LONGLEGS (Spoiler Review) - Pretentious Style Over Substance

[@Raitan2008]

And how did blair underwoods character did not make the connection with his own daughter's birthday?

[@doubllechief6926]

After he broke into her house and left the note I thought to be myself “this is going to be a classic”, little did I know it was all downhill from there. Just a mess of a movie with a poorly structured narrative and absolutely no thesis. The only thing this movie has going for it is the vibes and how it looks.

[@hardcutreviews]

The cabin scene was great and set the perfect tone. Then they never brought it back.

[@siriush100]

Comparing this to The Silence Of The Lambs is just hilarious.

[@LuisAngel-mu4zv]

Silence of the lambs isn't that good, Manhunter is way better

[@sleepinggorilla]

Silence of the Lambs is a masterpiece.

[@hardcutreviews]

Manhunter is also a masterpiece. It's just a little more dated than SotL.

[@recession81]

Red Dragon is so underrated

[@burgersbiblesaeh849]

​@@recession81yes! I agree. It was honestly my favorite out of them.

[@RainbowRenegade]

How did nun with a giant doll leave no traces and hasn't been seen by the neighbors? 🙄 So many things in that movie fall apart and don't make sense under closer scrutiny.

[@BabyArms]

Director Oz Perkins has responded to at least one question similar to this one on his Reddit AMA with "Because it's a movie." Great attitude for the writer to have, right?

[@kathyheyne6030]

8:58 There’s another reason the mother had to be the accomplice: she was the only available character. The film wasn’t exactly spoilt for choice for characters, yet even the few they had were ciphers. Most of them were just plot devices. I feel asleep in Part Two of this film. That’s how bad I found it.

[@hardcutreviews]

Exactly. Very small circle on possibilities. Not exactly a mystery.

[@brianaguilar8283]

They could have done more with Carrie Anne Camera, the only survivor of Longlegs, and maybe make her a red herring but they completely wasted her character

[@rumham7466]

I fell asleep too. It’s rare in this bored with a movie. Even when a movie is bad I’ll still at least feel something from it. Annoyance, irritation. lol. But this gave me absolutely nothing.

[@grnzrn]

AI Prompt: Make a movie like Zodiac, Seven and Silence of the Lambs, throw in some Fargo vibes.

[@hardcutreviews]

And a sprinkle of Joker.

[@oatmanbecauseilikeoatmeal]

I was the only one of my friends who gave it a 2/5. they all gave a solid 5/5, movie of the year. I swear I felt absolutely insane there for a while. Even my favorite reviewers gave it high praise. Glad I'm not the only one.

[@hardcutreviews]

No idea why it’s getting the praise it is. The movie is already forgotten. Appreciate the comments, dude.

[@oatmanbecauseilikeoatmeal]

@@hardcutreviews np, I enjoy the content. Subbed!

[@georgefenix1933]

Just watched it on the big screen. The thing about Longlegs is that it has a few intriguing ideas that never come together right. It ain't bad, but it's not a new classic as many suggest it is.

[@hardcutreviews]

Definitely had some interesting ideas. Just didn’t fit together.

[@theaccount2025]

These horror filmmakers seem to be putting less and less effort into their protagonists. Take a dollar for every time the main hero in a horror flick was a detached, rigid, charisma vacuum with monotone lines and no facial expressions beyond a look of apathy. She has none of the potency or urgency you would expect an FBI agent (or even a street cop) to have. Compare to Clarice Starling, who was so dialed in and intense that it made her a believable hero who was dealing with real danger.

[@shobooknight]

Almost as if there was an express plot reason for her to be detached and frigid

[@sleepinggorilla]

Really, I knew from the first scene that this was Lee as a little girl, and everything after that was a result of her encounter with Longlegs as a child. Then all the characters were just putzing around until they showed more of the flashback. If you only knew about the characters in the opening scene and knew that Lee survived, then it is obvious who his accomplice is.

[@GizmoBeach]

@@shobooknight Detached and frigid…just what college graduates who become FBI Agents are, as well as basket cases who walk around in a daze.

[@howardroark3736]

I’m so glad that there was one critic who actually agreed with my take on this movie. The performances and atmosphere are the good parts, but Nicolas Cage is allowed to go a little too off-leash, the script is dumb as a bag of rocks, and the ending is so poorly built up to and executed that it left a really bad taste in my mouth.

