New Movie Review: Longlegs (2024)
Written by: Danny Albers If horror movies are part of your algorithm on Tik Tok or other socials, you’ve probably seen hype videos for the Nicholas Cage, Maika Monroe starred horror film Longlegs. The film takes place in the 70s and early 80s. It follows an FBI agent Lee Harker played by Maika Monroe, who as a young girl has a strange encounter with a pale, creepy old man who goes by the name longlegs. This man is a doll maker who lives in the cellar of Ms. Harker’s basement, an arrangement that she made so that Longlegs wouldn’t harm Lee. Fast forward years ahead, Lee Harker is a standout FBI agent who has a 6th sense hunch when it comes to investigating the murders that have been puppeteered by Longlegs. It’s because of this ability she’s added to the case to try and solve the letters written in a strange code by Longlegs. She figures out that there is an algorithm to his murders, tying the birthdates of the young girls that he targets to this demonic triangle that he’s t...