Fun fact: the director of this movie is the son of famous actor Anthony Perkins, who is best known for playing Norman Bates in Psycho. Same for the composer of this film as well. It’s not the first time that the brothers worked with each other. I was a bit shocked when I first learned this but in hindsight, it kind of made sense, given how wild and freaky this movie is lol.
HA!!!!! I JUST commented about how damn eerie the opening scene of this made me feel as I asked the person I typed it responding to if they’d seen the Blackcoats daugbters saying it feels exactly like that and affecting me emotionally the same way !! The type of eerie feeling this gave me was what I felt watching TBCD , it was such an messed up, real feeling eerie unlike anything I’ve felt in a movie , then see your comment after posting mine. Thanks for the info , that makes so much sense!
@@therobw you HAVE to watch the Blackcoats daugbter! I had no idea this was same guy till reading this comment but the whole movie kept feeling the same unsettling realistic eerie feeling I felt through TBCD! Blackcoats daughter is one of my all time favorite horrors , the s cinematography, the cuts, the silence , the way evils depicted , it’s so epic to me horror wise and I’m always suprised how many haven’t even heard of the movie and there’s not a single movie reaction to it on any of the horror reactors Channels??? Stoked this comment was made by your sub and I 2nd his words and stoked you replied it’s on the list! Thanks man!
@@eqsael facts i feel the same way! Definitely an underrated reactor! We gotta get bro 100k Subs let’s start sharing his content more 💯 and liking the videos
Oh man! I didn’t even catch that!!! I felt weird when she pulled the trigger at the doll , protecting the daugbter arm around her and 2 pulls but no rounds left . Thought wait , she has to shoot it but no rounds left, so the protected daughter Satan wants so badly AND the chiefs daughters survive?? Why’s this feel bad,…? lol I’d guess it’s going to get the 2 but didn’t even click that she was being worked the exact same way and I even saw the damn devil constantly standing around her at the critical events ! Good call!!!
My theatre's audience gasped when Lee's mother appeared as a nun outside her colleague's car. And damn.... I never saw that twist coming at well. Well played, Osgood.😙 Oh.. if you rewatch the movie, you'll notice scenes where the Devil is in the background. 😉
Great reaction as always, my friend. You are correct in saying this is a movie that makes you feel a certain way that films haven't in a long time. Love it!
Agreed! Have you seen “The Blackcoats daughter”? Just learned it’s done by the same guy and this whole movie I kept thinking how identically this made me feel like I did watching the backcoats daugbter and that’s one of my favorite horrors becasue of the way it made me feel, the actual real unsettled feeling throughout , the pausing the movie becasue I thought I heard something and am legitly creeped out , the feeling this is a different type of horror, one that feels on another level real in the “ick” it made me feel. If u haven’t seen TBCD and loved this, check it out it’s so damn worth it!
What I love the most about this film is it was made for multiple viewings. It’s so hard to pick up on everything in the first watch. I only saw the devil quick images a couple times but oz Perkins actually shows him 10x total. And of course all the underlying themes that tie everything back. The meaning behind when nick cage says ‘cuckoo’. I had to actually look that one up.
This and Oddity are probably my favourites of the year so far! Since you liked this you should check out The Blackcoat's Daughter, it's Oz Perkins first feature and its pretty great
I did like it but I was a bit disappointed for 2 reasons; 1, to little of Cage, wanted to see more of him as I really enjoyed how creepy he was. 2; Besides Cage being creepy, I didnt find the overall movie creepy or scary at all. I may be somewhat desensitized though lol Would have liked to know more about the ball as that is not something ( I think) we seen in relation to the devil before. I dont need everything explained but felt like something was missing or that there was a disjointedness somewhere, hard to explain & hard to put my finger on what exactly it was but I did enjoy the "stillness" (at the lack of finding a better word for it) in the film/scenes. But definitely wanted more of Cage. Its been so much fun seeing him finding his niche with the recent horror movies he has been in, they really fits his acting style.
I always think it’s better to leave them wanting more. I agree he was scarce in the movie but I liked the little snippets we get of him. Makes him creepier IMO
I had no idea but thought whole time this scares me the same way the Blackcoats daugbter did, the eerie fear I had dying that 5 years ago is exactly what this gave me! Good call!
TW: TL;DR The psychic eval test scene should've been people's first indication that the rest of the film really wasn't going to be based on grounded reality. -Somebody already pointed out that Lee associates an upside-down triangle with "Father" during her psychic eval, which shows up throughout the rest of the film, notably when the light fixture in her cabin briefly appears like one when she exits it to look at the intruder/Longlegs she saw outside (9:47). An upside-down triangle is associated with both femininity/motherhood and an inversion of the holy trinity. While I don't think Longlegs' is Lee's ACTUAL father, he metaphorically serves as such, and is an anti-father in his destruction of them and his feminine appearance. -There is a right-side up triangle in Carter's office (6:08, albeit covered) when he first introduces Lee to the board full of evidence on Longlegs. It's even got dots on it like the algorithm Lee produces when connecting the dates of the murders together. The rest of this movie unfolding is like that triangle turning upside-down; Carter is the last father on the devil's algorithm. -"Camera" was another word Lee spoke during the psychic eval, referring of course to Carrie-Ann Camera (an uncredited cameo by Kiernan Shipka, who performed all of that in one take) and the camera young Lee uses to take a picture of Longlegs. -Did you catch the reference to Jodie Foster? MISS RUBY: DId you want to be an FBI agent when you were a little girl? LEE: Actually, I wanted to become an actress. MISS RUBY: But that'll mess you up. Jodie Foster had a career as a child actress which really messed her up psychologically when John Hinckley Jr. saw her in 1976's _Taxi Driver_ , starting his obsession with her to the point that he tried to off the president just to get her attention. -I've heard the theory that Longlegs is a demon-possessed human rather than a willing satanist and his quite frankly ICONIC freakout scene in the car was his human side trying to come out, but I don't really see it. I think he was just embarrassed by the girl in the store...or he was imitating her screams of agony after he'd finished killing her and her entire family. Just a thought. -Longlegs looks like a midlife crisis-aged Jeff the Killer with a Miss Piggy nose. -Alicia Witt (Ruth Harker) is exactly only seventeen years and nine months older than Maika Monroe. Humor me here, but what if Ruth got pregnant with Lee at the tender age of seventeen, with the baby daddy either too young to commit (or perhaps, scandalously, too old to admit it) and that's why out of all the families Longlegs visited Lee was the only one without a father? -The dolls control everyone in the house to some extent; it makes the females/mother and daughter(s) compliant so they don't run away and it makes the males/fathers violent enough to kill them. I think Ruth always recovered 'used' dolls from every crime scene but for Carrie-Ann, the only daughter who never died, she left hers behind to prevent her from remembering, and she only remembered when the metal orb was taken out. In Lee's case growing up, it made her so compliant to the point of erasing her memories of Longlegs for years. I also think that it was that same compliance forced on her which prevented her from shooting Ruby's doll in the end...or she willingly stopped herself doing so because she didn't want Ruby to remember that her parents are dead.
