IMDb plot summary: In pursuit of a serial killer, an FBI agent uncovers a series of occult clues that she must solve to end his terrifying killing spree.
Directed by Osgood Perkins. Starring Maika Monroe, Nicolas Cage, and Blair Underwood.
Longlegs is a horror movie featuring a young FBI agent on the hunt for a mysterious serial killer known only as "Longlegs." As she searches for him, we find that her own past may be more connected to his than was first known. This is one of those vibes-only horror movies, in which the plot makes very little sense and the dialogue sounds like it's been run through multiple rounds of automatic translation software, but my goodness is it unsettling. It's like the uncanny valley of horror movies, where everything you see, especially anything Longlegs himself is involved in, is so bizarre that you keep questioning if that's what you actually saw. I do wish that the story came together a little better for me, as that would have easily launched it up into top echelons of horror. As it is, it's enjoyable but messy and slow during the actual police procedural sections.
How it entered my Flickchart:
Longlegs > Pete's Dragon (1977)
Longlegs < Safe
Longlegs > The Man Who Knew Too Much (1934)
Longlegs > All the Best: Fun Begins
Longlegs < The Secret Garden (1987)
Longlegs > Pain and Glory
Longlegs > The Last Metro
Longlegs > The Bad Seed
Longlegs < Manhattan Murder Mystery
Longlegs > Sneakers
Longlegs > 1917
Final spot: #1127 out of 3976, or 72%.
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