[@megaglemyeggo]

It makes me so happy that I was not alone in my take of Longlegs Lol

[@hardcutreviews]

You are not.

[@Vinsensee]

13:23 THANK YOUUUU !!!! Like wtf I felt no weight in this movie whatsoever. Families are being coerced into murder ? I should like be feeling something. Sadness or ATLEAST some damn tension.

[@BMXFU]

Felt like I was losing my mind after seeing it, hating it and seeing people online praise it. Very lazy unoriginal movie

[@hardcutreviews]

You are not alone.

[@kipdaedricartifact]

What’s driving me crazy is how people are praising Cage’s performance. Knowing how goofy he can be, I was still optimistic that this might be a genuinely unnerving performance. But no, he was laughably cringey in almost every scene he was in. Dude was doing a Joker imitation the whole way through. I genuinely was not scared or even disturbed by his character once, and I’m usually not hard to scare at all when it comes to horror movies. People calling his performance “deeply disturbing” is actually baffling to me.

[@hardcutreviews]

Doesn’t take much to please people these days. We were really looking forward to it but he was doing a poor man’s Joker the whole time.

[@andrewcruz3837]

I was looking forward to it. But i agree with everything you said . Complete 🗑️

[@christian-mosesholtz5458]

yeah, same here. his performance reminded of a lot of his performance in renfield wit the difference that longlegs is not supposed to be a comedy.

[@hardcutreviews]

@@christian-mosesholtz5458 He was fantastic in Renfield.

[@christian-mosesholtz5458]

@@hardcutreviews yes, indeed. :D

[@vierbee]

finally a review that calls out that this movie was just kinda... mid i agree w so much of this!! so thank u yeesh only point i think should've been talked better were the odd behaviours of the characters! maika monroe came across as odd n socially anxious, but ifl it was talked with the same amount of little nuance as oz does. its like oooo, they're weird and cuckoo so of course they're the killers. And there's not much space for nuancing that sort of behaviour when irl so many ppl r rly like that. a friend mentioned to me that they wished the film would've been a bit more nuanced tackling someone as seemingly weird as Longlegs, bc ppl can rly just be like that. this movie was very much "oooo he'd so weird hes a SATaniSt and a killer ooo he's so eccentric"

[@Convisis]

This movie would have been fucking awesome if it had a better story and didn’t lame out so hard. But it’s just a good looking disappointment. The fact that other reviews can’t even make mention of any of these very obvious flaws just speaks to how starved people are of even remotely half-decent non-mainstream superhero films.

[@hardcutreviews]

The more original films we get, the better. But they still have to be well told.

[@christian-mosesholtz5458]

spoilers: i wasnt a fan of cages performance as it struck me way too much as comedical, but i liked maikas performance and the visuals. nevertheless the explanation for it all in the third act was beyond laughable, as well as the unfold events of the third act itself. furthermore some stuff was way too obvious. when the protagonist was invited into the cops house for me it was crystal clear that his family would be the final victim. also when she got the letter it was obvious that she was the girl from the beginning. was that intentional or were we really not supposed to figure that out immediately?

[@hardcutreviews]

We’ve been told it’s a masterpiece on par with The Shining and Misery. Clearly our expectations are way too high. The third act of this film was written in crayon.

[@jaredwatt8769]

Why did he even write the notes? Ive never turned against a movie so much. Longest hour and 40 of my life

[@hardcutreviews]

Longlegs was playing the long game with the FBI agent. Since she was 8.

[@s3.14dervision]

Horror for teen girls that don't like horror.

[@hardcutreviews]

Very cerebral.

[@youloveemelia]

This video makes me feel seeeeen. I rolled my eyes so many times in the movie theatre this evening

[@hardcutreviews]

You are not alone.

[@Lovicide]

I wouldn't personally go so far as to say it's awful or terrible. It's not perfect, but it's certainly better than a lot of other shit we normally get.

[@hardcutreviews]

For sure. It has its merits. But it’s not a 10/10 like a lot of what we are hearing. It’s ok. Would rather get another original film like this than a mindless prequel or sequel to a squeezed dry franchise.

[@andrewcruz3837]

How is it better? This movie was bland af

[@Lovicide]

@@andrewcruz3837 super duper in depth critique you've just given me. Almost made me change my opinion

[@andrewcruz3837]

@@Lovicide if you need people to give you depth about a 💩 movie then you aren’t that intelligent

[@Jackson...]

