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Longlegs | First (terrifying) trailer for the horror film starring Nicolas Cage & Maika Monroe
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SJRB
Gold Member
This movie starts unbelievably strong with great visuals, audio design, acting and a surreal/occult vibe but never reaches the potential it's hinting at and the finale is okay at best. Some of the detective work is great but some is kinda goofy and the payoff isn't really great, I guess? The ending is both cool and stupid at the same time, somehow. Feels like it's missing something but I don't know why.
I think frequently cutting to segments of Longlegs doing random things was a huge mistake, it sucked the mystery out of the entire experience. Dude was just a weirdo, until he was literally Satan's minion. In a way I respect that the movie went all in with the "Satan is real" angle instead of keeping it vague.
Some insane visuals and camerawork either way, movie was beautiful to watch.
I think frequently cutting to segments of Longlegs doing random things was a huge mistake, it sucked the mystery out of the entire experience. Dude was just a weirdo, until he was literally Satan's minion. In a way I respect that the movie went all in with the "Satan is real" angle instead of keeping it vague.
Some insane visuals and camerawork either way, movie was beautiful to watch.
MudoSkills
Volcano High Alumnus (Cum Laude)
I went to see this and quite a way into the film saw a parent with a young kid walk into the screening. A bit later the interview scene happened and the kid ran out crying, never to return.
Lights come up at the end of the movie and I hear a guy a few rows back say that they had taken the kid to see Inside Out 2, but because they got there late thought they would just walk into another random screen. Chose poorly.
Lights come up at the end of the movie and I hear a guy a few rows back say that they had taken the kid to see Inside Out 2, but because they got there late thought they would just walk into another random screen. Chose poorly.
NotMyProblemAnymoreCunt
Biggest Trails Stan
Bad parenting there
People like that annoy me. Thankfully I don't have to deal with that crap anymore
kittoo
Cretinously credulous
Just watched it and this captures my thoughts perfectly. Amazing build-up and tension in the first half but the payoff kinda falters.
The atmosphere was thick as fuck in the first half. I was totally into it and felt as if I was there. Their decision of keeping nights genuinely dark really really paid off. Watching on an OLED was a bliss with the darkness. This is a showpiece for how pixel level absolute darkness of OLEDs elevates visuals.
ForAcademicPurposes
Member
This movie was filmed in such a groovy way.
The Cockatrice
Member
No idea what everyone is talking about "how the movie was filmed". It's pretty standard for indie horror movies. Atmosphere was cool, Nic Cage acting was cool, the mom's acting was eerie as fuck, but yeah overall the main plot was ok at best.
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Have a Blessed Day
Probably because some are used to James wan Hollywood level cinematography and color grading so when they see something that looks real and not oversaturated it's "creepy".
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Id give it an 7.5/10 but horror is pretty much all I watch.
Supposedly, the audience and the reviewers unanimously praise it, but personally, I didn't like it that much. While the atmosphere and visuals are indeed dark and great (think Zodiac), in the end - Nicolas Cage comes off as cringe instead of evil, the director relies mainly on jumpscares, crescendos and walking around abandoned houses in the dark with a flashlight, and the demonic prop they chose is such a cliché...
Sleepwalker
Member
It wasn't that great but not too bad. I think they dropped the ball with the ending, it also wasn't really scary. Cage was good.
Probably around a 6.5/10 for me
Probably around a 6.5/10 for me
StueyDuck
Member
That's why i ask, when a movie gets ridiculous praise i always find the final viewing to be not nearly that good.
so just a horror movie, I'm ok with that.
The Cockatrice
Member
Nah. The audience didnt praise. It just received some praise when it came just like all movies do, but the more watched it the less it was praised. It's at 6 on imdb which is not even close to unanimously.
ForAcademicPurposes
Member
If the ending was stronger I'd bump it up a notch.
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jshackles
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I saw this a couple of weeks ago in the theater.
I enjoyed this movie for what it was, but it was definitely a 7/10 movie. However, the more I thought about it afterward the more I ended up liking it. It's the kind of movie that needs to be rewatched, I think, to fully get everything it has to offer. I'll definitely check it out again now that it's on streaming.
I'm a huge sucker for stuff like this in horror movies.
I enjoyed this movie for what it was, but it was definitely a 7/10 movie. However, the more I thought about it afterward the more I ended up liking it. It's the kind of movie that needs to be rewatched, I think, to fully get everything it has to offer. I'll definitely check it out again now that it's on streaming.
I realized that most / all of the paintings in the film's various sets were shown to the detective during her "psychic tests" at the beginning.
I'm a huge sucker for stuff like this in horror movies.
ForAcademicPurposes
Member
Did you catch a glimpse of the goat figure standing behind Maika in the red room? It's quite early in the movie.
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Kacho
Gold Member
Baphomet’s silhouette appeared several times during the film. I counted 3 or 4.
SJRB
Gold Member
Not at all, honestly. If you go in expecting something amazing you’re going to be disappointed. It’s a solid movie but it won’t rock your world.
Its biggest flaw could be that it is not scary, and not nearly intense enough to be considered a horror movie. Vibes are closer to Silence of the Lambs than any conventional horror movie.
