Longlegs - Movie Review 

The Acolyte is so bad that Alex had to take a vacation

She only clued in to shoot the doll after she let the wife die, killed the kid's dad, and shot her own mom in the head? A+ writing right there...

Out of all the movies Alex went on vacation. Was wondering how he felt about this one

Dude in the middle looks like Guillermo del Toro

The scariest implication I got from it was: What if you knew the devil existed but had no proof?

Why would the FBI send Lee to bring her own mother in for questioning if she was a potential accomplice suspect??

Saying Hereditary isn't creepy feels objectively wrong lol. The climax of Hereditary is the most spooked ive been in theaters since its release.

Biggest flaw was when she stayed in the house minutes after knowing and seeing Longlegs there. Like how do you have the balls not to watch your back when a serial killer could be behind you?

I think the biggest problem with the way they ended the movie is that it doesn't even "end," it just STOPS.

That was Nicolas UNCAGED

I thought the main character was going to get blamed for the killings. Like the consequences of each death if the ending.

Lot of foreshadowing in this film that benefits from a second viewing. For example, the inverted triangle symbol for Satan? When Lee sees it in the psychic evaluation at the beginning, she refers to it as "father". That's just one example.

I think I'll actually like it, because I think slowburn horror is the most effective horror you can receive, especially in a dark theater. There is so much tension building, where it's almost uncomfortable to be sitting there watching it, that is true unnerving terror. Not the JUMPSCAREJUMPSCAREJUMPSCARE bs we get now.

Movie was boring. Maika was great. Nic Cage is the same as he always is. The theater I was in was packed but half the audience fell asleep. I could hear them snoring. It also got a few chuckles from the ones still awake when the movie attempted to be scary. So disappointed in this film.

Amazing cinematography, great atmosphere and tone. Abysmal story telling and plot development.

i don't think they should've marketed it as a horror film.. but a thriller film

Other Joe: 6 Patrick: 6 Angry Joe: 7

Movie was interesting in the beginning but once it started delving in to the super natural it just becomes another generic horror movie with you guessed it the devil was behind it all, like that hasn't been done like a million times 5/10, 5 for the first half of the movie

Too much mystery doesn’t make it intriguing especially at the point where nothing gets revealed and it leaves u feeling like what’s going on And it feels like that cuz there’s so many scenes that felt out of place becuz of how random it was and had no added detail to the plot And once the reveal happened in the last 10 mins It’s just like all that burn to reveal just that?!

i havent seen people talk about the hidden imagery in the movie. went to go see this film with some friends and almost every single one of us caught a glimpse of a goat head or some demonic image hidden in the dark corners of the frame. finding those things out for myself was what creeped me out the most!

I think people should DEFINITELY go out and see this movie if your a fan of thrillers and horror movies. Throughout the whole film, there’s so many hints and little details that they throw in to hint at what’s coming at the end. 9/10 personally for me. Surprised the guys didn’t like it more??

It was a slow burn and that irritated me after a while because even though the tension was building, Lee and the other actors wouldnt change with that tension they kept the same pace throughout all the acts. It took away from the sense of urgency even though you could tell things were coming to a head. Its also what contributes to the feeling that you could predict what was going to happen next. The characters were so "unresponsive". The movie wasnt perfect but it was good and original in a lot of ways and worth a watch this weekend.

What if it’s not actually Patrick but Alex wearing Patrick’s face. And Patrick is somewhere wearing Alex’s face. Like in Face/off. Nicholas cage and John travolta did it. Why not Alex and Patrick?

I’d say worth my time. Disturbing, different, great cinematography

My take. Not scary, everybody in the cinema laughed. Particularly at Cages parts. It really is a Beautifully shot film. Every scene looks good. The story is a bit hit or miss, I personally enjoyed it but can understand those who didn't. They did no favours with the marketing, particularly those claiming it was the scariest film ever.

I feel like the reason some people don’t like the end is bc the pacing doesn’t match the rest of the movie. Feels like it’s one reveal after the next. I think the movie could’ve benefitted from an extra 30-45 minutes to be able to maybe dive a bit deeper into the paranormal aspects of the story

SPOILERS My question is why did Lee’s mom have to kill that last family after longlegs dies? Couldn’t she just destroy Lee’s doll’s head so that she wouldn’t be possessed and be done?

Watched last night. First half great, then it dropped off hard for me.