@@LOWBORN-the-LOATHSOME while editing, I did notice how Carrie-Ann become conscious once the ball was separated. This is a great dissection of the film dude. Definitely appreciate the input 🤙🏻🤙🏻
Funny story: I got VERY stoned and saw this solo at the theater. Literally dozed off twice 😂😂 Watched it again at home, fully awake and equally stoned, and man does it hit so much better the second time. Such amazing performances. I personally LOVED Nicholas Cages’s acting. That opening sequence is chefs kiss. Every second he was on screen I felt uneasy.
I just watched the Horror bandwagons reaction to this movie I’ve never heard of and was so shocked I immidiately typed in Rob W in the search bar to comment on your latest video to check this out and the first thing that popped up was Rob W.’s reaction to Longleggs lol this seemed righh up your alley. Gotta saw Nick Cage KILLED this role! He got so lost in character I couldn’t even tell it was him and didn’t know until end of their reaction when they said he was long legs. I haven’t had such an eerie creepy feeling as I did at the start when his voice says he wore his long legs and squats into frame with his dark black demon eyes, that couple seconds made the hair on my arms and back of neck stand straight up!!! I always find that intersting because like many animals that feel sudden fear or threat of their survival , human beings hair on their bodies , goosebumps that transitions to the hair standing up is one of the human bodies first subconsciously triggered physical responses in the fight of flight portion of our self preservation. Our body experiences something whether a jump scare of sound and a scary site , or a creepy audio recording , or whatever it is our brain takes in the generating event and before we can comprehend what we are experincing , a part of our brain or biological make up or spirituality whatever , classifies that trigger as DANGER activating fight or flight responses. How many people or reactors do we see jump so hard, eyes wide open and fists yanked up into a boxing posture protecting the face leaning backwards , fists closed ready to punch !? lol I’m just always fascinated when I feel or experience moments in my life where I feel such a large amount of an emotion in an event so much it cements in my mind all my life , like looking into my Angel daughters open eyes the first time I held her as a newborn , the most happy , peaceful, good , hopeful, light feeling of my life ,..and on the other side , watching a movie reaction on RUclips and 30 seconds in , an actor plays a character saying a few words that make me feel SO uncomfortable and gross and spooked out that I’m going to have nightmares tonight lol, I’d say that’s the sign of a good actor and top tier horror movie! Have you seen “The Blackcoats Daugbter”? Think it’s a Netflix movie but it feels identical to this but more evil somehow lol
Neon Studios released 2 big horror movies in 2024. This was one of them. The other one was CUCKOO. You have to react to that one too (comes to streaming on September 17).
This was a really good review. I also really appreciate the clever little edits throughout the video, so props to your editor! Just wanted to note - somewhere on RUclips, I saw a clip of Cage talking about his inspiration for his performance. Apparently, his mother used to put cold cream on her face and proceed to say "Cuckoo! Cuckoo!" - which we saw in the film. I can't recall what the name of the video was, but look up the film title and Nic Cage. If I find the clip, I'll come back and post it here. Great reaction!
Yoo! Dope reaction Rob 💯 Do you think this going to make your top 5 horrors for this year so far? I probably got it at #2 after Romulus I loved the Acting and the overall atmosphere of it definitely a 9+/10 for me
You're good enough, you're smart enough, and doggonit people like you! You figured out a lot early on (earlier than me) and I'm glad you liked this! Blair Underwood does need to do more in this genre, Maika Monroe keeps needing to do more in this genre, and Oz Perkins should just keep doing what he does. 👍👍 #makesureyourfriendsareokay
I liked it, but didn't love it, maybe it was overhyped to me lol but I think it will grow on me. I did love the atmosphere of the whole movie, and Nick Cage was insanely insane. Always fun watching with you too Rob
This is definitely the movie of 2024. it must have taken tremendous willpower to abstain from seeing this in the theater. Great reaction to a very dark and bizarre ride of a film.
When the inverted triangle came up on the test she said Father. Longlegs has inverted triangles all over his workshop. He looks like Robert Smith if he had tons of botox and plastic surgery. lmao I thought the whole cast was perfect! They all knew what movie they were in. 🥲🤗🫶🥰❤🖤
Thoroughly enjoyed this and for me it lived up to the sizeable hype that snowballed with it. I'm going to have to give it another viewing to wrap my head around Cage's performance though. His singing about home invasion is a hard memory to shake
I was disappointed by this movie. The tension build-up to the reveal of the mom was SO good, I was hoping for something more than “the devil made me do it.” Also kinda saw that coming, so it wasn’t a big twist to me, it was just kinda tired. Like, this feels like an archaic fear to me. I dunno. Would’ve loved a more grounded explanation, a more horrifying serial killer story, more of the plot holes (that apparently ARGs online explain a lot of) to add up. Just felt like holding my breath the whole time for no release. 🤷🏻
i watched it for the first time last night and by the end it left me without any words and even without air for a second like it was so fucking amazing but also omfg it was too much not many horror movies do that to me
@@therobw Yeah I'm interested in your thoughts as well. IMO, there's especially one particular scene of complete incompetency that bothered me so I'm wondering if you'd pick up on that as well.
so i also watched it at home but at night with no lights on. i wanted to watch a late night viewing in theaters but couldnt and i almost wish i did cause i wouldve been alone in that showing and i def wouldve screamed if staff or a latecomer came in LOL. loved this movie, i was uncomfortable throughout as well as like you said i just wanted to do so much research on this cause i wanted more.
