Longlegs
Lokesh Balamurugan

Review by Lokesh Balamurugan Patron

Longlegs 2024

★★★★★

Watched 11 Jul 2024

Oz Perkins seeds something dreaded, inhumane, and far beyond evil under my skin, something so deeply unsettling that I don’t think I’d even dare to claw it out.

Never have I seen a movie so evil, so hopeless, and so wicked, with a plot so disturbing that it even stops me from putting it into words that make any sense at all. It’s the kind of film that creeps back into your consciousness every morrow following nights spent praying to forget its existence—yet the evil still lurks beneath, always. It goes something like: once you’ve seen it, you carry that foul within you forever. Watching it made me uncomfortable, and I still feel uneasy recalling the things I’ve seen and felt. It’s a gold standard of nightmare fuel that’s sure to give sleepless long nights to almost anyone who ventures as deeply as I did, with the evil slowly devouring you throughout the movie’s runtime. 

One viewing does not do justice to this film. I will watch it a million times more because this is easily one of the best serial killer or horror films ever made, and the absolute best of this decade. Never thought Nic Cage singing ‘Happy Birthday’ or just his presence would make my skin crawl and leave me gasping for air.

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