However, the film’s success extended far beyond its box office numbers.
Surprisingly, the film went well above and beyond.
Among these, the most noticeable element isLonglegs' treatment of its villain.
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LikeAnthony Hopkins' Hannibal Lecter, Nicolas Cage’s titular Longlegs barely has any screen time in the film.
After their respective encounters with the central serial killers, both characters face blatant sexism.
Only a female agent then comes forward and insists on dropping her back home.
Longlegs is a horror thriller film by writer-director Osgood Perkins. When FBI agent Lee Harker is assigned to a serial killer cold case, their investigation leads them down a rabbit hole riddled with disturbing discoveries and the occult at the center of it all. When the trail of evidence reveals a personal connection, it becomes a race against time to prevent another murder.
The primary reason behind this is thatLonglegshas many supernatural elements.
Its procedural elements are sometimes predictable and lack the nuance thatThe Silence of the Lambsbrings to the table.
And that’s not really what I like to do.
I don’t like violence.
Is Longlegs As Good As The Silence Of The Lambs?
Its procedural aspects are also far less detailed and more predictable than the 1991 film’s.
Its demonic twist makes it more similar to Oz Perkins' previous line of horror films.
However, likeThe Silence of the Lambs, theNicolas Cagehorror movieperfectly sells itself as a gripping police procedural.
Longlegs is a horror thriller film by writer-director Osgood Perkins. When FBI agent Lee Harker is assigned to a serial killer cold case, their investigation leads them down a rabbit hole riddled with disturbing discoveries and the occult at the center of it all. When the trail of evidence reveals a personal connection, it becomes a race against time to prevent another murder.