So far, my favorite horror movie of 2024, really love this movie, it has so many layers and hidden messages, plus her slightly ''autistic'' & ''psychic'' character make seven more sense when its twist with the occult theme is revealed. Btw, Rob, talkin' 'bout detective movies with a serial killer, have you ever watched ''Zodiac'' (2007), it's one of the greatest movies of the last 25 years.
The decoded message "Down low - too slow." really convinced me there's no winning against Mr. Downstairs. Because by the time you've figured it out, he's probably already used you or has you as a thrall.
I'm so glad that you enjoyed it as much as I did Rob. I had the opportunity to see it at the movie theatre and I was creeped out throughout the whole movie. I don't understand people who are saying it sucked and that it was a huge disappointment. I understand that it might not be for everyone but to say that it's one of the worst movies to have come out this year??? But I guess to each one their own. Great reaction Rob. Looking forward to the next one.
If you like Blair Underwood and movies about hunting serial killers, I highly recommend Just Cause. First movie I ever saw him in. Also stars Sean Connery (not a fan for personal reasons, don't like men who think it's fine to slap women to keep them in line), Laurence Fishburne, and Ed Harris.
@@FLQueerLiberal1982 it’s okay to like cancelled actors! I separate the art from the artist! I def have to check out Just Cause! Blair Underwood is that dude!!!
@@therobw fun fact for you. The reason long legs is "cuckooing" is because he's mimicking the cuckoo bird. Which is notorious for leaving their eggs in other nests and their offspring pushes the other eggs off. And longlegs takes lee's childhood home by "nesting" in their basement
@@therobw also to answer who longlegs resembles, he looks like a 70`s-80's rockstar. The makeup, shaggy long hair, the T-Rex references, and the way he sings as well
hadn't been to a theater in over a year, had a sprained neck, and dragged my dad with me to see it...i hadn't seen a movie in theaters with my dad in 24 years.. i went in blind i didn't even see the trailers for it..but i read SCARIEST MOVIE OF ALL TIME...BEST SERIAL KILLER FILM SINCE SILENCE OF THE LAMBS...wow...neither were true lol this movie may have been good if they didn't make it into a supernatural thriller...nic cage character was creepy... the supernatural stuff was generic and silly... its like something u see in a low budget straight to video horror dvd from the early 2000's...it cheapened it a great deal imo.
I'll say this little detail that I don't think you mentioned. She wanted to be a actor. Long legs was a singer. These are things were people are known to sell they're soul for. So when she switched to a cop, long legs and the devil laughed because yes he plays games with people but this was going to be something more fun for him.
I love this movie - but I can see why some might not - and it’s primarily down to the fact that having some knowledge as to how Perkins does his thing helps appreciate it more. He’s the master of ambiguity and leaving things up in the air - it’s effectively his calling card at this point - personally I love it, but it’s an acquired taste. Another thing he’s masterful at is dropping little hints here and there - and “Longlegs” has many - just going to go through a few: 1 - It takes about 5 minutes for the viewer to figure out that there’s something a little... odd, about Lee. She’s stilted, weirdly unemotional, awkward - quite frankly she comes across as someone on the spectrum. But there’s another little hint as to what the truth is... and it’s right there from the beginning. Notice how Lee walks - slightly hunched, stiff long strides, head down, arms basically clamped to her sides - her arms basically don’t leave her side for the entire first 2/3 of the movie - why is that? It’s a doll allegory - she walks like a doll being played with. At the end of the movie, we know why. Also - she’s much more animated after Ruth shoots the doll. 2 - Ruth isn’t handicapped, she’s obviously troubled, but she’s not handicapped - why is one of the defining traits of her character through the movie that she takes a long time to pick the phone up? The viewer is led to believe it’s a quirk... truth is she’s in the basement and it takes a while to get upstairs. The only real time Ruth shows any true mirth during the film is when Lee tells her that she doesn’t pray and haven’t prayed in a long time - she cackles, but then seems oddly proud of Lee for coming to that realization - we know why in hindsight. And about Ruth - and I’ll just say it: “Hail Alicia Witt” - the ending is horrific, in a tragic sense. It’s clear that her reasons for doing what she’s doing is no longer about keeping her daughter safe, or not entirely, that is. And she tells on herself when she says: “I’ll do it again, and again, and again - and that makes it right” (the notion of protecting Lee) - at some point Ruth stopped caring about the justifications and Lee became a giant permission slip for her to keep pleasing “Father” Which brings us to the ending: “Father” has a plan for Lee, Ruth, Longlegs - for everybody. And Longlegs tells Lee exactly what her endgame is in the interrogation when he tells Lee that he’ll “let her get started now” - up until that point Lee has simply been a pawn, Satan has moved her around on the board a little, but nothing indicative of what her fate is - until Longlegs tells her the aforementioned. Lee’s life has been like one of those toy cars that you wind up by pulling it backwards and letting it go - to her “birthday party” Lee’s fate was always to know the truth, about herself, about Longlegs, about her mother - and having to live with that knowledge and the visual of her mother’s body slumped on that couch - and that she’s the reason for it. It’s why the gun clicks when she tries to shoot the doll - the devil planned it that way - she’s meant to “savor” the moment - twist and burn, little girl, forever. “Hail Satan”
hi dude, i'm a big fan of your content, plz continue !! i'm also french, i saw that you reacted to many French horror films, thank you for that! do you think it would be possible to react to “Grave” (or Raw in English) soon? that would be amazing take care
I thought it kinda ruined it for me the first time I watched it in the theatre, but I’ve since come around a bit on it. Almost like he’s rubbing it in our faces that he won lol
Hey Rob I loved 🥰 Longlegs horror movie 🍿 with Maika Monroe as Lee Harker and she was in It Follows and will return in They Follow so I am the Queen 👸 Of Horror that knows what’s coming out 💖!!!💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜
Amazing cinematography and atmosphere building, unfortunately overhyped a bit with their marketing but I enjoyed it overall. I just didn't really love Cage's look, I feel like it couldve been much scarier than the lool they went with
I will say though, I can't stop saying "let me innnn cause if you donnttt I'll have to come baccckkk, not once, not twice but as many times as I liiiiike" 😅
25:31 this was the first time she saw Cage as Longlegs. They kept them separated during filming up until this moment Also, the devil appears in the background at least 10 times during the movie. I think you missed every single one😂
my mom and my 6 yr old daughter went to see this in the theater with the fancy chairs lol. Willow does the hands thing says today is your birthday..... My grandma loved suspense movies too. One of our top favorites is Double Jeopardy.