​@andrewcruz3837 the cinematography and sound design were on point basically the entire movie, it just absolutely lost the plot towards the end. I think once cage started hamming it up too much the tension completely left the movie, and the satanic horror completely ruined it for me.

[@royboxing5421]

It would be cool to see the Cage scenes without the makeup and a more scaled back performance.

[@hardcutreviews]

Would have changed the film for the better.

[@disf5178]

@@royboxing5421 Cage and "scaled back performance" don't match

[@royboxing5421]

@@disf5178 I think that would make it legitamately scary, If Cage wasn't just being Cage 🤣

[@cole6843]

The whole magic dolls thing was really dumb. Its not scary its just goofy.

[@colinwhitfield8627]

you said it in the first thirty seconds "Not what we were sold" True. Might you reexamine it as something other than what was sold? Its something.

[@RedPilledRants]

I'm waiting for the sequel, Short Legs.... starring Warwick Davis.

[@hardcutreviews]

Sign us up.

[@GaudiaCertaminisGaming]

He lives quite close to me. I’ll push the idea, for 15% gross.

[@RedPilledRants]

@@GaudiaCertaminisGaming lol. Nice!

[@bryanutterback4074]

Lmfao😂

[@bryanutterback4074]

Willow 2: short legs

[@cjgeminitarot6836]

When Nick Cage said “LET MAY IN NAAAH” I died laughing and started to wonder if this wasn’t sincerely meant as a comedy. There’s no way they didn’t know that scene was just hilarious - right?

[@hardcutreviews]

When their heads are that far up their own asses, it’s hard to tell how self aware they are.

[@suavaciousadoration5074]

The whole doll thing was dumb. Instead of trying to get families to accept a lifesize replica of their daughters, she could have just had the steel ball in her pocket the whole time.

[@hardcutreviews]

Especially since she takes the doll after the deed is done.

[@sleepinggorilla]

It was needlessly elaborate and unrealistic. Who shows up to your door with a life size doll of your kid already made? Why didn’t anyone question this?

[@hardcutreviews]

@@sleepinggorilla You’re not supposed to question arty horror. It’s arty so writing is irrelevant.

[@MissBliss818]

It's supposed to represent a vessel or egrogore.

[@patrickdoherty4527]

Exactly. They thought, ok dolls are creepy, so we have to shoe-horn that in.

[@firstgold]

Thanks for saying what I trying to put my finger on. I had to see it twice because some drunk kept talking in a row behind me the first time, and while it was marginally better the second time, the exposition dump at the end was just not the right way to go about it.

[@hardcutreviews]

Remove the exposition dump and have Harker (and the audience) live through the experience. Immediately elevates the film.

[@BloopsnBleeps]

How about the first part where the partners head was blown off and her instinct was to back up against a window for cover... I checked out so fast

[@hardcutreviews]

Basically gets her partner killed and ISN’T placed on leave.

[@Tpayne007]

Doesn't call for backup either and for some reason the guy gets himself arrested. Why did he kill the partner then?

[@Pozorrogo]

This should have been a 45 minute long anthology segment like for 'Cabinet of Curiosities' or some other random anthology show.

[@cliffhamrickwrites2378]

I just saw it in the theaters and felt the same way. This is hipster horror: horror movies for people who don't like horror movies.

[@EddieSmith917]

Plz name ur top 3 horror films so I can understand where u are coming from

[@LuisAngel-mu4zv]

How is it hipster horror though? I don't see how it's pretentious

[@EddieSmith917]

​@LuisAngel-mu4zv it's funny because these guys that he is agreeing with are the very definition of hipster

[@ababafgatg]

We’re waiting.

[@bobsmith-ji2uh]

I didn’t think it was good either but I don’t think it’s a hipster movie either and didn’t think it was pretentious.

[@WheresWaldo05]

The other day on my phone i watched back to back to back: Romulus, Long legs, Trap Wow, talk about three terrible movies. And i rarely dislike movies. 😳

[@sunshinestate28]

I went to see this and the next week I went to see Twisters. I had a LOT more fun with Twisters. Longlegs did not make much sense to me, and I’ve forgotten much of the plot.

[@hardcutreviews]

Very different films but I’ll take Twisters any day of the week over this, lol.

[@Ztolas_5]

Just saw it yesterday and “style over substance” was my immediate thought. I’m just glad I saw it for free cause of their marketing campaign giving out free tickets if your birthday is on the 14th 😂

[@heelmoxley365]

My screening couldn’t stop laughing every time Nicholas Cage said anything in this movie.

