Longlegs

"Say your prayers."

2024 1h 41m EN

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★6.5TMDB · 2,910

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FBI Agent Lee Harker is a gifted new recruit assigned to the unsolved case of an elusive serial killer. As the case takes complex turns, unearthing evidence of the occult, Harker discovers a personal connection to the merciless killer and must race against time to stop him before he claims the lives of another innocent family.

“Say your prayers.”

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Cast

Maika Monroe
Agent Lee Harker
Nicolas Cage
Longlegs
Blair Underwood
Agent Carter
Alicia Witt
Ruth Harker
Michelle Choi-Lee
Agent Browning
Dakota Daulby
Agent Fisk
Lauren Acala
Young Lee Harker
Kiernan Shipka
Carrie Anne Camera

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Osgood Perkins
Writers: Osgood Perkins, Adrien van Viersen
Languages: English
Countries: Canada, United States of America

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MONEY

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Grossed $128M — a 12.8× return. The kind of profit studios chase for a decade.

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ERA

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Released 2 years ago.

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WORLD

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International production across 2 countries: Canada, United States of America.

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RUNTIME

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Part of the "Longlegs Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.

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5 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Directed by Osgood Perkins, shot by Andres Arochi. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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DIRECTOR

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Original score by Elvis Perkins. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.

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DIRECTOR

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Editor Graham Fortin shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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8 / 8

CAST

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Maika Monroe and Nicolas Cage and Blair Underwood carry the top of the cast.

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Cinephile deep dive

The take

Osgood Perkins directs. Andres Arochi behind the camera. Elvis Perkins scores. Graham Fortin cuts. Made its budget back several times over at the box office. Produced in Canada, United States of America. Dialogue in English.

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1Grossed $128M — a 12.8× return. The kind of profit studios chase for a decade.
2Released 2 years ago.
3International production across 2 countries: Canada, United States of America.
4Part of the "Longlegs Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.
5Directed by Osgood Perkins, shot by Andres Arochi. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
6Original score by Elvis Perkins. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
7Editor Graham Fortin shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
8Maika Monroe and Nicolas Cage and Blair Underwood carry the top of the cast.
9Marketing tagline: "Say your prayers.".
10IMDB entry: tt23468450 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
11Classified under 44 themes, including "homicide", "fbi", "religion and supernatural", "haunting".
12Released under 14 different titles around the world.

The technical file

Cinematography: Andres Arochi
Original score: Elvis Perkins
Editing: Graham Fortin
Production design: Danny Vermette
Costume design: Mica Kayde
Makeup / hair: Harlow MacFarlane
VFX supervisor: Edward J. Douglas
Sound: Eugenio Battaglia
Stunt coordinator: Fraser Corbett
Runtime: 101 min · 1h 41m
Aspect ratio (typical): 1.37:1 (Academy)
Status: Released
Budget: $10,000,000
Box office: $127,961,936
Return: 1280% of budget
Original language: EN
Certification (US): R
IMDB: Longlegs (2024)

Part of

Longlegs Collection

A series of horror thriller films about a occult-obsessed serial killer named Longlegs.

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Osgood Perkins

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r96sk2024-07-19
★ 7/10
Certainly unsettling! <em>'Longlegs'</em> is solid horror fare. Nicolas Cage's Cobble is extremely creepy, that one scene in the car unnerved me and then some. I will say that the more we see of his character the less creeped out I was, though credit to Cage & Co. for having that effect! Maika Monroe puts in a very good showing as Lee, I have zero issues with her performance - she nails it. Alicia Witt merits praise as well. The pacing could've been better, it felt a little longer than its 101 minute run time, but other than that I'd kinda this a success. I had a fun time watching it all unfold, Monroe and the character of Cobble are the main reasons for that.
CinemaSerf2024-07-23
★ 7/10
There's a fair amount of screen time given to Bill Clinton in this thriller. Luckily, there are no cigars to be seen as his Presidential visage looks down on FBI agent "Carter" (Blair Underwood). He's in charge of an investigation looking into the slaughter of entire families in their homes. There's no evidence of any third party anywhere, with the father invariably found having killed himself after slaughtering just about everyone else. Thing is, fellow agent "Harker" (Maika Monroe) thinks that there's way more to it than that. She's got a sort of sixth sense when it comes to these things and soon she and "Carter" are on the trail of the eponymous character (the sparingly used but effective Nicolas Cage) who may - or may not - be the source of some cryptic messages left near the site of each atrocity. Central to her theories are some eerily looking dolls. There are child size, perfectly made with porcelain and contain mysterious aluminium spheres. What's the purpose of them? It turns out that "Harker" might be able to elicit some answers from her mother "Ruth" (Alicia Witt). She's not quite the full shilling but as the detective recalls an encounter with a stranger many years earlier, we begin to wonder if mum might be more involved... It's quirky this story with elements that make sense and others that dart about making it almost impossible to figure out who's doing what to whom nor, more importantly, why? The rather brutal denouement does let it down. It's rushed and serves to fill in years worth of intrigue with five minutes of dialogue - indeed, I couldn't help but wonder if a sequel was in the offing as the story wrapped all too abruptly. Monroe delivers well here, as does photographer Andres Arochi who helps create an almost claustrophobic atmosphere to add quite a bit of tension to the plot. It's not especially scary, but it takes a different approach to creating horror for the mind rather thanks the eyes - and it works quite well.
Chandler Danier2024-08-24
★ 7/10
I had fun. It's fun. Hail Satan! Any Satan movie is pretty high on my list. Was a super cool Satan kid in high school. All Anton LaVey book reports and stuff. It's a fine Satan movie.