@@therobw yep. lol. she loves scary movies. her favorites are Jaws, Scream, Child's Play. when i was young I was scared of 90s Pennywise especially the shower screen lol. This kid isn't scared of scary movies she laughs at me when i get scared sometimes.
Hey Rob are you going to watch the trailer of Terrifier 3 horror movie 🎦 because I loved 🥰 watching it and that Jonathan and Sienna are back to get revenge on Art The 🤡 so I hope you put this on your reaction list 💖!!!💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜
Fun fact: the director of this movie is the son of famous actor Anthony Perkins, who is best known for playing Norman Bates in Psycho. Same for the composer of this film as well. It’s not the first time that the brothers worked with each other. I was a bit shocked when I first learned this but in hindsight, it kind of made sense, given how wild and freaky this movie is lol.
Haha it makes sense!
@@therobw He also was David Kidney in Legally Blonde
@@rodgill9376 definitely got Psycho vibes from it.
This was a great theater experience, the crowd was really into it.
I bet it was
Did they even understand the story it’s werid DONT get it
Man this movie was so freaking fun to watch in the theater!
Glad u liked it Rob!
@@liontamer5841 thanks for checking out the vid!
Another fact is there are shots of the horned devil shadow in 10 scenes in the movie
The director did another movie called The Blackcoat’s Daughter that you should give a watch
Def on top of the must-watch list now
Blackcoat’s Daughter messed me up!
HA!!!!! I JUST commented about how damn eerie the opening scene of this made me feel as I asked the person I typed it responding to if they’d seen the Blackcoats daugbters saying it feels exactly like that and affecting me emotionally the same way !! The type of eerie feeling this gave me was what I felt watching TBCD , it was such an messed up, real feeling eerie unlike anything I’ve felt in a movie , then see your comment after posting mine. Thanks for the info , that makes so much sense!
@@therobw you HAVE to watch the Blackcoats daugbter! I had no idea this was same guy till reading this comment but the whole movie kept feeling the same unsettling realistic eerie feeling I felt through TBCD! Blackcoats daughter is one of my all time favorite horrors , the s cinematography, the cuts, the silence , the way evils depicted , it’s so epic to me horror wise and I’m always suprised how many haven’t even heard of the movie and there’s not a single movie reaction to it on any of the horror reactors Channels??? Stoked this comment was made by your sub and I 2nd his words and stoked you replied it’s on the list! Thanks man!
that movie is evil bro i'm never giving it a rewatch
youre the best kind personality for these grounded dark movie ractions
lol I appreciate that!
@@eqsael facts i feel the same way! Definitely an underrated reactor! We gotta get bro 100k Subs let’s start sharing his content more 💯 and liking the videos
I love how Longlegs manipulated Lee into killing her mother just like he manipulated the fathers in the other families
Oh man! I didn’t even catch that!!! I felt weird when she pulled the trigger at the doll , protecting the daugbter arm around her and 2 pulls but no rounds left . Thought wait , she has to shoot it but no rounds left, so the protected daughter Satan wants so badly AND the chiefs daughters survive?? Why’s this feel bad,…? lol I’d guess it’s going to get the 2 but didn’t even click that she was being worked the exact same way and I even saw the damn devil constantly standing around her at the critical events ! Good call!!!
@@MZ-bl6wg. And, he probably knew the exact amount of bullets she would use.
last 2 things you a real one for waiting to see this for the react, and great editing details on the vid
@@eqsael thanks dog
My theatre's audience gasped when Lee's mother appeared as a nun outside her colleague's car.
And damn.... I never saw that twist coming at well. Well played, Osgood.😙
Oh.. if you rewatch the movie, you'll notice scenes where the Devil is in the background. 😉
I’ll keep an eye out for that next time!
Great reaction as always, my friend. You are correct in saying this is a movie that makes you feel a certain way that films haven't in a long time. Love it!
Thanks Larry! Let’s find something fun to collab on in October.
@@therobw Oooh, let's! Will msg u. :)
Agreed! Have you seen “The Blackcoats daughter”? Just learned it’s done by the same guy and this whole movie I kept thinking how identically this made me feel like I did watching the backcoats daugbter and that’s one of my favorite horrors becasue of the way it made me feel, the actual real unsettled feeling throughout , the pausing the movie becasue I thought I heard something and am legitly creeped out , the feeling this is a different type of horror, one that feels on another level real in the “ick” it made me feel. If u haven’t seen TBCD and loved this, check it out it’s so damn worth it!
The most disturbing movie of the year!
@@Wash869 definitely
You must haven't seen blink twice yet?
@@quentinperkins6002 I have not. My co-worker saw it and compared it to Get Out.
@@quentinperkins6002Blink Twice , AKA " white men are evil movie no 762" , you know Incase we didn't get the memo
U clearly havent seen Borderlands
Hell yeah excited to see what you thought of this!
@@chanceshouseofhorror6053 my man! Yeah dude this lived up to the hype. Gotta head over and check out your vid now 🤙🏻🤙🏻
Man, you posted this right in time. I’ve had the most shit week. So ready for this reaction!
Hope it helps! ❤️
What I love the most about this film is it was made for multiple viewings. It’s so hard to pick up on everything in the first watch. I only saw the devil quick images a couple times but oz Perkins actually shows him 10x total. And of course all the underlying themes that tie everything back. The meaning behind when nick cage says ‘cuckoo’. I had to actually look that one up.
@@greggately5782 exactly!
Yes 10 times. I only saw him one time haha.
Your so sweet to wait and watch it with us 😊
lol it wasn’t easy!
