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Longlegs
The Silence of the Lambs meets The Shining with just a dash of Carrie in a 2024 nail biter called Longlegs that takes a little longer to come together than it should but manages to hold viewer attention.
Lee Harker is a special agent for the FBI who is put at the forefront of a hunt for a serial killer when her partner is killed on their first day of the investigation. She eventually unlocks a series of supernatural occurrences that lead to the reveal of a killer named Longlegs and some kind of connection to Harker's mother.
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Director and screenwriter Osgood Perkins has crafted a tale that borrows elements from the above referenced films, but the weaving of said elements into a viable story takes way too long and definitely challenges viewer attention span. It actually starts with this central character, Harker, who we really have a hard time buying as an FBI agent, because for the majority of the running time, the character seems to be teetering on the edge of sanity, not to mention having some serious issues with her mother that seem to make it impossible for her to stay focused on what she's supposed to be doing.
Despite this, the deeper the FBI gets into the case the more dependent they seem to be on Harker, who is staying very close-mouthed regarding her mother and seems unconcerned that the FBI is getting closer to the truth than she is. We see a slightly more frightened version of Clarice Starling going after her own version of Jack Torrance, but what we are initially led to believe are red herrings regarding Harker's past, it becomes apparent that the answers the story is making us wait for are much closer to Harker's office, as well has her home.
Maika Monroe is a little one-note as Agent Harker, but Blair Underwood is appropriately creepy as her boss as is an unrecognizable Oscar winner Nicolas Cage as the title character and a surprisingly effective performance from Alicia Witt as Harker's mother. Perkins shows some cinematic storytelling skill here, but he really challenges viewer patience here.
The Silence of the Lambs meets The Shining with just a dash of Carrie in a 2024 nail biter called Longlegs that takes a little longer to come together than it should but manages to hold viewer attention.
Lee Harker is a special agent for the FBI who is put at the forefront of a hunt for a serial killer when her partner is killed on their first day of the investigation. She eventually unlocks a series of supernatural occurrences that lead to the reveal of a killer named Longlegs and some kind of connection to Harker's mother.
Director and screenwriter Osgood Perkins has crafted a tale that borrows elements from the above referenced films, but the weaving of said elements into a viable story takes way too long and definitely challenges viewer attention span. It actually starts with this central character, Harker, who we really have a hard time buying as an FBI agent, because for the majority of the running time, the character seems to be teetering on the edge of sanity, not to mention having some serious issues with her mother that seem to make it impossible for her to stay focused on what she's supposed to be doing.
Despite this, the deeper the FBI gets into the case the more dependent they seem to be on Harker, who is staying very close-mouthed regarding her mother and seems unconcerned that the FBI is getting closer to the truth than she is. We see a slightly more frightened version of Clarice Starling going after her own version of Jack Torrance, but what we are initially led to believe are red herrings regarding Harker's past, it becomes apparent that the answers the story is making us wait for are much closer to Harker's office, as well has her home.
Maika Monroe is a little one-note as Agent Harker, but Blair Underwood is appropriately creepy as her boss as is an unrecognizable Oscar winner Nicolas Cage as the title character and a surprisingly effective performance from Alicia Witt as Harker's mother. Perkins shows some cinematic storytelling skill here, but he really challenges viewer patience here.