third act of this the most although it might have a lot to do with how much it reminded me of something straight out of the X-Files which I can definitely see being divisive.

I am just glad I was able to avoid so much of the early marketing for this because most of the early hype had no effect on my viewing experience.

That being said I thought this was a really solid 90's esque serial killer film with a pretty chilling and memorable performance from Nic Cage.

Maikia Monroe was great in this too and I like seeing take on these different kind of roles and it was also pretty awesome seeing Blaire Underwood in something on the big screen again. I just wish it was a bit scarier but this thing was dripping with atmosphere and Oz Perkins definitely knows how to direct the hell out of a film.

7.5/10

 

[Kane52630]

 

[OrbOfConfusion]

I guess I might be in the minority when it comes to this but I actually enjoyed the third act of this the most although it might have a lot to do with how much it reminded me of something straight out of the X-Files which I can definitely see being divisive.

I am just glad I was able to avoid so much of the early marketing for this because most of the early hype had no effect on my viewing experience.

That being said I thought this was a really solid 90's esque serial killer film with a pretty chilling and memorable performance from Nic Cage.

Maikia Monroe was great in this too and I like seeing take on these different kind of roles and it was also pretty awesome seeing Blaire Underwood in something on the big screen again. I just wish it was a bit scarier but this thing was dripping with atmosphere and Oz Perkins definitely knows how to direct the hell out of a film.

7.5/10

That's the best part about the film, and I agree that while I wish it was scarier, it nailed the tone and it felt like the first season of True Detective or even another great HBO miniseries, The Outsider.