Recently, Nicolas Cage has been making many critically-acclaimed films. His most recent film, the NEON horror Longlegs‘ Rotten Tomatoes score has just debuted and it’s impeccable.
Although Longlegs isn’t out in theaters yet, the first reviews are in, and were enough to give the upcoming horror a 100% score on Rotten Tomatoes. So far, the film has only received nine reviews, but all of them were stunning and encouraging. As new ones come in, Longlegs might not maintain its perfect score, but its initial debut rating is a very strong start.
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“Longlegs is one of the scariest and best films of the year, hands down,” writes Dread Central‘s Mary Beth McAndrews. The sentiment is replicated in other reviews, as well, with Slashfilm‘s Bill Bria agreeing that, “It’s the most terrifying horror movie of 2024, a film that gets under your skin and may never get out.”
Other high praise goes to director Osgood Perkins, as Inverse‘s Matt Donato notes, “Longlegs is Perkins’ trademark aesthetic at max volume, lingering in your thoughts, under your skin, and in the pit of your stomach well after it’s over.” Katie Rife from IGN Movies notes, “There are moments when Longlegs feels like a movie you’ve seen before, but with an evil filter laid over it: This is both a weakness and a strength, as Perkins’ horror surrealism renders the familiar strange, and the strange familiar.”
Longlegs stars Nicolas Cage as a ruthless serial killer. The film will follow horror scream queen Maika Monroe’s FBI recruit Lee Harker, who gets assigned an unresolved case and she has to put together a series of occult clues so she can end a terrifying killing spree.
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Longlegs Director Teased Huge Change for Nicolas Cage in the Horror
The promotional videos for the film have been anxiety-filled, giving very little away while keeping viewers on their toes. The decision to never show Nicolas Cage’s bloodthirsty serial killer in the trailer is a very intriguing and unusual idea, only using Cage for a chilling voiceover. The film has The Blackcoat’s Daughter‘s Osgood Perkins as director and writer, and also stars Blair Underwood, Alicia Witt, and Kiernan Shipka. Perkins also teased the Oscar-winning actor will be “unrecognizable” in the upcoming film.
“We derived the voice of the character, the look of the character, the attitude. What references is Nic going to use in terms of people in his life or other actors? He’s very upfront that he pulls from other people a lot. So which other person is he going to do?” Osgood Perkins tells SFX magazine (via GamesRadar). “By the time he gets to the set he’s unrecognizable. He doesn’t sound like himself, he doesn’t walk like himself. So you have this element, like wind or fire, but it’s Nicolas Cage as your character.”
Longlegs is set to premiere on July 12, 2024.
Source: Rotten Tomatoes