StueyDuck
Member
Honestly. A silence of the lambs is better to me than a flat out horror, so I like to hear that. Will check it out tonight most likely.
jufonuk
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I think Nicolas Cage did it.
I hope it’s not just all framed on the indie everything is shot so it’s framed centre.
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NotMyProblemAnymoreCunt
Biggest Trails Stan
I prefer Longlegs but the creatures from Arcadian had really cool monster design
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ForAcademicPurposes
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I only caught it twice! I will watch the movie again.
The Cockatrice
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The wheel lmao. Yeah I liked Arcadian a bit more I think.
Sonik
Member
It was so fucking boring, it started really well and devolved into the typical pretentious indie bullshit where the director spends more time showing us how good he is at directing and less on characters or the plot.
We get it, this wide shot looks impressive, can we focus more on the actual movie now?
We get it, this wide shot looks impressive, can we focus more on the actual movie now?
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kurisu_1974
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Started out strong but the Cage character didn't really work for me as a real person of flesh and blood. I liked the director's previous movie a lot more (The Blackcoat's Daughter).
SJRB
Gold Member
I couldn’t see anything else than Nic Cage doing Nic Cage goofiness.
They should’ve casted someone else.
Bulletzen72
Member
Saw the ending coming from a mile off. Nic Cage? I fucking love him!
John Marston
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Just finished watching.
I was in a mood for a solid creepy thriller but Cage totally distracted me as well.
I found myself laughing where I probably shouldn't.
All I saw was Nic Cage acting nutty with makeup on
Yes casting an unknown would have been much better.
I also would have gone the "Se7en" route of removing Cage's name from the opening credits (And trailers) like they did with Kevin Spacey.
Add a little surprise ya know?
Doom85
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Given their budget was a little under 10 million and they just surpassed 100 million in the box office, I’d say at least from a business standpoint they made the right call. The strong marketing plus Cage’s involvement definitely helped put butts in seats.
Sure, maybe the reveal that Cage was in the film would quickly catch on and the following weekends would make up for a weaker opening weekend, but given that Twisters was out on Longleg’s second weekend, and then Deadpool and Wolverine out on their third weekend, it makes more sense to me for them to play their hand right away.
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Have a Blessed Day
I don't think Cage made a difference. Do you watch many horror movies? It's seems like that's all he has been in for years.
Doom85
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Yes, I’ve seen a ton of horror films. Has Cage been in a bunch recently though, or at least ones that were marketed well? Like, in terms of recent movies that got heavily marketed that Cage was in, only Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent and Renfield come to mind, and neither of those were horror.
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Have a Blessed Day
Arcadian, Mandy, Color of Space, Renfield was horror-ish comedy. It was the marketing that made Longlegs successful imo not Cage.
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Doom85
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Arcadian is action horror.
Mandy is action horror and came out in 2018.
Color Out of Space came out in 2019.
Renfield is comedy “horror”. I’m being really generous even calling it ”horror”, the film was pure comedy and was marketed as such, it just happens to have Dracula and Renfield in it.
None of these are pure horror, save Color out of Space (but I was looking for films from this decade) which is how Longlegs was marketed. Also, Cage is the actual threat in this film. They flat out had a preview of Maika walking up to Cage (with him censored to hide his appearance) and were playing the audio of Maika’s heartbeat upon seeing Cage for the first time on set. They definitely were marketing this as both scary and that Cage himself would be scary. That’s different than any of your examples.
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Have a Blessed Day
We'll just have to agree to disagree. I don't think Cage was the draw. Longlegs wasn't really horror either if we're splitting hairs more like a psychological thriller with an occult aspect
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jshackles
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Just rewatched
It was a lot better on the rewatch, even though I knew the plot and what happens, and even though this was on streaming at home vs the theater. This is the kind of movie that really needs a re-watch.
It was a lot better on the rewatch, even though I knew the plot and what happens, and even though this was on streaming at home vs the theater. This is the kind of movie that really needs a re-watch.
12Goblins
Lil’ Gobbie
Nah. It's well made I guess, but it's more goofy than scary, the story is shit, and the end is dumb af.
People comparing this to silence of the lambs lol....
Putonahappyface
Gold Member
I love The Silence of the Lambs and lost count of how many times I've watched it. Long Legs on the otherhand almost sent me to sleep.
ForAcademicPurposes
Member
Could this have been an X-File?
Peggies
Gold Member
That's the first thing I said after watching it. I can't tell for sure If it was way overhyped or if it was really good. The story seemed a bit overloaded and Nic Cage was too much Castor Troy to be truely scary.
But yeah, I'll soon rewatch it. Pretty Sure the story has something to offer.
First time I watched Hereditary I was super frustrated because I couldn't understand what everyone was on about. After the second watch though, I loved it!
ForAcademicPurposes
Member
DADDEEEEEH MOMMEEEEEEH
Vyse
Gold Member
Definitely had X-File vibes.
Btw, nice to see this thread still going. Guess you can say it has legs. Ha!
ForAcademicPurposes
Member
You'd have to condense it into 46 minutes.
It's totally do-able.
It's totally do-able.
SJRB
Gold Member
Red Letter Media compared the movie to an extended episode of a crime cop show (can’t remember the name) and that makes a lot of sense.
ForAcademicPurposes
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More occult shit please.
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