[@hardcutreviews]

Samesies.

[@Ranechannel77]

I think it wasn't creepy enough Longlegs should of been able to get into peoples heads, and mess with their percieved version of reality somehow through a necklace or somthing, that would of justified his weird look more.They could of had him leading his own cult but that would border on being a bit like Lord of illusions.

[@ruptakruptak439]

Man, I did the whole *rubs eyes in shame* thing when you guys mentioned how Main Protagonist Chick doesn't change at all after her doll is destroyed. Such a missed opportunity there

[@hardcutreviews]

Really was a missed opportunity at any kind of character development and growth.

[@abp1400]

the pivot to the "supernatural" in the end is so forced and rushed like what(?)

[@theaccount2025]

It would have been creepier if he was just a psycho who committed the crimes himself (not a doll) in the name of the devil. Not a supernatural being with legitimate demonic forces behind him, just a dangerous nutjob.

[@FrankTheTank94]

They established within the first few minutes that she was psychic or "half-psychic." Immediately you have to assume that there is an element of the supernatural in this world.

[@howardroark3736]

@@FrankTheTank94It’s pretty different to establish that a character has psychic or quasi-psychic intuition, which could easily be a scifi premise (and is how “Hannibal” tended to treat its main profiler Will Graham), versus establishing that the serial killer is potentially working with the devil or something similar (which is the closest thing to an explanation offered for what he does in the movie). The concepts are super far apart. Psychic intuition is something a lot of people already believe in. Whereas the devil’s powers literally being used to make people kill each other is something else. It’s a bridge too far, with so little explanation or buildup.

[@sweetjanexo]

@@howardroark3736you put this in a great way that put a finger on what I couldn’t figure out. I guess the beginning really had me thinking that it was gonna have dark serious elements like Silence of the Lambs or Mindhunter with a touch of paranormal that helps her narrowly solve the macabre murders and harrowing buildup. My own fault for imposing expectations, but it still felt too mishmash at the end to walk away satisfied

[@sleepinggorilla]

It would have been much better if her clairvoyance was actually her repressed memories surfacing.

[@BabyArms]

I've been working on a long dissection of this movie (and of the director as a filmmaker) for a few months now. I intended to publish it in October, but it's been unbelievably hard to find time to work on it because my wife and I had a kid recently. I'd like to use one or two brief clips from this review-I'm talking like 6-8 seconds apiece, and I can tell you exactly which parts if you want. Would you be cool with that? I plan on recommending this video and channel at the end of my video either way.

[@hardcutreviews]

Dude, use whatever you like. That’s awesome you’re doing a deep dive on the film. And I know where you’re at. I (Bobby) had a daughter 9 months ago and it is all consuming. We’re lucky that we can even get 1 review a week out when we’re in good shape. Looking forward to your breakdown. Send it our way when you’re done.

[@BabyArms]

@ Congratulations on the daughter! And thanks, I definitely will share it when I'm done (hopefully before the end of this week). I've watched/listened to your review probably ten times or more by now. I've been waist-deep in interviewers, podcasters, and redditors glazing Oz Perkins for a lot longer than I ever wanted to be, and your channel has been an oasis for me.

[@hardcutreviews]

@ Haha, thanks dude. I’m sure you’re looking forward to his next film in a couple months, The Monkey.

[@BabyArms]

@@hardcutreviews Nah, I'm all Perkins'd out. Watching everything he's made up until now gave me Perkinson's.

[@BabyArms]

​@@hardcutreviews Now that might actually get me to watch the movie. I'm not going to pay for it though.

[@KyleCorwith]

After you guys described that ending, I’ll wait for streaming just to see Cage’s performance-which by the way, Bobby, your impression got me laughing every time! 😁

[@hardcutreviews]

Interested in your thoughts on Cage. The guy is great but this performance was lacking any type of nuance.

[@NeoDJDAN]

Another huge problem was the movie could have been titled anything. "Tiny Arms" or "Fat Fingers" are both viable titles.

[@hardcutreviews]

Perkins broke down where he got the title from and it was literally just a process of him mashing together words until he settled on something he thought sounded cool.

[@4h0w1e6]

It should have been Blair Underwood's movie, showing him running investigation while dealing with his weirdo team member.

