The worst thing about this film is that it sucks as a detective thriller and as a horror. There is pretty much zero actual detecting. Longlegs basically guides her and then she magically solves the cyphers. So it's boring on that front. Then the supernatural element is not scary, comes too late and is underbaked and underwhelming. Just all around terrible...but it looks and sounds really nice.
She doesn't magically solve the ciphers, Longlegs helps her with that too 😂. He leaves a note in her house with a message, both in code and decoded, and she is able to solve it because of that.
Was it supposed to be supernatural at the end? I couldn’t figure that out? Like, I thought maybe it was veering into “Sci-fi” territory, what with the mysterious, metallic ball somehow “controlling” the family… OR WAS THAT SUPPOSED TO BE SATAN? (Church Lady voice 😈) 😉
The breathing was ridiculous and ruined any tension from the scenes cause it would be all I could focus on. Boom mic dude needed to turn down the sensitivity
watched it yesterday in german dubbed at our local cinema. thought the voice actor is just brutally bad at acting and i shouldve watched the OV. guess she was not. the heavy breathing was totally on point i guess 🤡
yeah that scene was where I knew this movie was dogwater. Partner gets shot in the face, what does she do as a trained FBI agent? Call it in? No, rush into the house, not checking corners not checking doors like and idiot? Yes. Man this movie sucked. I want my time back.
same. they try tojustify all the stupid shit she does with "its the devil's inlfluence" but there is not enough deception the devil can provide to make a hack writer seem good
Besides dragging ass, at the beginning, when her partner got shot at the front door, SHE HIDES BEHIND A GIANT WINDOW? Yeah, I'm sure THAT is an FBI defensive tactic! WTF?!?
The whole movie just felt off. I’m shocked by the overwhelming positive reaction this movie is getting. Like it’s “changing the game” in horror. Like cmon. If you liked the movie ok, but it’s statements like that kind of piss me off. The movie was also predictable. To each his/her own I guess. Great content Adam! 😊
I just do not under the hype of this movie. It was tension filled, shot beautifully, has style. But I feel like it had no real pay off. There’s so many ideas crammed into this movie that it ends up feeling like a artsy nothing burger in the end.
@@DannyKnightblade45 If you needed to be beat over the head with the themes and eventual ambiguity of the ending even more than they did (of which all implications have their own meanings) then I dunno what to say. Plenty of videos on it also if you need it spelled out.
The fantastic marketing for this film did it such a disservice in the end. I expected one thing going in just to be disappointed. So many viewers around me talking about how it was not scary at all and just boring because the plot felt so contrived. The whole ability Lee has was so dumb that ruined the detective aspect that I was looking forward to
My interpretation was that she didn't have any abilities at all. She had been possessed since childhood and people around her mistook it as some sort of psychic ability or "intuition".
Seeing Lee Harker lose her breath (and her shit) everytime something happened was so nonsensical. Shes a cop goddammit. Why does she seem to be having a nervous breakdown when something slightly pressurizing happened?!
One of the parts I hated most is when Harker goes to her moms hoarder house for answers and gets the flashback of taking the Polaroid picture of Longlegs that was kept for 30 years for some reason, Then the next scene they’re swarming in on Longlegs at the bus stop because apparently that’s all the info they needed. God this movie was so bad.
It's a small town and there is no indication of exactly how much time has passed when they capture him. There are also witnesses who have seen him and know his general whereabouts. Additionally, as we find out, being caught was part of Longlegs plan all along so it doesn't really matter.
Well if he visits Harker when she’s a kid you get a good frame of reference and time when you see her all grown up it’s at least a couple decades. Also where does his plan of being caught ever come into play? Literally nothing is known about Longlegs or his motivations that’s how shallow this movie was, It explains nothing.
The scene toward the beginning (mentioned in this review) where LL leaves a note at MM's house is a crucrial failure that undermined everything after. We see the main character nonchalantly assume that she's in no danger from the killer, albeit for no rational reason. Whatever happens after that, the movie has already taught us not to feel tension or threat from the killer.
What made no sense to me what a tiny, single woman living in an unpopulated, wooded area with a house efull of giant windows for any curious bypasser with nefarious intentions to study her & do bad things, if they were so inclined to. FBI agents are supposed to be peak-level tactically minded with impeccable situational awareness.
The scene where she’s on the phone to her mum and the door bangs was the scariest moment for me. Something so visceral about being a woman alone and vulnerable in that moment, even without any supernatural element that would get to me. But like you said, nothing happened with it. She put the chain on the door, she sees something outside and GOES OUTSIDE LEAVING HER DOOR OPEN. Lock the doors and call someone c’mon. Then doesn’t she open the birthday card early? It says don’t open til Jan 14th and she opens it instantly. I was waiting for some consequence to that but it never materialises. By the time they show long legs in the grocery store it’s like all the intrigue is gone
Saw this movie with my friend last night after hearing so many good things about it but it was literally one of the worst movies I've seen in a long time
@@Alucard2091you’re thinking Paul W.S. Anderson. The Anderson they’re talking about is the guy who wrote “The Royal Tenenbaums”. All of his stuff is arthouse/indie to the max and filled with a very specific color palette.
@@johnseckinger9523right, also very famous for its mid and central framed scenes. I’m gonna have to say I’d go for W.S. before Wes if we’re battling the right Anderson to attach to Longlegs. Wes has very “crowded” frames and settings; the acting is subdued, but the art direction is “busy.” There is always tons of *stuff* to look at it; very twee, antiquated, Brooklyn hipster collectibles type “stuff.” I really didn’t get hints of Wes Anderson at all. The Paul Anderson of “The Master” is the correct Anderson to attach, maybe, a bit, in that it’s downbeat and maudlin, and reserves, like a lot of his stuff is.
The most disappointing movie in years from all the hype... First 15 minutes was creepy, but the rest wasn't scary, and I kept wanting to laugh every time Cage was on screen... Too goofy of a character
I wasn’t so big on it. Not scary at all. It could’ve been a great crime thriller. But the characters were too closely involved with everything. I couldn’t buy into it.
