"You've got the teeth of the hydra upon you."
"Do you still say your prayers? I never said my prayers, never once. They scared me."
FBI Agent Lee Harker
Longlegs is an upcoming 2024 horror movie directed by Oz Perkins (The Blackcoat's Daughter, I Am the Pretty Thing That Lives in the House, Gretel and Hansel) and distributed by Neon.
Lee Harker (Maika Monroe) is a talented FBI recruit assigned to a brutal and mysterious killer, Longlegs (Nicolas Cage) with a terrifying modus operandi. While following the case down occult rabbit holes, Harker discovers a personal connection to the case and must race to stop Longlegs before he kills again.
Alicia Witt and Blair Underwood also star. The film is set to release in theaters on July 12, 2024.
Teaser #1 is here.
Teaser #2 is here.
Tropes
- Diagonal Billing: Not quite diagonal, but Nicolas Cage and Maika Monroe both get equal "and" billing.
- It's Personal: The logline reveals that Longlegs' killing spree is personal to FBI agent Lee Harker in some way, but it doesn't reveal how.
- Red Is Violent: All of the film's marketing features bright red writing or backgrounds to invoke this association, as well as drawing attention to red costuming.
- Serial Killer: "Longlegs" apparently is one.
- Snow Means Death: So far, all of the external shots have shown snow on the ground to suggest that this Serial Killer story takes place in midwinter.