[@4h0w1e6]

I watch this last night and have been thinking about it since. This review really captures my reaction. Another goofy thing for a smart thriller: Harker shows up at crimes scene (as tape is going up, of course) and just proceeds to march through without any apparent consideration as to whether she's is stomping all over evidence.

[@tonywords6713]

0:12 did anybody else notice the title cards in the film felt weirdly pixelated/blurry? I notice you replicate the effect in your video which i assume is intentional

[@hardcutreviews]

Yeah we usually recreate the titles as they are presented in the trailer or on the poster. In this case, there is a slight blur to the text. Soooooooooooooo original. Masterpiece.

[@periteu]

Entiendo el descontento general con la película, ya que también me sentí incómodo mientras la veía. Los personajes tomaban decisiones muy extrañas, y su manera robótica de actuar solo lo hacía más evidente y desconcertante.

[@GarouOfficial]

SPOILERS AHEAD I watched this for nick cage and I was severely disappointed, maybe my intuition is just too strong but the movie 1. had no pay offs, and 2. was completely predictable. 1. they led with the whole thing of the movie being that Lee was partially “psychic” which is how the fbi in the movie described it. And that was a really really great concept. But then after long legs placed the note in her house (which was needless risky in terms of plot, yes it was symbolic and a great scene but you get my point. Just leave it in the mailbox) After that they don’t even use this plot device at all moving forward. Long legs gives Lee the decryption key for all the notes, and she deciphers everything. Which by the way was a super basic thing to do. If you’re telling me that over 30 years the fbi failed to translate notes from a serial killer then you’re crazy. They would have that shit decrypted in 30 seconds. And you know it’s all the same key because lee just uses the key that long legs gave her on the card for the one at the new crime scene. Total waste of her “psychic” powers They should have leaned into this plot element more heavily. Firstly they should have had the things that Lee is able to sense be throughout her life, and also have a pay off later in the movie that even though it seemed like they were helping her, it was actually hurting her. Like with the long legs in her house scene, the sense got her outside which was what LL wanted. So there’s your pay off you’re missing. Next in the pay off it’s revealed that it was the connection to the devil that was giving her this ability, so there is a minor link between them. Now you can have the battle of evil and good or willpower. Can be whatever you want. But Lee’s character is just too pure, she doesn’t make any mistakes really. She never does anything amoral or harm anyone directly threatening her life. She should have had these moments where she doubts herself and makes decisions she regrets or decisions that hurt others around her so that she goes through an arc. Because as of now she has no arc. Also it’s ridiculous how she solves everything, when her and her boss carter go to the old home to find the barn she even points out where the barn is. Like he was so dumb he didn’t see a fucking barn in the driveway as they drove up with their headlights on it. So either make it her gift that’s giving her the edge or don’t make the fbi look dumb. Because anyone who got to be her boss’s rank is surely intelligent enough to reason the things that she has. 2. It was so predictable, as soon as I saw the young version of Lee as a quiet reserved child, same as her older self I knew it was her in the beginning. They should have had the child as the opposite of how she was in the present, lively, and pure. Then over the years she decayed into the quiet shell of a person she was in the present. The next predictable thing was as soon it was established that LL and birthdays were connected I deduced that Carter’s daughter was a target when she wanted to invite Lee to her birthday. It was so forced, why tf does a little girl invite her dads coworker to her birthday. The girl isn’t under the control of the devil. It should have been carter to invite her. Lastly, Lee’s mother, they only show us her voice in the first part of the movie during the present. So I’m like why are they concealing her mom from us? Whats wrong with her? Hmm why wasn’t Lee killed in the first scene? Right... her mom is a part of it. So simple. It should have been the reverse, her mom was the upstanding person, with a beautiful home, always inviting Lee over but Lee refused because she felt uncomfortable... you know because of Satan. And lee’s home was like a hoarders, like her moms. Because her mom accepted the gift, which would have given her a good life but she had to do bad things. Lee would be resisting it so she would have a bad life while trying to create good things and struggling as she was unable to break the connection her mom had willingly established with LL and the devil. And of course show her mom as a nun or whatever so the audience knows, and doesn’t get their suspension of disbelief broken when they use the ass pull in the 3rd act of Lee’s mom acting likes shes with the church. It would have been so easy to just have her be with the church, so it makes sense why she encourages lee to say her prayers. But of course in this version the prayers are subtly evil. Even get her mom to try to get her to say them over the phone. So then the payoff is when she kills her mom the deal the mom made is broken and she’s a normal person again. You can say she loses the gift then and she has to go through life without it if you’re making a sequel. Or you can say that carters daughter is the one who gains it since she survived and so did the doll. But instead of lee fighting it with will power the girl becomes the new LL for the second movie. What do you guys think?