@@therobwhaha i bet, but thank you for that as well❤
This and Oddity are probably my favourites of the year so far! Since you liked this you should check out The Blackcoat's Daughter, it's Oz Perkins first feature and its pretty great
I did like it but I was a bit disappointed for 2 reasons; 1, to little of Cage, wanted to see more of him as I really enjoyed how creepy he was. 2; Besides Cage being creepy, I didnt find the overall movie creepy or scary at all. I may be somewhat desensitized though lol
Would have liked to know more about the ball as that is not something ( I think) we seen in relation to the devil before. I dont need everything explained but felt like something was missing or that there was a disjointedness somewhere, hard to explain & hard to put my finger on what exactly it was but I did enjoy the "stillness" (at the lack of finding a better word for it) in the film/scenes. But definitely wanted more of Cage. Its been so much fun seeing him finding his niche with the recent horror movies he has been in, they really fits his acting style.
I always think it’s better to leave them wanting more. I agree he was scarce in the movie but I liked the little snippets we get of him. Makes him creepier IMO
@@therobw He played it very well! :)
I thought her mother was pretty creepy.
You’re my favorite horror movie reactor. You gotta fun personality. Killin’ the reactions like always muh dude
Thanks Dean!
Oz Perkins' first movie was Blackcoat's Daughter and that was seriously creepy and very underrated.
Definitely want to check that out now
I had no idea but thought whole time this scares me the same way the Blackcoats daugbter did, the eerie fear I had dying that 5 years ago is exactly what this gave me! Good call!
TW: TL;DR
The psychic eval test scene should've been people's first indication that the rest of the film really wasn't going to be based on grounded reality.
-Somebody already pointed out that Lee associates an upside-down triangle with "Father" during her psychic eval, which shows up throughout the rest of the film, notably when the light fixture in her cabin briefly appears like one when she exits it to look at the intruder/Longlegs she saw outside (9:47). An upside-down triangle is associated with both femininity/motherhood and an inversion of the holy trinity. While I don't think Longlegs' is Lee's ACTUAL father, he metaphorically serves as such, and is an anti-father in his destruction of them and his feminine appearance.
-There is a right-side up triangle in Carter's office (6:08, albeit covered) when he first introduces Lee to the board full of evidence on Longlegs. It's even got dots on it like the algorithm Lee produces when connecting the dates of the murders together. The rest of this movie unfolding is like that triangle turning upside-down; Carter is the last father on the devil's algorithm.
-"Camera" was another word Lee spoke during the psychic eval, referring of course to Carrie-Ann Camera (an uncredited cameo by Kiernan Shipka, who performed all of that in one take) and the camera young Lee uses to take a picture of Longlegs.
-Did you catch the reference to Jodie Foster?
MISS RUBY: DId you want to be an FBI agent when you were a little girl?
LEE: Actually, I wanted to become an actress.
MISS RUBY: But that'll mess you up.
Jodie Foster had a career as a child actress which really messed her up psychologically when John Hinckley Jr. saw her in 1976's _Taxi Driver_ , starting his obsession with her to the point that he tried to off the president just to get her attention.
-I've heard the theory that Longlegs is a demon-possessed human rather than a willing satanist and his quite frankly ICONIC freakout scene in the car was his human side trying to come out, but I don't really see it. I think he was just embarrassed by the girl in the store...or he was imitating her screams of agony after he'd finished killing her and her entire family. Just a thought.
-Longlegs looks like a midlife crisis-aged Jeff the Killer with a Miss Piggy nose.
-Alicia Witt (Ruth Harker) is exactly only seventeen years and nine months older than Maika Monroe. Humor me here, but what if Ruth got pregnant with Lee at the tender age of seventeen, with the baby daddy either too young to commit (or perhaps, scandalously, too old to admit it) and that's why out of all the families Longlegs visited Lee was the only one without a father?
-The dolls control everyone in the house to some extent; it makes the females/mother and daughter(s) compliant so they don't run away and it makes the males/fathers violent enough to kill them. I think Ruth always recovered 'used' dolls from every crime scene but for Carrie-Ann, the only daughter who never died, she left hers behind to prevent her from remembering, and she only remembered when the metal orb was taken out. In Lee's case growing up, it made her so compliant to the point of erasing her memories of Longlegs for years. I also think that it was that same compliance forced on her which prevented her from shooting Ruby's doll in the end...or she willingly stopped herself doing so because she didn't want Ruby to remember that her parents are dead.
@@LOWBORN-the-LOATHSOME while editing, I did notice how Carrie-Ann become conscious once the ball was separated. This is a great dissection of the film dude. Definitely appreciate the input 🤙🏻🤙🏻
Excellent read. 🤘🏻
Not ooooonce
Not twiiiiiiiice
As many times as I liiiiiike…
😬😬😬
Funny story:
I got VERY stoned and saw this solo at the theater.
Literally dozed off twice 😂😂
Watched it again at home, fully awake and equally stoned, and man does it hit so much better the second time.
Such amazing performances. I personally LOVED Nicholas Cages’s acting. That opening sequence is chefs kiss. Every second he was on screen I felt uneasy.
Haha sometimes those theater seats are a little too comfy dude
@@therobw So true, man. But I have finally figured out a system that works… Drink an energy drink 😂
I just watched the Horror bandwagons reaction to this movie I’ve never heard of and was so shocked I immidiately typed in Rob W in the search bar to comment on your latest video to check this out and the first thing that popped up was Rob W.’s reaction to Longleggs lol this seemed righh up your alley. Gotta saw Nick Cage KILLED this role! He got so lost in character I couldn’t even tell it was him and didn’t know until end of their reaction when they said he was long legs. I haven’t had such an eerie creepy feeling as I did at the start when his voice says he wore his long legs and squats into frame with his dark black demon eyes, that couple seconds made the hair on my arms and back of neck stand straight up!!! I always find that intersting because like many animals that feel sudden fear or threat of their survival , human beings hair on their bodies , goosebumps that transitions to the hair standing up is one of the human bodies first subconsciously triggered physical responses in the fight of flight portion of our self preservation. Our body experiences something whether a jump scare of sound and a scary site , or a creepy audio recording , or whatever it is our brain takes in the generating event and before we can comprehend what we are experincing , a part of our brain or biological make up or spirituality whatever , classifies that trigger as DANGER activating fight or flight responses. How many people or reactors do we see jump so hard, eyes wide open and fists yanked up into a boxing posture protecting the face leaning backwards , fists closed ready to punch !? lol I’m just always fascinated when I feel or experience moments in my life where I feel such a large amount of an emotion in an event so much it cements in my mind all my life , like looking into my Angel daughters open eyes the first time I held her as a newborn , the most happy , peaceful, good , hopeful, light feeling of my life ,..and on the other side , watching a movie reaction on RUclips and 30 seconds in , an actor plays a character saying a few words that make me feel SO uncomfortable and gross and spooked out that I’m going to have nightmares tonight lol, I’d say that’s the sign of a good actor and top tier horror movie!