Not only is it a slow burn, it also has so many layers to peel to truly understand it all. Captivating in my opinion

Dude Hereditary was one of the scariest movies I’ve seen and I love horror movies. That shit was terrifying, I don’t know what OJ is talking about 😂😂😂

Plot makes no sense but it has a creepy atmosphere. What was the point of the notes or making the pentagram with the dates? Why did he leave that evidence? What was it going to accomplish if he killed all of his victims and made the pentagram? If you're really anal about plot holes or things making sense, you won't like this movie. However, if you enjoy atmospheric horror and don't get so caught up in the plot being sensible or logical you can enjoy it. It's like you're exploring someone else's nightmare, things happen and they are creepy but it's not something you can make a whole lot of sense with.

I normally like a nice slow burn that u can catch little details in and pick apart. But this one had me sleeping in the theatre.

Long legs had plot armor issues. If you look at the FBI's agent's firearm she sports a postol after she wakes up she has a revolver.

If Alex was here, he would say this is another "Annihilation" or "Men" situation/scenario

Lol you brought back your homie Mr "Like" 😂 Patrick's favorite word is like. Drinking game - take a shot every time Patrick says "like"

He may have other mums doing it and dolls being delivered everywhere ,soon as he dies they all get activated maybe could be a sequel .

The movie was incredibly slow. It didnt help that the film basically had no music. maybe like 5 minutes of the film had a film score. I think a better composer would've helped it a ton.

Even after watching this whole video, I still have no fucking clue what this movie was about. There was a doll...

This would have worked a little better as a mini series. Definitely need more than one watch to grasp

I enjoyed how similar the vibes were to certain parts of Alan Wake 2

Hopefully most people dont overrate the crap out of it like most fans do on most horror films

i thought that was Guillermo Del Toro.

I’m not sure I’ve ever seen a movie with more plot holes. ***SPOILERS***Where did the metal orbs come from? Why was he a satanist? Wtf?! The audience is expected to just accept whatever’s thrown at them and there are no rules unlike It Follows for example. Cheap

Nicolas Cage is in this? Now we have to watch it!

So longlegs review came as fast as i could. Wanted to know if this good or not!

The sequel is going to be called Shortarms (not my joke)

“Silence of the Ham.” Nic Cage is a wonderful weirdo.

Spoliers: I think he uses tge songs to put his victim in a trance. Which he uses when he sings to young Harper and when you sings Happ Birthday

You guys could include Patrick in the reviews permanently imo

"Longlegs" I assume it's about spider and I can already feel the creepy crawling legs

Saw it last night was okay. Thought it was slow but the idea was cool. Nicholas Cage was great but I think it kinda just ended right when it got creepy

Good God I love Patrick's shirt

I really enjoyed it- but I also am there for Cage being bonkers. I got bonkers cage. I was okay with the ending, too.

IDK. I liked it and it keeps getting better the more it sits. The more it sits with me the more I feel I need to see it again to see hidden threads. It def has to be viewed twice.

Just seen it. Whack. Seem far more weird Japanese and Korean films which are genuinely unsettling. Felt like it thought it was being more psychologically weird than it was. The lead girls 1970s overdone I’m weird facial expressions were pissing me off too

You guys need to watch the Japanese movie Cure! It is from 1997. It’s a similar story but much better executed in my opinion!

I didn’t think it was a good movie at all. It was ambitious and I commend them for being original with how it’s done but that doesn’t mean it’s good. It wasn’t imo.

Basically everyone's mad that it wasn't Silence of the Lambs when it was trying not to be that movie while also influenced by it.

As Nicholas Cage fanboy, I have two framed pictures of him in my house, he made this movie worse in that role

Love you guys - I’ve been watching for 10 years - you’re the only review I’ve seen so far that actually asked “So, what would you have wanted to happen instead at the end?”

I thought the metal spheres were cool. It made me think of Twin Peaks the Return. It would've been even more goofy had he done a voodoo chant over the dolls like Brad Dourif in Child's Play.

Yeah Im at a 6 or 7 as well. This really could have been good. But they messed it up. It's just not scary enough and it's not good enough. They had all the pieces to make a really scary movie. They didn't achieve that. Hereditary was one of the scariest movies I had seen in my life. I think Joe might be overlooking some of the creepiness. Like how a Woman sacrificed her children for a Demon, it not working then the next Generation completing the Evil work, with the Grand Children. It was deeply disturbing for my taste.