Sometimes I appreciate when a film teases there might be something supernatural going on, then instead of desperately looking for a way to explain it logically just says "fuck it, it's just straight up the devil."
My friend fell asleep halfway through, the theatre was laughing the entire time, at the 3rd part everybody audibly groaned because it wasnt over. That seems like a failure of a horror movie. Half the movie not explained or answered or straight up contradictory followed by characters so boring and one demensional your waiting for them to be killed next. Let down my friends with this one, what a waste of money😒
i got that she wasnt planning to. she knew they were both destined to twist and burn in hell the second LL died since she couldn't no longet hold her end of the bargain with MrDownstairs.
@@2st486But then why go through with the last doll delivery at her boss' house at all if the deal with LL was off? The mom clearly didn't necessarily enjoy the murders (she was visibly shaken in the car). In her mind, it was only justified because it saved her and her daughter from damnation. Perhaps, in the devil's mind, the deal was still in play? Who's to say some other sicko doll maker couldn't rise up in LL's place, much like how the persona of the Joker in Batman can't be pinned to a single person. They're both just embodiments of chaos agents.
@@MikeTrieu at the beginning she was shaken indeed, but she looked pretty committed at the end. i mean she did die saying "hail satan". i woundt go as far as comparing this travesty to joker, who has 85 years of lore behind him.
9:20 Same can be said about the first scene. It was frustrating. The killer conveniently kills the guy and instead of calling back she barge inside the house like Batman and killer just sit there and surrenders???
So refreshing to hear you speak the truth about this movie. I'm so sick of all these 'critics' gushing over the most mediocre horror movies and pretending as if it is they are the best thing since Silence of the Lambs or Halloween. I can't think of any redeeming qualities this movie has. It is so slow paced and repeats the SAME BEAT the entire film. They tried to paint Long Legs as this Buffalo Bill / Hannibal Lector sort of creepiness and terrifying. But Nicholas Cage just had me laughing in disappointment at his portrayal the entire time. I never felt unnerved or scared of his appearance. It literally felt like I was watching an SNL skit. And when the time for the big reveal and twist of the film comes, they do it by dropping a bunch of exposition on us through narration. It would have been so much more satisfying if the main character found something in her home that relates her mother to Long Legs or her mother accidentally admitting something only the killer would know or literally ANYTHING rather than the script talking to us like we're too stupid to grasp the concept and spelling it out for us. And the amount of times the phrase "Hail Satan" is mentioned is ridiculous. It would have been so much more impactful if they ONLY TIME Long Legs said it was moments before bashing his head into the table and killing himself. Not to mention the corny wink and weird ending scene almost playing like a comedy. Overall just a boring, underwhelming, satanic crap from Hollywood. Will never revisit this again.
Finally a review I can agree with! Stupid movie with no point. No single character had clear motives for their actions. You knew Longlegs was the killer the whole time, it was clear the mom was involved. Total waste of time
Yeah it was garbage. All of it just being a possessed doll was just so dumb. Wouldn’t a doll be found at every crime scene? That was never mentioned. Just stupid.
Seriously. That's the first thing I thought. They'd all have a doll at the scene. And you're telling me no one ever noticed a random bloody nun at least once.
@@catfishunter28 right! They would have asked neighbors if they saw anything suspicious and all of them would have said oh yeah there was this nun with a big box that went into their house lol
It wasn't scary, it was anxiety inducing, it wasn't disturbing or creepy, I have a feeling the only people who found it scary are the ones who never watched a horror movie before.
I wanted so bad to like this…. But I just couldn’t take Nicholas cage as a serious threat. He talks like Paul Stanley from kiss 😂 and looks like a mix of Michael Bolton and Mrs. Doubtfire Dream scenario was a great movie that was a good mix of the crazy nic with some good acting. Here just felt like by the numbers for him
Adam , man, I’m still right there with you . I have let it sit and I have thought about it but I still just couldn’t stand it . There were decisions that I appreciated or respected. But I will still stand behind my dislike of this film . 🤷🏻♂️
Holy shit adam I hope you read this but I really fucking hated this movie shit put my ass to sleep and the whole time I was just thinking of silence of the lambs. Also nick cage in this shit, my god is he just terrible like literally just hamming that shit up. I saw this with a buddy, and the dude literally fell asleep. I had to fight to stay awake. The only thing that kept me up was the occasional jump scare, which was lame. Scariest movie of the year, my ass. Anyways man great review keep it up the great work.
They had the sound cranked up at my regal or this sound designer cranked it up on purpose cause he knew points were was falling asleep.. startled me awake 😂
I was mixed on it. Initially, I liked it but didn't love it, had its flaws. But after a few days of sitting on it, I think it's meh. Don't hate it, don't like it either. Oh, and the ending "Hail Satan" gave me edgy teenager vibes. Oof.
I was really hoping for something more along the lines of Seven. Just saw it in theaters and when her mom shoots the doll and that black smoke left her head i couldn't help but loudly say "magic?? really?!?" and don't get me started on them banking on Nicholas Cage being scary in his Mrs.Doubtfire makeup.
100% agree with this. My feelings exactly. I don't mind the supernatural turn, but I felt it was lackluster. I was expecting a full on demon making an appearance or the doll coming to life. But the mom being involved was just meh imo. The movie looked and sounded great though.
I couldn't take it seriously after seeing Lee enter multiple dangerous situations without cover, not checking her surrounds, not calling for back-up, etc. She's a terrible FBI agent and her loud breathing got on my nerves! The perp would have heard her a mile away.
While I stand by that this is very much a big improvement over the insufferable Gretel And Hansel (this film did dredge how much that film frustrated and bored me), I won't deny that I didn't click with the payoff and felt the climax was rushed and undercooked in how it was executed. Cause, for the main reason behind the killing to be "THE DEVIL MADE ME DO IT" feels like weak sauce horror to me and it didn't help that our lead acts like a catatonic idiot in how she stops her mother from carrying out the latest ritual killing.
