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'Longlegs' walks in with a wintry moodiness, and its thrills are just getting started (Horror movie Review) (www.latimes.com)

submitted 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) by MattW03@lemmy.ca to c/horror@lemmy.world

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Filmmaker Osgood Perkins’ eerie, occultist serial-killer horror thriller “Longlegs” opens with a psyche-rattling sequence, barely a minute or two long, in which he crafts a chilling sense of shock, awe and humor simply through shot composition, editing and performance. It unsettles the viewer on a bone-deep level, the tension bursting like a bubble on a bravura music cue.

It is scary — only because of how it is presented formally, not necessarily thanks to any of the basic actions or imagery on screen — and it is thrilling because Perkins announces from the outset his audacious approach to tone as well as his mastery of cinematic technique to create suspense. The tension never lets up throughout “Longlegs,” though it is peppered with a dry, black humor that somehow just makes everything more disturbing. (...)

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[–] Bojimbo@lemmy.world 4 points 3 months ago (1 children)

This movie was a triumph of acting and cinematography, but oh boy, what a terrible script.

[–] steeznson@lemmy.world 4 points 3 months ago

Couldn't agree more! Nicholas Cage's catchphrase in this movie - trying to avoid spoilers - came off more cringey than scary.

I do have to say that the first half was sensational. The atmosphere, tension and Twin Peaks references were all working for me. They just didn't stick the landing in the third act at all.

[–] mayo@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago

There's so much horror coming out and this didn't really do anything for me that Black Phone didn't do, or what Malum tried and failed to do.

That scene where they put two quiet mumbly characters talking to each other... I was out at that point.