Longlegs
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Review by Moy Muiños

Longlegs 2024

★★★½

Watched 16 Jul 2024

What a clever way to give possessed doll movies a twist—Annabelle, M3gan, you're dismissed. (The movie is not entirely about this, but still.)

For me, it lived up to the hype. Is it the scariest movie of the year? Probably not (we still have a few more to go). But it definitely gets under your skin, in a way that few movies do. You can feel the dread from the very beginning, throughout the whole thing, and even after the credits start to roll. People say it’s the modern Silence of the Lambs, and I couldn’t agree more. A homage, even (without cannibals and add the supernatural).

Monroe and Cage are both amazing— both like they’re on the verge of a psychotic, nervous breakdown (in different ways). The way Longlegs is presented in the first seconds of the film was brilliant. I’m not sure if it’s the fact that I knew it was Cage under there that I didn’t find him extremely disturbing or what, but it definitely has some memorable, creepy, twisted moments. Osgood Perkins crafted a meticulous, dark, and entertaining film, perhaps the best of his career yet. Loved the way he played with the aspect ratio too. 

Very excited to watch it again because, like people and other reviewers say: The devil is in the details.

*I saw a Raggedy Ann in the back of a couple of shots. She cannot catch a break from evil.

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