Having the mother narrate what the big mystery was was lazy writing. You're supposed to show, not tell. The movie has a mystery, and to answer the mystery they just have the mother explain it towards the end?
My husband was snoring within 5 mins of this. I was glad we watched this at home cuz I paused it at least million times. I kept hoping something happened. Nothing happens..
Thank you for not bowing down to the horror genre trying to give this movie props like the other movie reviewers (and some which I respect heavily). This movie does absolutely nothing for the genre. Shot very weirdly, barely even a “crime” movie. Sub par acting with a somewhat creepy character played by a good actor.
in those long shots you were looking for the wrong thing. there were no jumpscares there, there were creepy things lingering in the back few times. a shadow moving behind a couch, the horned figure disappearing form the yard. stuff like thatin the style of ju-on or lake mungo. the problem is that they always feel forced. this movie didnt earned that level of eeriness. it starts dumb, and it keeps being dumb. she saw somebody in her house, she found a letter somebody left in her house, yet, she doesn freak out or search for the intruder or even call for backup. nah she just sit s and opens the envelope. or at the very beginning, she has an intuition and immediately wants to call in support, she's' shut down but the usual "arrogant man" coworker, and when he gets instakilled, she doesnt call for backup or update their situation to the agency whatsoever. is it because the devil manipulated her? is it becaues she's a rookie? or is it because the director is a hack writer?
It's a lot more watchable if you play it back at 300% speed and cut out all the silences. Also helps your mind connect scenes without waiting interminably. I, too, cannot stand dramatic pauses.
LOL Adam you mixed up the ending, Harper ran out of bullets and couldn’t shoot the doll in the end. The mom shot the other doll in a previous scene, causing Harker to black out, for reasons.
@@nickt4739 I couldn’t tell for sure during the movie, but that makes more sense. It would have made more sense for her to try to shoot the doll as soon as she came in, before the cop killed the wife.
I took it that Harker had bullets left, but the Devil didn't allow her to shoot the doll. She had a revolver which takes 6 bullets? Shot 3 times (2 at her boss, 1 at her mom). She had bullets left.
Might be one of the worst movies I've ever seen. I would legitimately get more value out of getting high and watching Steven Seagal movies. They are aweful of course, but there's still plenty of entertainment to be had. Longlegs is just boring as fuck.
One scene that I did find creepy was the start of the house scene. Her house is this odd very rural cabin very dark hall ways and huge windows it’s very lynchian feeling. Then she goes out said and there’s a spooky figure and that kinda spoils the tension.
If you watch it again, the spooky figures appears in multiple places in various scenes, usually hiding in the shadows. You might have to crank up the gain in order to see it, though. Every time Lee has a creepy sensation, it's there.
It's frustrating how many reviewers are giving this movie praise. I've watched a couple of them and their justifications for liking it are such a reach that you just know they are getting something for the positive remarks. Same with most of the "elevated" horror.
I guess I just can’t take nic cage like seriously he’s just being nic cage and me and my wife laughed while he did his longlegs thing and everyone was silent and terrified
They copied the best things from serial killer movies like Seven, man hunter, Silence of the lambs, etc, and put their stupid magic, psychic, occult bullshit story upon it.
Thank you! Just rented this on streaming (bit of a mistake) and you echoed everything I took away from this movie too. Which is a shame cause somewhere there's a good movie that's buried deep away.
this review was hilarious. i haven't seen this movie yet but you made it sound so terrible that im going to watch it now. i love how much you hated this. lmaoooo.
I love when Americans are straight talkers and direct to the point and not trying to be nice for the sake of it, I agree with everything you say, this movie was a total failure, no redeeming qualities at all, boring predictable non story, not scary or spooky, plus why did the girl grow into a fully grown woman but longlegs didn't age and looks exactly the same, I struggled to stay awake, and I've got a good attention span I can watch and enjoy movies even without dialogue such as HAGAZUSSA because it's weird AF excellent cinematography and a story that can be watched on two levels
skinamarink was balls out abstract and even if i didnt enjoy it very much, i consider it way above this Longlegs travesty. Skina intrigued me but in the end it mostly ocnfused me. Longlegs just bored the shit out of me.
I liked everything but the actual story. That's sad. Style over substance, I guess, but the substance is key, and this movie did not have it. LongLegs is a messenger of Satan who whispers hellish commands into dolls' heads? The mom was his accomplice? Still? After all of these years? Why not just tell your daughter - the FBI agent - that your life has been tormented by this freak in the basement and get rid of him? Because no movie. That's why. Dumb. I liked Cage in this. He was creepy with that crazy makeup on and all. Story sucked though. Too bad. I had high hopes.
12:13 She doesn't blow up the doll's head. the gun either jams or is out of bullet. It was her mom that shot the agent's doll in the backyard with a shotgun and black stuff came out. so Agent lee knew it would free them.
I had seen generally positive but mixed reviews, held off watching Adam’s review because I was still hopeful. But I just got out of the theater and was really disappointed. It felt like a cut rate Hereditary, amping up the atmosphere with sound cues and long drawn out shots but ultimately not really leading anywhere plotwise, story wise, or thematically.
saw it today instead of being scared i was laughing a lot. Not scary - boring - women actor is emotionless and robotic - nick is to goofy and not scary - they reveal nick right in the middle and instead of the end - he’s make up looks like a 10 year old done it - 5.5 out of 10 - the killer should of been not a goofy and taken seriously not a old grandma retired pensioner
Maika Monroe was playing Lee intentionally emotionless. She’s been in much better horror films and is nothing like this. The character reads as autistic.
I didn't want to believe the headline, so I waiting until I saw the movie this time before watching the video. I just assumed this would be an occasion of our ultimately having a difference of opinion. But yep, my wife & I went to see it and we absolutely hated the movie.