Have you seen “The Blackcoats Daugbter”? Think it’s a Netflix movie but it feels identical to this but more evil somehow lol
Yeah, I definitely want to check out Blackcoats Daughter soon!
Neon Studios released 2 big horror movies in 2024. This was one of them. The other one was CUCKOO. You have to react to that one too (comes to streaming on September 17).
Stoked for Cuckoo!
This was a really good review. I also really appreciate the clever little edits throughout the video, so props to your editor! Just wanted to note - somewhere on RUclips, I saw a clip of Cage talking about his inspiration for his performance. Apparently, his mother used to put cold cream on her face and proceed to say "Cuckoo! Cuckoo!" - which we saw in the film. I can't recall what the name of the video was, but look up the film title and Nic Cage. If I find the clip, I'll come back and post it here. Great reaction!
Haha I love that. You can tell he really brought a lot of his own ideas of what that character was. Thanks for checking out the reaction! :)
I love Osgood Perkins. Longlegs and Blackcoat's Daughter has made him one of my favorite horror directors
@@Christianplus10 psyched for his new movie coming out soon!
Saw this in the theater.... there was dead silence in the theater the whole movie. Just totally tense
Thanks for waiting to watch it with us Rob. Youre a legend!
Thanks for checking out the vid my dude!
The most chill movie reactor I have watched yet. Cool dude and awesome movie.
I appreciate the support Lawrence!
Yoo! Dope reaction Rob 💯 Do you think this going to make your top 5 horrors for this year so far? I probably got it at #2 after Romulus I loved the Acting and the overall atmosphere of it definitely a 9+/10 for me
Yeah this is easily top 3 so far. Psyched to see Alien!
You're good enough, you're smart enough, and doggonit people like you! You figured out a lot early on (earlier than me) and I'm glad you liked this! Blair Underwood does need to do more in this genre, Maika Monroe keeps needing to do more in this genre, and Oz Perkins should just keep doing what he does. 👍👍
#makesureyourfriendsareokay
I read an interview with Blair Underwood saying he wants to be in a Saw movie. Sign him up! Thanks for checking out the video Sarah :)
Hey Rob will you add Antlers to your list? I think you’ll like it if you liked this
I liked it, but didn't love it, maybe it was overhyped to me lol but I think it will grow on me. I did love the atmosphere of the whole movie, and Nick Cage was insanely insane. Always fun watching with you too Rob
This is definitely the movie of 2024. it must have taken tremendous willpower to abstain from seeing this in the theater.
Great reaction to a very dark and bizarre ride of a film.
I would be shocked if something topped this
When the inverted triangle came up on the test she said Father. Longlegs has inverted triangles all over his workshop. He looks like Robert Smith if he had tons of botox and plastic surgery. lmao I thought the whole cast was perfect! They all knew what movie they were in. 🥲🤗🫶🥰❤🖤
Oh I didn’t even catch that. This movie definitely demands repeat viewings
Longlegs is like a back alley Mrs Doubtfire. Maybe her evil twin.
@@Lark_Vivian lol hello dear!
Thoroughly enjoyed this and for me it lived up to the sizeable hype that snowballed with it. I'm going to have to give it another viewing to wrap my head around Cage's performance though. His singing about home invasion is a hard memory to shake
Haha that was something else man
@@therobw I was just sat there nervously chuckling. That got right under the skin 😂
I was disappointed by this movie. The tension build-up to the reveal of the mom was SO good, I was hoping for something more than “the devil made me do it.” Also kinda saw that coming, so it wasn’t a big twist to me, it was just kinda tired. Like, this feels like an archaic fear to me. I dunno. Would’ve loved a more grounded explanation, a more horrifying serial killer story, more of the plot holes (that apparently ARGs online explain a lot of) to add up. Just felt like holding my breath the whole time for no release. 🤷🏻
I agree. I wanted something along the lines of "he's a charismatic cult leader capable of manipulating his followers to kill" situation as well.
Omfg dude... I had no idea Cage played Cobble. Lmao 🤣 He did such a good job and I was do engrossed into the novie I just didn't see him.
He was pretty unrecognizable
🔥🔥🔥 editing on this one as well btw
i watched it for the first time last night and by the end it left me without any words and even without air for a second like it was so fucking amazing but also omfg it was too much not many horror movies do that to me
Haha same
In some scenes you can see the devil in the back
I noticed that!
I honestly feel like she was just guessing on that fbi test thing 😂
🤷🏻♂️
Keep an eye out for the film: TRAP (2024), a new psychological thriller by M. Night Shyamalan that arrives on VOD this week, fun and different.
@@Wash869 I’m an M Night defender so I’m definitely down to check that out
@@therobw Yeah I'm interested in your thoughts as well. IMO, there's especially one particular scene of complete incompetency that bothered me so I'm wondering if you'd pick up on that as well.
@@AdamtheGrey02 lol I probably missed it
@@therobw Oh, I was referring to "Trapped" not 'Longlegs' if I'm reading you right lol.
so i also watched it at home but at night with no lights on. i wanted to watch a late night viewing in theaters but couldnt and i almost wish i did cause i wouldve been alone in that showing and i def wouldve screamed if staff or a latecomer came in LOL. loved this movie, i was uncomfortable throughout as well as like you said i just wanted to do so much research on this cause i wanted more.