Honestly, it felt like dumbed down Blackcoats Daughter, similar themes and more explaining. I would recommend watching his previous work “Blackcoats Daughter” and Kiyoshi Kurosawa’s “The Cure” Felt like a mix of both

leaves it open for a prequel - the story of the dollmaster

Still don’t understand why Hereditary is so popular. Watched it several times, what am I missing??

If you look close after both shotgun blasts the passenger door slowly opens etc....

Not gonna lie, Old Naked People are fuckkking scary lmfaoooo....

I seriously thought this movie was gonna be about giant killer spiders 😂

personally loved the film. definitely not scar but definitely creepy. felt like I was being watched the entire movie, especially with all the hidden/ not so hidden devil cameos.

I normally don't like this kind of story but I ended up really enjoying the way it was done here. There was plenty of clues throughout the film they made it pretty clear what was going on but it didn't feel forced.

Movie was dark from the symbolism,numbers and all this other occult stuff. The metal ball in the doll head acts as a conduit for the devil like what the Annabelle doll was to that evil spirit and BTW the OG Annabelle makes a cameo in this movie. 🍿

I loved LongLegs. Absolutely creepy and amazing acting with dark foreboding and haunting musical score. 10/10 for me.

Obviously Alex’s replacement wants him fired. Such a revealing shirt.

Long legs is awful. The characters aren't interesting the plot makes no sense and nic cage is practically a cartoon character in this. The movie doesn't make any sense with the method of how long legs does the killings. It's a 1 out of 10 for me

What was Cobble going on about with offering "them" crimson or clover?? Wtf was that?

Patrick dude says “like” so many times. It’s only his second word of every sentence, and third and fourth and fifth

Movie was definitely hot trash. The longlegs character was a fucking joke and the plot made no sense the entire movie. Felt cringey and predictable for a "horror" film. The acting was terrible and forced. Lmao in one part there was a fbi agent telling longlegs to get down on his knees in the most cheesy non threatening want to be 90s cop way with no gun out pointing to him like he was in timeout 😂 1/10 for me. Don't believe the hype! This review was definitely paid for or he was riding meat to the fullest on Nicholas cage.

The director apparently doesn’t want this movie to be compared to Hereditary, and apparently doesn’t watch modern horror movies (besides the one just mentioned apparently) but he was clearly influenced by it. The occult stuff, the long shots that linger, the wide shots with space behind the character where things could be hiding. It’s a shame people can’t make anything original anymore.

The guy who made the movie is oz Perkins the son of Anthony Perkins (Norman bates in the original psycho)

SPOILERS! I enjoyed the nostalgic 70s into the 90s aesthetic with the film. recognizing everything from the cupboards to the carpets of those homes continually reminded me of my own childhood but in a unsettling way. The film's narrative centered around children and so perhaps just for me personally that added to the sense of dread. That combined with the most off putting music I think I've ever heard in a movie i was simply unnerved the entire time. I also think Nicholas Cage did a good job playing an absolute weirdo satanist. The way he was constantly manic and sang things randomly while looking like an absolute train wreck was effective. The twist with the mom may be fairly predictable but I like how Longlegs needed a nun to do his bidding since he had been attempting to get the dolls inside Catholic homes for a while but because he was such a freak people told him to kick rocks. I don't remember if the movie outright explains it but I took his invasion of the main character's home when she was a child as him getting fed up with being refused and taking advantage of them being isolated and vulnerable. He needed the mother to pose as a nun to get the cursed objects inside the homes so that he could operate the dolls from inside using satanic magic. I enjoyed that he was a classic satanist taken to a violent and horrific conclusion in that his ritualistic killings were rooted in blasphemy. Some satanist teachings are that to blaspheme against God is to make a mockery of all that is good or holy to commit atrocities that fly in the face of the very concept of ethics or morality that is understood by western/biblical culture. The brutal slayings of families is truly horrific, the very nature of it is an affront to God. He was obsessed with Revelations 13:1 which is about the many headed beast wearing crowns etc. 13 plus 1 is 14 so girls born on the fourteenth the nine circles of hell so nine year old girls, etc. The sound design was perfect, the way Longlegs would continue to increase the pitch of his voice while screaming and then it tied into a high screech musical note or score or whatever you want to call it left me feeling gross. The ending could have been perhaps a little better just based on how the story unfolds real quick but I dont know how to make it better honestly. You have to explain some things to the audience or else you risk being so vague that its unsatisfying. So all in all I don't really mind the movie just taking a minute to show its cards in a flashback when the main FBI girl passes out. Sometimes thats better than asking the audience to watch the movie five times to figure it out. I would give it a 9 out of 10 and put it in my top ten of the year so far. Maybe on the lower end of the list but i'll have to think about it some more.