Just recently watched a film named Kill List at the same time as this, and if you want to see a film that is truly haunting with occult ties, that is actually good - I recommend this.
So I forgot my headphones this morning and I had to listen to everyone's crap on their cell phones on the whole bus ride to work. I didn't realize how right you were in that rant.
Glad to know I'm not the only one who didn't care for this movie and especially the heavy breathing. This movie looked washed out and dull and so did the characters. And the ending was just stupid. Why sit there and just let it happen? And scary? There are DIsney cartoons that are scarier, like Nemo being kidnapped, for example. And when a movie has to literally explain itself at the end- that's not a good sign. I LOVE It Follows. I should go watch that again to erase this movie from my mind.
Fell asleep in this one. Really liked where it was going in the beginning but found a lot of it dull in the end. Seemed to be trying a lot and ended up being dull and confused. It seemed like it had no idea what it actually wanted to be.
I dont know if it is because we are the same age. but we have the same opions about movies. I love alot of these art films when they nail it it is SO GOOD! often it comes off contrived. I did love Maxxine agree the end was weak but it was still baisicly perfect to me
I literally fell asleep for around 30 minutes. When I woke up, I looked over and my girlfriend was asleep. My girlfriend is scared of her own shadow.....and she fell asleep.
One thing that keeps bothering me about the movie, is there are no reaction shots that convey any fear. No screams, no horrified expressions. The only time they have anything like that, it’s a profile shot, and she’s covering her face. And in the “priest” scene…no one makes a sound while an axe murder is occurring? Not one cry for help, or shout “wait! No!”. Very strange.
Well, that was explained in the last killing at her boss' house. Basically, the devil entrances the victims into doing his bidding via the doll. It's also why the kid is so calm and hugging the doll while her dad goes on his murderous rampage in the kitchen. It's another take on the possession trope.
I love the part where long legs jumped out of the screen and said Its Legging time. Lol I hate how everyone that died is either soneone we met for a few minutes or not at all.
Marketing of this movie was INCREDIBLE. The actual movie was abysmal. Yes, it’s artsy fartsy. But it didn’t re-invent the wheel. the whole plot like someone else on here said was “Devil made me do it” “for reasons” That is such a fucking cop out. Like I immediately lost interest. The whole movie feels like false advertisement lol. Not even the antagonist which also happens to be the title of the film was in it for long. No pun intended.
Cannot agree more. This movie was terrible! I agree that the production was good but it seemed to be a parody of a Seven/ Silence etc. my lord this movie sucked.
The worst thing about this film is that it sucks as a detective thriller and as a horror. There is pretty much zero actual detecting. Longlegs basically guides her and then she magically solves the cyphers. So it's boring on that front. Then the supernatural element is not scary, comes too late and is underbaked and underwhelming. Just all around terrible...but it looks and sounds really nice.
She doesn't magically solve the ciphers, Longlegs helps her with that too 😂. He leaves a note in her house with a message, both in code and decoded, and she is able to solve it because of that.
Was it supposed to be supernatural at the end? I couldn’t figure that out? Like, I thought maybe it was veering into “Sci-fi” territory, what with the mysterious, metallic ball somehow “controlling” the family… OR WAS THAT SUPPOSED TO BE SATAN? (Church Lady voice 😈) 😉
@@cyberpunkcentral8500 It was Satan.
The main characters heavy breathing in every “scary” scene drove me nuts
I was getting so frustrated. Like close ur dang mouth!!!!! Aren’t you a special agent!!!?!??
@@skaterzrule4 literally her in every scary scene: 👁️👄👁️ “paaah heee paaah heee paaah heee paaah heee” like girl get a GRIP
The breathing was ridiculous and ruined any tension from the scenes cause it would be all I could focus on. Boom mic dude needed to turn down the sensitivity
watched it yesterday in german dubbed at our local cinema. thought the voice actor is just brutally bad at acting and i shouldve watched the OV. guess she was not. the heavy breathing was totally on point i guess 🤡
@@lookatmyrandomdrawings she breathes heavy in the dubbed version too?!? 💀
The moment she didn't call for backup for her partner. I bailed out. Great atmosphere to sleep to. 😂
I feel asleep almost from the very beginning. I guess there’s a reason for that.
yeah that scene was where I knew this movie was dogwater. Partner gets shot in the face, what does she do as a trained FBI agent? Call it in? No, rush into the house, not checking corners not checking doors like and idiot? Yes. Man this movie sucked. I want my time back.
@@Ultradocker I want my money back lol
Perfect summation. Literally hated the movie.
same. they try tojustify all the stupid shit she does with "its the devil's inlfluence" but there is not enough deception the devil can provide to make a hack writer seem good
Besides dragging ass, at the beginning, when her partner got shot at the front door, SHE HIDES BEHIND A GIANT WINDOW? Yeah, I'm sure THAT is an FBI defensive tactic! WTF?!?
I remember turning to my wife and saying really she's an FBI agent hiding behind a giant window.!?!
The movie was way overhyped. Really disappointing
The movie really did drag and was not scary at all. The part where Nicholas cage starts singing like Marilyn Monroe was funny😂
I completely agree. I really wanted to like this film but my friend and I kept looking at each with this face throughout---->😕
My face was stuck like this 🥴😂
SAME
The whole movie just felt off. I’m shocked by the overwhelming positive reaction this movie is getting. Like it’s “changing the game” in horror. Like cmon. If you liked the movie ok, but it’s statements like that kind of piss me off. The movie was also predictable. To each his/her own I guess. Great content Adam! 😊
Movies just suck now dude
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My wife and son went to see "Despicable Me 4" and I found myself envying them from about 5 minutes into this.
Wronglegs. 🤣😂
Lol, love it 😍 ❤
I just do not under the hype of this movie. It was tension filled, shot beautifully, has style. But I feel like it had no real pay off. There’s so many ideas crammed into this movie that it ends up feeling like a artsy nothing burger in the end.
