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Longlegs is a 2024 American mystery horror thriller film written and directed by Osgood Perkins. The film stars Maika Monroe, Blair Underwood, Alicia Witt, and Nicolas Cage. Set in the 1990s, the story follows a Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) agent assigned to hunt down an occult-obsessed serial killer responsible for a string of family murders across Oregon. The killer is dubbed Longlegs, and baffles the FBI with his perfect ability to seemingly leave zero trace of involvement at the crime scenes.

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6.5

FBI Agent Lee Harker is a gifted new recruit assigned to the unsolved case of an elusive serial killer. As the case takes complex turns, unearthing evidence of the occult, Harker discovers a personal connection to the merciless killer and must race against time to stop him before he claims the lives of another innocent family.

Released: 2024-07-10101 minDir: Osgood PerkinsCrime, Horror, MysteryBudget: $10.0MBox office: $128MPart of: Longlegs Collection

Cast

  • Maika Monroe as Agent Lee Harker
  • Nicolas Cage as Longlegs
  • Blair Underwood as Agent Carter
  • Alicia Witt as Ruth Harker
  • Michelle Choi-Lee as Agent Browning
  • Dakota Daulby as Agent Fisk

Themes

  • homicide
  • fbi
  • religion and supernatural
  • haunting
  • satanism
  • barn
  • satanist
  • code
  • oregon, usa
  • flashback

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Ratings

IMDb

6.5/10

219,990 votes

Rotten Tomatoes

85%

Metacritic

77/100

Year
2024
Runtime
101 min
Genres
Crime, Horror, Mystery
Rated
R
Awards
10 wins & 31 nominations total

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Key facts

Film.caption
Theatrical release poster
Film.image
Longlegs film poster.jpg
Film.director
Osgood Perkins
Film.writer
Osgood Perkins
Film.cinematography
Andrés Arochi Tinajero
Film.music
Zilgi
Film.distributor
Neon
Film.runtime
101 minutes
Film.country
United States
Film.language
English
Film.budget
$10 million
Film.gross
$128 million

via Wikipedia infobox

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Encyclopedic overview

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Contents
  • Plot
  • Cast
  • Production
  • Music
  • Marketing
  • Release
  • Reception
  • Box office
  • Critical response
  • Audience reception
  • Accolades
  • See also
  • Notes
  • References
  • External links

Longlegs is a 2024 American mystery horror thriller film written and directed by Osgood Perkins. The film stars Maika Monroe, Blair Underwood, Alicia Witt, and Nicolas Cage. Set in the 1990s, the story follows a Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) agent assigned to hunt down an occult-obsessed serial killer responsible for a string of family murders across Oregon. The killer is dubbed Longlegs, and baffles the FBI with his perfect ability to seemingly leave zero trace of involvement at the crime scenes.

Longlegs premiered in Los Angeles at the Grauman's Egyptian Theatre on July 8, 2024, and was released theatrically in the United States by Neon on July 12, 2024. It received positive reviews and grossed $128 million worldwide on a budget of less than $10 million, becoming Neon's highest-grossing film domestically, the highest-grossing independent film of the year, and Perkins's highest-grossing film.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Longlegs” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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