Longlegs
Sanath Shalavadi

Review by Sanath Shalavadi

Longlegs 2024

★★★★

Watched Oct 25, 2024

LONGLEGS is a twisted psychological horror/crime thriller movie where Nicolas Cage plays the character of Longlegs where he’s absolutely unrecognisable and is about to haunt everyone’s dream as Longlegs, fantastic. The imagery and atmosphere is laid out so perfectly and the silence is haunting at times, i didn’t feel it was slow paced at all, rather found it to moving forward at an ample speed and i honestly wanted more when the end came. The subtle, high-pitched breathing speaks terrifying volumes. Maika Monroe’s acting is phenomenal—she plays the character of Agent Lee Harker to her fullest of potential. Nic Cage is absolutely a menace in this and his character was so interesting—from the way he looked, he talked and actions he did were so terrifying and he kills it every time he appears on screen, there was an insane mysterious aura around him and his look was very creepy but was still great to see him experimenting with these type of roles, really cementing his legacy. The aspect ratio kept changing to distinguish between past and present was a nice touch to the movie. The way the movie is placed in chapters is very nice and it flowed really well with the investigation and also showing the little bit of flashbacks sprinkled over it. Osgood Perkins does a really great job in capturing the shots and immersing the viewer in the world of LONGLEGS with the amazing creative shots, sound design, all of this makes up for a very intense 101 minutes. The marketing for this movie was remarkable and i had seen some of the shots and knew that i have seen this somewhere before but that didn’t falter my experience and those scenes still hit the mark. I liked how the credits rolled downward, which is a nice clever change. It has a cool aesthetic, sound design, style and good story that gets elevated due to cinematography and editing style of the movie.

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