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Longlegs is authentically horrifying
This terrifying piece of cinema changes what horror can be
No doubt if you’ve been anywhere near TikTok or Youtube recently you will have glimpsed the horrific marketing campaign for Longlegs. The newest film from horror director Osgood Perkins is one part supernatural mystery and one part family drama. On the whole, though Longlegs is an experience that will redefine your cinematic threshold for fear, and its images will haunt you long after the credits roll.
****SPOILER WARNING****
This should go without saying we are about to plunge head first into SEMI SPOILERS, so if you have any intention to view this film you have been warned.
You are the dark
Longlegs is a film that capitalizes on tension-building and amazing performances to deliver scares that truly chill your soul. This is a feeling that has honestly been sorely lacking in horror cinema of late. Oz Perkins's script guides his audience with a firm hand to craft a visual narrative about a killer named Longlegs(Nicholas Cage) who haunts a Pacific Northwest town with a string of grisly and satanic killings.
Enter FBI agent Lee Harker (Maika Monroe) who possesses an otherworldly grit and almost psychic sense about tracking killers. For…
