Early viewers of Nicolas Cage ’s new film have claimed Longlegs is the best serial killer horror to be released since The Silence of the Lambs in 1991. Directed by Oz Perkins ( Gretel & Hansel , I Am the Pretty Thing that Lives in the House ), the film follows FBI agent Lee Harker (Maika Monroe) as she investigates a series of murders attributed to a Satanic killer known as Longlegs (Cage) in the 1990s. Longlegs is slated for release in the UK on Friday, 12 July – the same day as the movie’s wider US release.
However, early screenings of the film have already triggered a slew of praise for Perkins’ fourth feature. Writing on X/Twitter, Matt Neglia, editor of Next Best Picture called Longlegs “one of the best serial killer films in recent memory”, adding that the movie was “psychologically scarring” as well as “sinister” and an “unnerving descent into hell that will haunt your mind and soul”. Another early viewer added that the film had left them “on the verge of tears in terror” and advised moviegoers not to see Longlegs alone.
“ Longlegs is the best serial killer horror film since The Silence of the Lambs ,” another fan claimed. “Oz Perkins infuses dread/terror into every single frame. Utterly terrifying and unsettling, Maika Monroe is hypnotic, while Nicolas Cage will haunt your nightmares.
” Some Longlegs audience members reported they’d struggled to shake off the fear that “lingered” long after leaving the cinema. One person questi.