Exactly
Couldn't agree more
It had more payoff than 90% of horror movies. Did we watch the same movie?
@@lockekappa500 What payoff?
@@DannyKnightblade45 If you needed to be beat over the head with the themes and eventual ambiguity of the ending even more than they did (of which all implications have their own meanings) then I dunno what to say. Plenty of videos on it also if you need it spelled out.
The fantastic marketing for this film did it such a disservice in the end. I expected one thing going in just to be disappointed. So many viewers around me talking about how it was not scary at all and just boring because the plot felt so contrived. The whole ability Lee has was so dumb that ruined the detective aspect that I was looking forward to
My interpretation was that she didn't have any abilities at all. She had been possessed since childhood and people around her mistook it as some sort of psychic ability or "intuition".
@@nickt4739 that explanation is even worse
@@chocolatewolfe How so?
@@nickt4739 pretty much, nail on the head. I enjoyed this movie
@@nickt4739so your explanation is she was possessed and, because she was possessed, the devil gave her the ability to stop his plan?
Seeing Lee Harker lose her breath (and her shit) everytime something happened was so nonsensical. Shes a cop goddammit. Why does she seem to be having a nervous breakdown when something slightly pressurizing happened?!
One of the parts I hated most is when Harker goes to her moms hoarder house for answers and gets the flashback of taking the Polaroid picture of Longlegs that was kept for 30 years for some reason, Then the next scene they’re swarming in on Longlegs at the bus stop because apparently that’s all the info they needed. God this movie was so bad.
The mom has hoarding disorder because of Longlegs that explains the photos and why the clue perplexing even though Lee is a witness.
It's a small town and there is no indication of exactly how much time has passed when they capture him. There are also witnesses who have seen him and know his general whereabouts. Additionally, as we find out, being caught was part of Longlegs plan all along so it doesn't really matter.
It sucked ass
Well if he visits Harker when she’s a kid you get a good frame of reference and time when you see her all grown up it’s at least a couple decades. Also where does his plan of being caught ever come into play? Literally nothing is known about Longlegs or his motivations that’s how shallow this movie was, It explains nothing.
@@politefan8141no. How did we know he wanted to get caught? We know nothing about log legs other than “hail Satan.”
Fucking stupid
The scene toward the beginning (mentioned in this review) where LL leaves a note at MM's house is a crucrial failure that undermined everything after. We see the main character nonchalantly assume that she's in no danger from the killer, albeit for no rational reason. Whatever happens after that, the movie has already taught us not to feel tension or threat from the killer.
Absolutely, so dumb she literally witnessed some dude walk in her house and she just sits down and forgets about it and long legs forgets about her.
You forgot Lee is psychic alerts her from threat or things link to Longlegs.
What made no sense to me what a tiny, single woman living in an unpopulated, wooded area with a house efull of giant windows for any curious bypasser with nefarious intentions to study her & do bad things, if they were so inclined to. FBI agents are supposed to be peak-level tactically minded with impeccable situational awareness.
That definitely contributed to my lack of fear
She doesn't blow the head off the doll but yeah, didn't buy the suspense of letting the wife die before jumping into action when it's the kid's turn.
Right? Like, are we wives not worth saving? Lol 🔫
My immediate thought after viewing this movie “I want my money back..”
The scene where she’s on the phone to her mum and the door bangs was the scariest moment for me. Something so visceral about being a woman alone and vulnerable in that moment, even without any supernatural element that would get to me.
But like you said, nothing happened with it. She put the chain on the door, she sees something outside and GOES OUTSIDE LEAVING HER DOOR OPEN. Lock the doors and call someone c’mon.
Then doesn’t she open the birthday card early? It says don’t open til Jan 14th and she opens it instantly. I was waiting for some consequence to that but it never materialises. By the time they show long legs in the grocery store it’s like all the intrigue is gone
Saw this movie with my friend last night after hearing so many good things about it but it was literally one of the worst movies I've seen in a long time
This Longlegs was like if Wes Anderson directed a horror movie.
I would if Milla Jovovich in it
@@Alucard2091you’re thinking Paul W.S. Anderson. The Anderson they’re talking about is the guy who wrote “The Royal Tenenbaums”. All of his stuff is arthouse/indie to the max and filled with a very specific color palette.
@@johnseckinger9523right, also very famous for its mid and central framed scenes.
I’m gonna have to say I’d go for W.S. before Wes if we’re battling the right Anderson to attach to Longlegs.
Wes has very “crowded” frames and settings; the acting is subdued, but the art direction is “busy.”
There is always tons of *stuff* to look at it; very twee, antiquated, Brooklyn hipster collectibles type “stuff.”
I really didn’t get hints of Wes Anderson at all.
The Paul Anderson of “The Master” is the correct Anderson to attach, maybe, a bit, in that it’s downbeat and maudlin, and reserves, like a lot of his stuff is.
The most disappointing movie in years from all the hype... First 15 minutes was creepy, but the rest wasn't scary, and I kept wanting to laugh every time Cage was on screen... Too goofy of a character
I wasn’t so big on it. Not scary at all. It could’ve been a great crime thriller. But the characters were too closely involved with everything. I couldn’t buy into it.
She never uses her half ability aside from in the very beginning
Sometimes I appreciate when a film teases there might be something supernatural going on, then instead of desperately looking for a way to explain it logically just says "fuck it, it's just straight up the devil."
My friend fell asleep halfway through, the theatre was laughing the entire time, at the 3rd part everybody audibly groaned because it wasnt over. That seems like a failure of a horror movie. Half the movie not explained or answered or straight up contradictory followed by characters so boring and one demensional your waiting for them to be killed next. Let down my friends with this one, what a waste of money😒
So after Cage dies how’s the mom getting supplied with Satanic Dolls or how’s she plan to continue the work.
i got that she wasnt planning to. she knew they were both destined to twist and burn in hell the second LL died since she couldn't no longet hold her end of the bargain with MrDownstairs.