[@hardcutreviews]

Lot of solid points. The biggest crime was introducing that psychic aspect and then going nowhere with it or using it in the climax. The influence of the doll over her was genuinely interesting and it didn’t pay off at all. Instead we get an expo dump and a ridiculous conclusion. Appreciate your lengthy thoughts on the film.

[@GarouOfficial]

@@hardcutreviews I don’t watch many modern movies because of the trend of disappointments, so I should have known this would be a victim to similar mistakes that the industry has fallen into recently. However the story had so much potential, it was a shame to see it wasted. Side note: I did see the movies with someone who is not as attentive as me, so to say. And she liked it a lot, she was thoroughly scared. So it’s still possible to enjoy as a brain off movie I suppose. But that’s not what was marketed and not what this movie could have been. Thank you for the reply, the review, and your time, if you have any more thoughts you’d like to share I am more than willing to listen. Edit: you’re completely right, even something as simple as having the mom hide the doll years ago which forces Lee to find it. And either there she is racing against the clock to stop her mom. If not, why didn’t her mom shoot the doll when Lee was 9?

[@hardcutreviews]

@@GarouOfficial Yeah, shooting the doll paid off in absolutely no way. She didn’t change, and the mom continued her killing despite the dolls power being eliminated. Pointless. Happy to discuss ideas anytime!

[@CynsCorner]

Great review, you guys. I mentioned in my own that I got the feeling this movie thought it was smarter than it really was. I didn't enjoy it like I was hoping to. Nicolas Cage's performance was more annoying than creepy.

[@jaycollins2036]

Nic Cage's performance reminded me of Paul Dano as the Riddler. More goofy than scary. But it really needed to be scary.

[@hardcutreviews]

Yeah it was kind of let down. Was really looking forward to this one. Wasn’t the worst but very forgettable in our eyes.

[@scrow7752]

Only 11k subs is a crime!

[@hardcutreviews]

The KZbin game is a vertical climb in 2024. Appreciate you checking us out!

[@NextChrisChan]

I mean they dropped the ball with this movie. It was so bad. Like laughable. I laughed at parts and it never turned into real horror.

[@hardcutreviews]

There were a few moments of genuine tension but then you get these laughable moments with a character (Longlegs) who just felt whacky instead of horrific. Missed opportunities.

[@BabyArms]

This is by far the best review of this movie I've seen. You break down exactly why the choices made about what's explained and what isn't result in a story that feels completely nonsensical and arbitrary with no stakes.

[@Blue_Grass_Girl]

It started off so well and the premesis was awesome. Also Nick Cage, very enjoyable. I am a huge scardy cat and this film stopped scaring me as soon as she figured it out. Such a shame. Also characters deliberately ignoring hints - the birthdays and a serial killer, aaaahhh - just takes me out of it.

[@hardcutreviews]

Such wasted potential.

[@andrewcruz3837]

This was made horribly. Trailers gave me high expectations

[@patrickdoherty4527]

It felt like they storyboarded the trailer first- then made the movie.

[@andrewcruz3837]

@@patrickdoherty4527 yeah

[@TinkerDeLorean]

As a former FBI agent, the protagonist in this movie would’ve been arrested in facing the needle. within the first 15 minutes of the movie

[@hardcutreviews]

We should have you give us the run down on all the FBI mishaps in this film. Would love to make a video breaking it all down from a former agents perspective.

[@oatmanbecauseilikeoatmeal]

@@hardcutreviews please do this

[@juliovictormanuelschaeffer8370]

For a time, I thought it was going to be a Poppy Playtime film. Oh well.

[@BaggeyTrowsers-w2n]

Did Red Letter Media seriously like this or is there some payola involved??

[@hardcutreviews]

Didn’t watch their review but heard they loved it. Hard to peg down what they will give props to these days.

[@willr4880]

Didnt like it. I watched it twice in 48 hours. Everyone blowing this movie, im like, what am i missing? Super let down.

[@hardcutreviews]

Seriously. Just watched it a second time a couple days before Halloween. I liked it even less.

