Longlegs

i hope longlegs is painfully rotting away in hell for that shit. FUCK that guy. i gotta give it to nicholas cage and the makeup department, man. i only knew him from the netflix show that was about the history of curse words and leaving las vegas. i was aware of his talent but DAMN. most satanic killers in movies that i have seen are just cliches on top of cliches. but longlegs seemed to be well-written compared to most. And the ending really got my ass. that’s how you write a fucking plot twist. like i had a inkling that it would connect to lee but NOT LIKE THAT?!?! also, why is she the female version of will graham?? fbi agents who are undoubtedly autistic and have an unsettling way of knowing things about their cases. and don’t get me started on carter telling her to look more closely. like HELLO will graham. i just know osgood watched nbc hannibal since the resemblance is too uncanny.  nevertheless, this was a very good movie. i don’t watch a lot of thrillers anymore but this one was amazingly good. it was evenly paced and beautifully executed. i loved the last twenty minutes of it because of how EVERYTHING unraveled. my favorite part of it all was how it was still terrifying even though we never saw much violence (besides a few scenes and people covered in blood). the tone of the movie was brilliant. and i love—LOVED the religious imagery in this. lastly, i think the most enjoyable thing about this movie is that they wanted us to mirror lee’s anxiety and fear. just like her, i’m pretty sure most of us did not know that was how the movie was going to go. i feel like that’s the problem with horror/thriller movies nowadays, we figure out the masked killer and the demise ten minutes in. so i do not mean it as an insult when i say, this film stumped me.