The buzz surrounding Neon’s horror thriller Longlegs continues to build as it nears its July 12, 2024 theatrical release. The final trailer teases the hunt for a serial killer who, for 30 years, has left behind letters signed “Longlegs” with his victims.
“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,” reads Neon’s synopsis. Maika Monroe stars as FBI Agent Lee Harker and Nicolas Cage plays the serial killer. The cast also includes Alicia Witt, Kiernan Shipka, and Blair Underwood.
Although Cage’s character is the source of the terror, he’s never seen full-on in any of the teasers or trailers. “It’s the equivalent of putting a warning label on a jar of nitroglycerin,” explained Cage to Entertainment Weekly. “The monster is a highly, highly dangerous substance. The way it’s moved, unveiled, deployed has to be treated very carefully. Forget about the movie theater blowing up; the whole city could blow up, nay the country, maybe even the world. He is going to change your reality. Your doors of perception are going to open, and your life is not going to be the same.”
Oz Perkins, son of Anthony Perkins (Psycho), wrote and directed Longlegs. Perkins’ credits include I Am the Pretty Thing That Lives in the House, Gretel & Hansel, and February. Producers include Nicolas Cage, Dave Caplan, Chris Ferguson, Dan Kagan, and Brian Kavanaugh-Jones.
Commenting on reactions to the early screening at Beyond Fest, Perkins admitted to IndieWire that he wasn’t expecting people to be so terrified by it, or to find it “so grotesque and so brutal.” Perkins added, “I never set out to make anybody feel bad. I don’t know that any filmmaker necessarily does, although there’s a couple of people who I wonder if their intention is to make people feel bad. I don’t like those movies at all. But for me, honestly, I just tried to make something that was good and that people would want to enjoy.”
Less than two weeks from its release, the R-rated horror is sitting at 100% fresh on Rotten Tomatoes.
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