I love movies that make me do investigative work afterwords. Definitely lived up to the hype
Let’s goooo I’ve been waiting for this reaction from you 🙏❤
@@JahKz thanks for checking it out dude!
So far, my favorite horror movie of 2024, really love this movie, it has so many layers and hidden messages, plus her slightly ''autistic'' & ''psychic'' character make seven more sense when its twist with the occult theme is revealed. Btw, Rob, talkin' 'bout detective movies with a serial killer, have you ever watched ''Zodiac'' (2007), it's one of the greatest movies of the last 25 years.
I believe long legs singing are spells he is casting upon people.
@@MrRon3278 🧐🧐🧐
Uhh This movie ... The cameras the colors ..Is amazing this movie ❤😊
Yessir!
I really enjoyed this movie. Makes you brainstorm
Yessir been waiting on this definitely a contender of best horror movie of the year. Let’s see what terrifier 3 brings to the table next😤
Glad to see you liked it. I really didn’t like it, but to each their own.
Fair enough 🤷🏻♂️
The decoded message "Down low - too slow." really convinced me there's no winning against Mr. Downstairs. Because by the time you've figured it out, he's probably already used you or has you as a thrall.
I'm so glad that you enjoyed it as much as I did Rob. I had the opportunity to see it at the movie theatre and I was creeped out throughout the whole movie. I don't understand people who are saying it sucked and that it was a huge disappointment. I understand that it might not be for everyone but to say that it's one of the worst movies to have come out this year??? But I guess to each one their own. Great reaction Rob. Looking forward to the next one.
Yeah, I think this is objectively a great film
@@therobw i agree with you on that.🖤
If you like Blair Underwood and movies about hunting serial killers, I highly recommend Just Cause. First movie I ever saw him in. Also stars Sean Connery (not a fan for personal reasons, don't like men who think it's fine to slap women to keep them in line), Laurence Fishburne, and Ed Harris.
@@FLQueerLiberal1982 it’s okay to like cancelled actors! I separate the art from the artist! I def have to check out Just Cause! Blair Underwood is that dude!!!
Loved this movie! Then I saw Oddity... if you needed any suggestions for the next one 😉 Caveat and Oddity by the same director
Oddity is on deck!
@@therobw nice can't wait for the reaction. Creepiest movie I've seen this year!
Yes!!! I was waiting for you to watch it! I watched it and the cinematography was amazing. Plus, you can never go wrong with Nicholas cage!
Hell yeah dude!
@@therobw fun fact for you. The reason long legs is "cuckooing" is because he's mimicking the cuckoo bird. Which is notorious for leaving their eggs in other nests and their offspring pushes the other eggs off. And longlegs takes lee's childhood home by "nesting" in their basement
@@1219stiles nice!
@@therobw also to answer who longlegs resembles, he looks like a 70`s-80's rockstar. The makeup, shaggy long hair, the T-Rex references, and the way he sings as well
He's giving Mickey Rourke in Sin City tease
I can see that!
Scary stuff, many thanks for the post!!
glad to see you loved it as well rob best horror of the year so far for me
Totally
hadn't been to a theater in over a year, had a sprained neck, and dragged my dad with me to see it...i hadn't seen a movie in theaters with my dad in 24 years.. i went in blind i didn't even see the trailers for it..but i read SCARIEST MOVIE OF ALL TIME...BEST SERIAL KILLER FILM SINCE SILENCE OF THE LAMBS...wow...neither were true lol this movie may have been good if they didn't make it into a supernatural thriller...nic cage character was creepy... the supernatural stuff was generic and silly... its like something u see in a low budget straight to video horror dvd from the early 2000's...it cheapened it a great deal imo.
@@kimmyfreak200 still fun to get out to the theaters with your pops!
Im looking forward to this.
But Rob please please react to
HEADCASE
or
CRADLE OF FEAR
I put them on my watchlist!
@@therobw id rate both these more disturbing than The Coffee table.
Anyone agree with me?
Yea cool
I'll say this little detail that I don't think you mentioned. She wanted to be a actor. Long legs was a singer. These are things were people are known to sell they're soul for. So when she switched to a cop, long legs and the devil laughed because yes he plays games with people but this was going to be something more fun for him.
@@DeadMuzan that’s a great observation!
I love this movie - but I can see why some might not - and it’s primarily down to the fact that having some knowledge as to how Perkins does his thing helps appreciate it more.
He’s the master of ambiguity and leaving things up in the air - it’s effectively his calling card at this point - personally I love it, but it’s an acquired taste.
Another thing he’s masterful at is dropping little hints here and there - and “Longlegs” has many - just going to go through a few:
1 - It takes about 5 minutes for the viewer to figure out that there’s something a little... odd, about Lee. She’s stilted, weirdly unemotional, awkward - quite frankly she comes across as someone on the spectrum. But there’s another little hint as to what the truth is... and it’s right there from the beginning.
Notice how Lee walks - slightly hunched, stiff long strides, head down, arms basically clamped to her sides - her arms basically don’t leave her side for the entire first 2/3 of the movie - why is that? It’s a doll allegory - she walks like a doll being played with. At the end of the movie, we know why.
Also - she’s much more animated after Ruth shoots the doll.
2 - Ruth isn’t handicapped, she’s obviously troubled, but she’s not handicapped - why is one of the defining traits of her character through the movie that she takes a long time to pick the phone up? The viewer is led to believe it’s a quirk... truth is she’s in the basement and it takes a while to get upstairs.
The only real time Ruth shows any true mirth during the film is when Lee tells her that she doesn’t pray and haven’t prayed in a long time - she cackles, but then seems oddly proud of Lee for coming to that realization - we know why in hindsight.
And about Ruth - and I’ll just say it: “Hail Alicia Witt” - the ending is horrific, in a tragic sense. It’s clear that her reasons for doing what she’s doing is no longer about keeping her daughter safe, or not entirely, that is. And she tells on herself when she says: “I’ll do it again, and again, and again - and that makes it right” (the notion of protecting Lee) - at some point Ruth stopped caring about the justifications and Lee became a giant permission slip for her to keep pleasing “Father”
Which brings us to the ending:
“Father” has a plan for Lee, Ruth, Longlegs - for everybody.
