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Longlegs
Sign in to saveLonglegs 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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Longlegs is a 2024 supernatural horror film directed by Oz Perkins, who also wrote the screenplay. The movie stars Maika Monroe, Nicolas Cage, Alicia Witt, and Blair Underwood. Produced by Nicolas Cage and Saturn Films, the film was distributed by Neon. It originates from the United States and Canada, with English as its original language. The production budget was $10,000,000.
The film has a runtime of 101 minutes and carries an R rating. It was released in 2024, with dates including July 10, July 12, August 1, and August 30. The movie grossed approximately $128,000,000 at the box office. Critical reception includes an 86% rating and a score of 77 out of 100. It also holds an IMDb rating of 6.5 based on 219,990 votes and a Metascore of 77. The film has won 10 awards and received 31 nominations.
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Film · TMDB
6.5FBI 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.
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
via OMDb · IMDb
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
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Country of origin
- United States
- Original language
- English language
- Director
- Oz Perkins
- Screenwriter
- Oz Perkins
- Cast member
- Peter James Bryant
- Producer
- Nicolas Cage
- Production company
- Saturn Films
- Duration
- 101
- FilmAffinity ID
- 595778
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- publication date
- 2024-08-30
- title
- Longlegs
- review score
- 77/100
- capital cost
- 10000000
- box office
- 128000000
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Encyclopedic overview
15 sectionsContents
- 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.
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