@@2st486But then why go through with the last doll delivery at her boss' house at all if the deal with LL was off? The mom clearly didn't necessarily enjoy the murders (she was visibly shaken in the car). In her mind, it was only justified because it saved her and her daughter from damnation. Perhaps, in the devil's mind, the deal was still in play? Who's to say some other sicko doll maker couldn't rise up in LL's place, much like how the persona of the Joker in Batman can't be pinned to a single person. They're both just embodiments of chaos agents.
@@MikeTrieu at the beginning she was shaken indeed, but she looked pretty committed at the end. i mean she did die saying "hail satan". i woundt go as far as comparing this travesty to joker, who has 85 years of lore behind him.
9:20 Same can be said about the first scene. It was frustrating. The killer conveniently kills the guy and instead of calling back she barge inside the house like Batman and killer just sit there and surrenders???
So refreshing to hear you speak the truth about this movie. I'm so sick of all these 'critics' gushing over the most mediocre horror movies and pretending as if it is they are the best thing since Silence of the Lambs or Halloween. I can't think of any redeeming qualities this movie has. It is so slow paced and repeats the SAME BEAT the entire film. They tried to paint Long Legs as this Buffalo Bill / Hannibal Lector sort of creepiness and terrifying. But Nicholas Cage just had me laughing in disappointment at his portrayal the entire time. I never felt unnerved or scared of his appearance. It literally felt like I was watching an SNL skit. And when the time for the big reveal and twist of the film comes, they do it by dropping a bunch of exposition on us through narration. It would have been so much more satisfying if the main character found something in her home that relates her mother to Long Legs or her mother accidentally admitting something only the killer would know or literally ANYTHING rather than the script talking to us like we're too stupid to grasp the concept and spelling it out for us. And the amount of times the phrase "Hail Satan" is mentioned is ridiculous. It would have been so much more impactful if they ONLY TIME Long Legs said it was moments before bashing his head into the table and killing himself. Not to mention the corny wink and weird ending scene almost playing like a comedy. Overall just a boring, underwhelming, satanic crap from Hollywood. Will never revisit this again.
Finally a review I can agree with! Stupid movie with no point. No single character had clear motives for their actions. You knew Longlegs was the killer the whole time, it was clear the mom was involved. Total waste of time
hit the nail on the head.
It was a snails pace.
it takes talent tormake a good slow burn. this director was way over his head when writing this
Same opinion as you on this film. Thinking about it the next day angered me more. Adam - I think give us 6 months we could write a better movie.
Yeah it was garbage. All of it just being a possessed doll was just so dumb. Wouldn’t a doll be found at every crime scene? That was never mentioned. Just stupid.
Seriously. That's the first thing I thought. They'd all have a doll at the scene. And you're telling me no one ever noticed a random bloody nun at least once.
@@catfishunter28 right! They would have asked neighbors if they saw anything suspicious and all of them would have said oh yeah there was this nun with a big box that went into their house lol
She (Lee's mum) took the doll away after every killing, this can clearly be seen towards the end when she leaves with the box.
@@matthewpayn9940 oh well still a stupid movie
@@matthewpayn9940 but the hoarder with butt length hair that stayed and watched all the murders never left evidence behind
It wasn't scary, it was anxiety inducing, it wasn't disturbing or creepy, I have a feeling the only people who found it scary are the ones who never watched a horror movie before.
What are some other movies you didn’t like? Very entertaining listening to you “nitpick” this movie because I thought just about everything you did.
I finally found a movie critic who looks through the same lens I do on Hollywood’s crap filled made movies.
I wanted so bad to like this…. But I just couldn’t take Nicholas cage as a serious threat. He talks like Paul Stanley from kiss 😂 and looks like a mix of Michael Bolton and Mrs. Doubtfire
Dream scenario was a great movie that was a good mix of the crazy nic with some good acting. Here just felt like by the numbers for him
Someone also mentions he looks like Jennifer Coolidge lol
Michael Bolton 😅
Adam , man, I’m still right there with you . I have let it sit and I have thought about it but I still just couldn’t stand it . There were decisions that I appreciated or respected. But I will still stand behind my dislike of this film . 🤷🏻♂️
Holy shit adam I hope you read this but I really fucking hated this movie shit put my ass to sleep and the whole time I was just thinking of silence of the lambs. Also nick cage in this shit, my god is he just terrible like literally just hamming that shit up. I saw this with a buddy, and the dude literally fell asleep. I had to fight to stay awake. The only thing that kept me up was the occasional jump scare, which was lame. Scariest movie of the year, my ass. Anyways man great review keep it up the great work.
Spot on
I often find the harder early critics praise these types of movie, the more I end up hating it.
They had the sound cranked up at my regal or this sound designer cranked it up on purpose cause he knew points were was falling asleep.. startled me awake 😂
I was mixed on it. Initially, I liked it but didn't love it, had its flaws. But after a few days of sitting on it, I think it's meh. Don't hate it, don't like it either.
Oh, and the ending "Hail Satan" gave me edgy teenager vibes. Oof.
I was really hoping for something more along the lines of Seven. Just saw it in theaters and when her mom shoots the doll and that black smoke left her head i couldn't help but loudly say "magic?? really?!?" and don't get me started on them banking on Nicholas Cage being scary in his Mrs.Doubtfire makeup.
100% agree with this. My feelings exactly. I don't mind the supernatural turn, but I felt it was lackluster. I was expecting a full on demon making an appearance or the doll coming to life. But the mom being involved was just meh imo. The movie looked and sounded great though.
you summed it up so perfectly, i'm glad i'm not the only one that saw through the bullshit of this movie
It was dreadful
@@Partoftheratpack Yep, it was poorly written, artsy fartsy trash made for pretentious movie critics.
I'm not a personal critic. Everything you said was what i felt about this movie. Thanks for putting my thoughts into words.