And Longlegs tells Lee exactly what her endgame is in the interrogation when he tells Lee that he’ll “let her get started now” - up until that point Lee has simply been a pawn, Satan has moved her around on the board a little, but nothing indicative of what her fate is - until Longlegs tells her the aforementioned. Lee’s life has been like one of those toy cars that you wind up by pulling it backwards and letting it go - to her “birthday party”
Lee’s fate was always to know the truth, about herself, about Longlegs, about her mother - and having to live with that knowledge and the visual of her mother’s body slumped on that couch - and that she’s the reason for it. It’s why the gun clicks when she tries to shoot the doll - the devil planned it that way - she’s meant to “savor” the moment - twist and burn, little girl, forever.
“Hail Satan”
Thanks for well written break down! This movie deserves dissection for sure
@@therobw It really does.. theres so much weird shit you dont necessarily catch on the first watch.
😳Most people get a luncheon on their first day…she gets a bonafide slaughter of her arrogant partner…WOW! Welcome aboard
hi dude, i'm a big fan of your content, plz continue !! i'm also french, i saw that you reacted to many French horror films, thank you for that! do you think it would be possible to react to “Grave” (or Raw in English) soon?
that would be amazing
take care
@@trippyboy6602 that’s been on my to-watch list basically since I started the channel lol. Thanks for the reminder to check it out soon 🤙🏻
@@therobw cool i'm hyped
MOMMYYYYYY DADDDYYYY UNMAKE ME
🙈🙈
Have you seen the new movie that’s in theaters called stream? It’s from the same creator of terrifier 2 and 3
@@jakegrasso3860 I plan on checking that out! Heard it’s pretty gooey
@@therobw it definitely looks like an interesting one
@@jakegrasso3860 those lower budget gorey slasher are right up my wheelhouse dude
8:05 don’t be a boss be a leader rob
You're the Ben Deen of Reaction Videos (I mean that as a compliment of course).
I don’t get the reference but I’ll take it!!
have you watched the movie oddity Rob ? some people said that it is scariest movie of this year
Plan on checking it out here soon!
Literally the only thing I didn't like about the movie is the last shot with Cage. It felt unnecessary. Other than that 1 thing, I loved it
@@jacotromp59581 I can see that
I thought it kinda ruined it for me the first time I watched it in the theatre, but I’ve since come around a bit on it. Almost like he’s rubbing it in our faces that he won lol
Hey Rob I loved 🥰 Longlegs horror movie 🍿 with Maika Monroe as Lee Harker and she was in It Follows and will return in They Follow so I am the Queen 👸 Of Horror that knows what’s coming out 💖!!!💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜
Been waiting on this one 🔥
YES BRO
🤘🏻🤘🏻🤘🏻
Damn, guess I gotta watch Along came A Spider now
Idk if you have seen "I Saw The TV Glow" it's awesome and is kinda confusing
@@MRBURG. I plan on getting around to it soon! Kinda got lost in the shuffle for me when it was released
I do not do 🐍 …. nope. This is like “Longlegs the Musical”😂
Great reaction rob as always.
Disappointing film not scary.
Not to me anyway.😮😢
It’s a vibe. Thanks for watching :)
It's unintentionally funny to me.
@@thegirlfromru 😈
lol
Watch Oddity next!!! 🤘🤘🤘
Coming up!
@@therobw hell yeah!
Most disturbing film of 2024
"Longlegs" looks like a long-haired trans-version of Jon Voight+Marilyn Manson
:D
Didn’t he have long hair in Anaconda?
HAHAHAHA ACCURATE
Read an interview with him before I saw the movie, apparently he took inspiration from his mother! 😆
Why’s he look like a woman DONT understand this story
Great Movie!
Agreed
That Nick guy looks like this creep in the barbarian
Hecks yeah
Amazing cinematography and atmosphere building, unfortunately overhyped a bit with their marketing but I enjoyed it overall. I just didn't really love Cage's look, I feel like it couldve been much scarier than the lool they went with
I will say though, I can't stop saying "let me innnn cause if you donnttt I'll have to come baccckkk, not once, not twice but as many times as I liiiiike" 😅
Fair enough
Love Rob, hate this movie
Haha
I loved this movie until the final act. Thought it was kind of stupid. If you need that much exposition to finish your story it's not for me.
@@ninethreefivesix def agree on the exposition dump
25:31 this was the first time she saw Cage as Longlegs. They kept them separated during filming up until this moment
Also, the devil appears in the background at least 10 times during the movie. I think you missed every single one😂
🤦🏻♂️🤦🏻♂️
Who does Longlegs look like?... Marilyn Manson 😂
@@barnabasstewart4104 spot on!
my mom and my 6 yr old daughter went to see this in the theater with the fancy chairs lol. Willow does the hands thing says today is your birthday..... My grandma loved suspense movies too. One of our top favorites is Double Jeopardy.
6!?!
@@therobw yep. lol. she loves scary movies. her favorites are Jaws, Scream, Child's Play. when i was young I was scared of 90s Pennywise especially the shower screen lol. This kid isn't scared of scary movies she laughs at me when i get scared sometimes.
i don't get why this movie was label has scariest movie of the year.. i liked the first act then got so bored..
Watch Texas chainsaw massacre franchise
is she like harkers wife dracula related
Movie was shot very well. But the entire slow buildup was poorly executed in the end for me if that makes sense… Really wanted to like it 🙁
Sorry to hear that :/ it’s not for everyone
Hail Satan 😈
was gonna watch this in theaters but heard it was mid
It’s def not mid
@@therobw what u rate it
@@Drequan probably the best horror movie of 2024. It's not for everyone but I loved it.
Hey Rob are you going to watch the trailer of Terrifier 3 horror movie 🎦 because I loved 🥰 watching it and that Jonathan and Sienna are back to get revenge on Art The 🤡 so I hope you put this on your reaction list 💖!!!💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜
@@melaniecorley7011 I watched the trailer already! Looks great 🤡🤡
so rob you send your ladies in first lol dangerous choice
Ladies first dude!
@@therobw hahaa mad lad good bro n dam was this one a head game