What is the most important thing in a horror movie? The plot or the mood? Longlegs is horrifying with its eerie mood altogether.
Longlegs, directed by Oz Perkins— the maker of Gretel & Hansel, I Am the Pretty Thing That Lives in the House–, has terrifying imagery that might leave out a few shots of the movie imprinted in your brains. It has one of the best eerie-ist atmospheres that really gives us the chils.
Lee Marker, played by Maika Monroe, is a asocial FBI agent with strong hunches to spot the killers and decipher the modus operadi of the criminals, even their code language. It is quite common that every character in a horror flick will act strangely. Lee Marker, and many others too, follow the same formula. It is not redundant, it adds value to the mood of the movie.
Nicholas Cage as Longlegs is also horrifying, but you might rarely get horrified at his appearance that is made of prosthetics. We have seen many horror films, what does Longlegs does differently? The mood and characters of the film is set to be a horror film. They don’t talk casually like humans do. Even children talk like adults with eerie pauses. The formula is old, and it seems like it still works.
It is absolutely true that we don’t/can’t remember the movie. We may only remember a few glimpses of scenes if we ever remember anything. Longlegs has such imagery that deserves to be remembered. It just stays in your head without rent, at least a few shots. Cinematography by Andres Arochi is excellent in capturing the moody nature of the spaces set in 1980’s America. (We see Ronanld Raegan’s picture in Agent Carter’s office.
Longlegs is now playing in theatres.
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