I fell in love with the movie’s atmosphere, cinematography, and imagery while watching it. I loved it so much that I would have preferred if it just stayed in the serial killer pocket. Instead in leaned into the supernatural in a a sloppy way. Sucks, it had some potential to be great. Still applaud it for originality.

I wonder if Nick was her father. That could be true.

@AngryJoeShow why haven't you guys reviewed Three-body Problem yet is it because of Weiss and Benioff ? given that the books are a little different there Netflix adaptation is still very good and i wish more people with a platform would review it :)

I genuinely liked the movie, I have grown out of the same jumpscare movie genre and now into the ambient, completely uncomfortable, creepy analog style horror. I prefer a 'everyone looks wrong, like they don't look normal and something is going on' rather to a 'omg a ghost tossed a ball across the room'. I think a VERY unappreciated movie that heavily depicts this is Resident Evil welcome to racoon city. Especially the beginning aspect as to when everything just started turning bad. This is real horror. Horror is NOT just what is going to jumpscare you, but what makes you anxious, on the edge of your seat and constantly feeling uneasy. I won't say this is a perfect movie by any means, though it is definitely a lot better and more complex than what a lot of people give credit for... I assume likely most people who dislike the movie are probably those who think all horror movies are supposed to be scary, or are too confused by the plot (or unable to be imaginative and realize there isn't supposed to be a sensible storyline...). It is quite literally an uncomfortable situation unfolding without any way for you to control it. That is what I love so much about the movie.

Just watched it, loved it. The long shots, and the length some scenes held made it eerie and creepy.

Saying something is bad because it’s a slow burn completely irks me lol it’s called a story. ADD generation

They should have made this movie similar to "The first power" from 1990. Longlegs the character should have turned out to be an entity.

A Frailty type ending to this movie would've slapped

I love how bleak the horror is. Not being able to understand certain things is what adds to the fear for me. I love Junji Ito for this reason. The fear of the unknown is arguably the most common fear.

I thought it was really good right up until the last 3rd. I did like the suspense in the MC doing detective work and learning how this Manson-style killer works with his own system, and it's a lot more interesting when we're led to believe she's an outsider in all this. But yeah as the movie goes on and the beats are revealed everything was just too perfectly explained? And on top of that, the creep factor throughout is amazing but it isn't _ that scary._ So after everything occurs I'm like, "cool, how's she getting out of this?" the movie's over. And after you learn Longleg's killing pattern, you see the FBI Chief with his family and you can already assume what's going to happen WAY early and it just becomes a matter of when

Just got out of the theater and I liked it. Would recommend horror fans check it out

Is that Guillermo Del Toro!?

Definitely worth a watch for Nic Cage alone, but the atmosphere, sound and feeling of overall dread throughout is something that really made me feel uneasy. Might not be for everyone but if you love a genuinely creepy slowburn then this is one of the year's best

Longlegs was great! It's all atmosphere and tone, so it's not as detailed as Fincher or as crazy as Aster, however it's a good inbetween.

Nicole's make-up is hilarious.

I only seen one trailer, and it showed no action just the main actress reaction to seeing Cage in the interrogation room.

I couldn't get past the prosthetics. The story fell apart pretty quick. There wasn't any logical reason for any of the actions. I was pretty uncomfortable the entire time, but the air was off in the theater. When you need to explain how it all fits at the end, it just shows how disjointed it was in the first place. There was a Neon preview for Cukoo...that looks great

The supernatural part of it I'm on the fence about. I did like parts of it as well and didn't like a lot of it as well. I think it would have worked better if it wasn't supernatural in my opinion. I liked the idea of the killer being so good at having all the family members die that the detectives actually start questioning if it is supernatural in a way of they just have no clue on how to handle the case or killer. Overall the movie is still a great movie. It made me feel uneasy for how long they keep the shots for, on characters or places.

I thought it was a monster flick not a possessed dude with a knife flick.

I might actually want to see this film. I generally like movies with a supernatural horror twist. It's even more promising that Joe and the crew did not like it as much. We seem to be at the other end of the spectrum from each other when it comes to movies. Although I did like Hereditary... hmm... I think I will wait for it to stream. At least that way I won't be directly thinking about how it cost me to watch it at a theater to bias my view.