I couldn't take it seriously after seeing Lee enter multiple dangerous situations without cover, not checking her surrounds, not calling for back-up, etc. She's a terrible FBI agent and her loud breathing got on my nerves! The perp would have heard her a mile away.
While I stand by that this is very much a big improvement over the insufferable Gretel And Hansel (this film did dredge how much that film frustrated and bored me), I won't deny that I didn't click with the payoff and felt the climax was rushed and undercooked in how it was executed. Cause, for the main reason behind the killing to be "THE DEVIL MADE ME DO IT" feels like weak sauce horror to me and it didn't help that our lead acts like a catatonic idiot in how she stops her mother from carrying out the latest ritual killing.
So, I take it you didn't enjoy the actual "The Devil Made Me Do It" movie 😂
So, I take it you didn't enjoy the actual "The Devil Made Me Do It" movie 😂
So, I take it you didn't enjoy the actual "The Devil Made Me Do It" movie 😂
Cage sounds like HIM from Powerpuff Girls.
Having the mother narrate what the big mystery was was lazy writing. You're supposed to show, not tell. The movie has a mystery, and to answer the mystery they just have the mother explain it towards the end?
To me it felt like ChatGPT was fed Heriditary and The Babadook, and then spat this movie out.
The marketing set this film up to fail.
They hyped up Nic Cage way too much. He didn’t even look scary - just goofy!
My husband was snoring within 5 mins of this. I was glad we watched this at home cuz I paused it at least million times. I kept hoping something happened. Nothing happens..
"Desensitized by it and I'm no longer interested". A perfect way to explain what I think about season 4 of "The Boys".
Thank you for this!
Glad i went and watched this review. You verbalized everything I was trying to figure out in my head after watching.
Nicolas Cage deserves a Razzie for whatever crap that performance was in this overhyped pos film.
This is the only movie ever where I was not entertained by Nic Cage's presence on screen. Ever. That's an incredible accomplishment
Movie was a bag of shit. I am 100% with you... we sat there watching it thinking what the hell are people talking about this movie sucks.😂
Lee should get nominated for the razzie award this year.
Thank you for not bowing down to the horror genre trying to give this movie props like the other movie reviewers (and some which I respect heavily).
This movie does absolutely nothing for the genre. Shot very weirdly, barely even a “crime” movie. Sub par acting with a somewhat creepy character played by a good actor.
Lee does basically no detective work the entire film (the Camera farm and asylum scenes are dead ends)
in those long shots you were looking for the wrong thing. there were no jumpscares there, there were creepy things lingering in the back few times. a shadow moving behind a couch, the horned figure disappearing form the yard. stuff like thatin the style of ju-on or lake mungo. the problem is that they always feel forced. this movie didnt earned that level of eeriness. it starts dumb, and it keeps being dumb. she saw somebody in her house, she found a letter somebody left in her house, yet, she doesn freak out or search for the intruder or even call for backup. nah she just sit s and opens the envelope. or at the very beginning, she has an intuition and immediately wants to call in support, she's' shut down but the usual "arrogant man" coworker, and when he gets instakilled, she doesnt call for backup or update their situation to the agency whatsoever. is it because the devil manipulated her? is it becaues she's a rookie? or is it because the director is a hack writer?
Worst this about Barbarian was it didn't know if it was a serious or comedy horror. Justin Long just made it comedy and he ruined it at the end.
I also wanted to walk out half way through this “movie”. Was bored to tears and frustrated that it was soooo slow. Everything was just so slow. Yucky
It's a lot more watchable if you play it back at 300% speed and cut out all the silences. Also helps your mind connect scenes without waiting interminably. I, too, cannot stand dramatic pauses.
LOL Adam you mixed up the ending, Harper ran out of bullets and couldn’t shoot the doll in the end. The mom shot the other doll in a previous scene, causing Harker to black out, for reasons.
Harker didn't run out of bullets, the entity prevented the gun from firing, Thus, she only had two options; kill the child or continue the cycle.
@@nickt4739 I couldn’t tell for sure during the movie, but that makes more sense. It would have made more sense for her to try to shoot the doll as soon as she came in, before the cop killed the wife.
I took it that Harker had bullets left, but the Devil didn't allow her to shoot the doll. She had a revolver which takes 6 bullets? Shot 3 times (2 at her boss, 1 at her mom). She had bullets left.
@@konghere Agreed, a revolver isn't going to jam, so a supernatural interference is really the only thing that makes sense IMO.
“for reasons”, there’s a lot of that in this movie
i previously couldn’t wrap my head around how this movie couldn’t work for some people but tbh u brought up some good points, fair argument👍
Might be one of the worst movies I've ever seen. I would legitimately get more value out of getting high and watching Steven Seagal movies. They are aweful of course, but there's still plenty of entertainment to be had. Longlegs is just boring as fuck.
One scene that I did find creepy was the start of the house scene. Her house is this odd very rural cabin very dark hall ways and huge windows it’s very lynchian feeling. Then she goes out said and there’s a spooky figure and that kinda spoils the tension.
If you watch it again, the spooky figures appears in multiple places in various scenes, usually hiding in the shadows. You might have to crank up the gain in order to see it, though. Every time Lee has a creepy sensation, it's there.
It's frustrating how many reviewers are giving this movie praise. I've watched a couple of them and their justifications for liking it are such a reach that you just know they are getting something for the positive remarks.
Same with most of the "elevated" horror.
Lol just before 6:03 “some of that A24 stank thrown in” 🤣🤣🤣
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You nailed it, Adam!
I agree a waste of time and money. I was really let down by it.
100% awful
there's a lot of movies i don't care for, but this is one of the few that i actively hate. i get mad every time i even think about it lol
Just finished it and just thought: "huh?"
Glad I'm not the only one who didn't get the hipe and was disappointed
Watched it last night. Really disappointing, was expecting so much more. Was almost laughable at points when it wasn't supposed to be.
The script must have been less than 50 pages.
