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I do not agree with this at all. Although I love Nicolas Cage, I found Longlegs to be boring, and really neither scary or relatable. Compared to movies that are not even mentioned, like Smile, Speak no evil (the original), Midsommar, Mother etc, i don't feel like Longlegs should be at the top!
I actually even feel that M3gan was better than Longlegs both as a whole and as a singled out villain.
Conversely, I was unmoved by Smile, thought Midsommar was fine but was just redoing the Wicker Man and I hate Mother. Meanwhile, I was unnerved by Longlegs which is not something that happens often these days, although it was less about Cage (who doesn't have much screentime) and more about how it was directed. He does deserve to be on the list for the film, but not quite so high and M3gan should definitely be in the mix. I'd also throw in Dan Stevens' character from Cuckoo.
Longlegs was extremely disappointing for me. The trailers invoking "Silence of the Lambs" was an insult. I went in expecting Lambs and instead recieved a supernatural story. I think my expectations would've been more tempered had the trailer not brought up Lambs.
they added an element of authenticity and sheer terror
- Longlegs - Longlegs (2024)
I can only assume the writer either has very different taste in horror from me/us, or we've been (not so) cunningly been sucked into engagement bait. Include the movie on a list of modern horror? Sure. I had some issues with it, but whatever. Longlegs himself, though? Oof.