For a film about a serial killer hunt, Longlegs exudes a bit too much bizarreness. We catch a glimpse of the titular killer right from the start. And, boy, that weird imagery sticks with us, staying at the back of our minds like a portrait that keeps staring back at us even when we look away. It’s like a sinister force lurking behind the camera; we cannot always see the harrowing figure, but its presence never disappears. That’s the atmosphere Oz Perkins aims to instill throughout the entire film.
Credit to Nicolas Cage, who portrays Longlegs, an enigmatic killer ...