I guess I just can’t take nic cage like seriously he’s just being nic cage and me and my wife laughed while he did his longlegs thing and everyone was silent and terrified
They copied the best things from serial killer movies like Seven, man hunter, Silence of the lambs, etc, and put their stupid magic, psychic, occult bullshit story upon it.
Thank you! Just rented this on streaming (bit of a mistake) and you echoed everything I took away from this movie too. Which is a shame cause somewhere there's a good movie that's buried deep away.
this review was hilarious. i haven't seen this movie yet but you made it sound so terrible that im going to watch it now. i love how much you hated this. lmaoooo.
I love when Americans are straight talkers and direct to the point and not trying to be nice for the sake of it, I agree with everything you say, this movie was a total failure, no redeeming qualities at all, boring predictable non story, not scary or spooky, plus why did the girl grow into a fully grown woman but longlegs didn't age and looks exactly the same, I struggled to stay awake, and I've got a good attention span I can watch and enjoy movies even without dialogue such as HAGAZUSSA because it's weird AF excellent cinematography and a story that can be watched on two levels
Skinamarink was that movie for me. I felt very similar with this one.
Atleast in skinamarink, the villian was menacing and sinister was an actual threat.
skinamarink was balls out abstract and even if i didnt enjoy it very much, i consider it way above this Longlegs travesty. Skina intrigued me but in the end it mostly ocnfused me. Longlegs just bored the shit out of me.
I liked everything but the actual story. That's sad. Style over substance, I guess, but the substance is key, and this movie did not have it. LongLegs is a messenger of Satan who whispers hellish commands into dolls' heads? The mom was his accomplice? Still? After all of these years? Why not just tell your daughter - the FBI agent - that your life has been tormented by this freak in the basement and get rid of him? Because no movie. That's why. Dumb. I liked Cage in this. He was creepy with that crazy makeup on and all. Story sucked though. Too bad. I had high hopes.
12:13 She doesn't blow up the doll's head. the gun either jams or is out of bullet. It was her mom that shot the agent's doll in the backyard with a shotgun and black stuff came out. so Agent lee knew it would free them.
I had seen generally positive but mixed reviews, held off watching Adam’s review because I was still hopeful. But I just got out of the theater and was really disappointed. It felt like a cut rate Hereditary, amping up the atmosphere with sound cues and long drawn out shots but ultimately not really leading anywhere plotwise, story wise, or thematically.
saw it today instead of being scared i was laughing a lot. Not scary - boring - women actor is emotionless and robotic - nick is to goofy and not scary - they reveal nick right in the middle and instead of the end - he’s make up looks like a 10 year old done it - 5.5 out of 10 - the killer should of been not a goofy and taken seriously not a old grandma retired pensioner
Maika Monroe was playing Lee intentionally emotionless. She’s been in much better horror films and is nothing like this. The character reads as autistic.
What a waste of Nicolas Cage's potential. Pathetic ass film
I didn't want to believe the headline, so I waiting until I saw the movie this time before watching the video. I just assumed this would be an occasion of our ultimately having a difference of opinion. But yep, my wife & I went to see it and we absolutely hated the movie.
Just recently watched a film named Kill List at the same time as this, and if you want to see a film that is truly haunting with occult ties, that is actually good - I recommend this.
jesus Kill List.....saw it, loved it, NEVER watching it again....
Glad there are good reviewers like you.
So I forgot my headphones this morning and I had to listen to everyone's crap on their cell phones on the whole bus ride to work. I didn't realize how right you were in that rant.
I didn't like it either, but will ask this honestly, can you see how or why it worked for others? I didn't like it much and I am w/ you on this one.
Glad to know I'm not the only one who didn't care for this movie and especially the heavy breathing. This movie looked washed out and dull and so did the characters. And the ending was just stupid. Why sit there and just let it happen? And scary? There are DIsney cartoons that are scarier, like Nemo being kidnapped, for example. And when a movie has to literally explain itself at the end- that's not a good sign. I LOVE It Follows. I should go watch that again to erase this movie from my mind.
Hated it!
Awful Script should have never been made
Fell asleep in this one. Really liked where it was going in the beginning but found a lot of it dull in the end. Seemed to be trying a lot and ended up being dull and confused. It seemed like it had no idea what it actually wanted to be.
I dont know if it is because we are the same age. but we have the same opions about movies. I love alot of these art films when they nail it it is SO GOOD! often it comes off contrived. I did love Maxxine agree the end was weak but it was still baisicly perfect to me
I hated it.
I literally fell asleep for around 30 minutes. When I woke up, I looked over and my girlfriend was asleep. My girlfriend is scared of her own shadow.....and she fell asleep.
One thing that keeps bothering me about the movie, is there are no reaction shots that convey any fear. No screams, no horrified expressions.
The only time they have anything like that, it’s a profile shot, and she’s covering her face.
And in the “priest” scene…no one makes a sound while an axe murder is occurring? Not one cry for help, or shout “wait! No!”. Very strange.
Well, that was explained in the last killing at her boss' house. Basically, the devil entrances the victims into doing his bidding via the doll. It's also why the kid is so calm and hugging the doll while her dad goes on his murderous rampage in the kitchen. It's another take on the possession trope.
I love the part where long legs jumped out of the screen and said Its Legging time. Lol I hate how everyone that died is either soneone we met for a few minutes or not at all.
The mother was the best character! She was nuts!!!
Marketing of this movie was INCREDIBLE. The actual movie was abysmal. Yes, it’s artsy fartsy. But it didn’t re-invent the wheel. the whole plot like someone else on here said was “Devil made me do it” “for reasons”
That is such a fucking cop out. Like I immediately lost interest. The whole movie feels like false advertisement lol. Not even the antagonist which also happens to be the title of the film was in it for long. No pun intended.
Cannot agree more. This movie was terrible! I agree that the production was good but it seemed to be a parody of a Seven/ Silence etc. my lord this movie sucked.