[@willr4880]

@hardcutreviews same

[@sleepinggorilla]

I thought this movie was a lot like Denzel Washington’s movie “The Little Things” minus any real subtlety. The killer is obvious to everyone, but there is no evidence against him. The FBI were completely useless. they established her as clairvoyant but it didn’t help her solve the case. The villains literally sabotaged themselves by telling her where to look.

[@MamaMia84oo7]

It was such a hilarious movie. “Thereeeee she isss” lmaooo. Whoever said this movie is like the Silence of the Lambs, Im sure he was trolling. SOTL was a serious movie.

[@MamaMia84oo7]

The cinematography is beautiful though. At least the movie LOOKS LIKE A MOVIE for a change. In this day and age that’s rare.

[@hardcutreviews]

Can’t deny there was craftsmanship that went into the visuals of the film. But Cage was a clown and we were laughing the entire time he was talking. Nobody was laughing when Lecter was talking in SOTL.

[@Gdub33]

I completely agree. This movie is lame. Its so pretentious and boring.

[@TheChadTI]

I got old RLM vibes from this, from when they weren't completely burnt out.😅 These guys are great. I'm always glad to see a new video.

[@DaveDoran]

What's RLM,? I relate RVM to pearl jams classic rear view mirror

[@TheChadTI]

@DaveDoran Red Letter Media. I was never a big PJ fan but I respect them for always doing their thing. Occasionally a song like Mind Your Manners jumps out me though 🤙

[@hardcutreviews]

We expect you to call us out the day we burn out and start compromising.

[@TinkerDeLorean]

Try convincing the FBI that there’s a guy living in your basement that doesn’t have running water or a bathroom and you didn’t know he was there or a serial killer. You are going to prison my friend.

[@simplydee4113]

I felt the same way about this. I wanted to love it but ummm it was just meh.

[@OffTheCover]

Thanks for saving two hours of my life

[@jesusriced]

It was actually good though

[@andrewcruz3837]

@@jesusricednot really. Really lazy writing

[@ababafgatg]

Oh so you rely on others to form your own opinions? That’s sad.

[@andrewcruz3837]

@@ababafgatg how is that relying on others? What if he hasn’t seen it? you know how ridiculous you sound? Lmfao 🤦‍♂️

[@ababafgatg]

@@andrewcruz3837 He obviously hasn’t seen it. That’s the whole point. Also, you’re literally replying to every comment on this video. You’re just a hater. Go do something with your life.

[@disf5178]

Im only a couple minutes in to vid.. but i agree I saw once in theater with my son who had seen it. He and i have a love for good horror- Hereditary being the last movie we flipped over. He lightly hyped it. He was excited to see a 2nd time. I watched, but I felt myself drifting away from what was happening. I never was able to fully connect with what was going on. Creepy. Dread. Atmosphere- all there, but the story just wasn't well told imo. I was never drawn in.

[@hardcutreviews]

It definitely had the elements of a decent creepy serial killer film but really fell short.

[@laquentineta6241]

is the guy on the left from the same city as the AVGN or somth? they sound so similar

[@TinkerDeLorean]

Getting your partner purposely deleted will never get you a promotion you immediately sent on leave for a very long time. You’re not gonna get a promotion also when the person who is literally just a doll maker breaks into your home and leaves you all the clues on how to catch your own mother, you’re still going to jail for tampering with evidence because you didn’t report it.

[@Blue.1889]

Came back to this review, I think you guys were right that there was too much that was left unsaid while also giving a ton of exposition. I think I got more out of this movie from looking into interviews but an audience shouldn’t have to do that to get the full scope of what a director is going for. Also, a lot of plot holes like you pointed out. Still loved a lot of elements but it’s not as good as I initially thought

[@hardcutreviews]

There are definitely some good elements in there. But the more you look into the creation of this film, the more you learn that Oz Perkins was just throwing things he liked at the wall and seeing what stuck. If you have an hour to spare, check out BabyArms and his breakdown of how the film came to be. It’s called Longlegs is a Hype Vaccine. It really shines a light on Perkins and how creatively bankrupt he is. Highly recommend.

[@jamesblake7922]

saw it. ( as reference, when i saw Hereditary, i predicted it to be the next "good horror movie" made in a long time ) that said, my viewpoint on "LongLegs" should be taken with more than a grain of salt. First, when i saw the trailers, i had high expectations and visions of whet they COULD do with the subject, ghost, entity or monster. It left a lot of good atmosphere for terrifying events. But... when i saw the movie, it felt like a lot of wasted opportunity. Like more than a little. Where drama took place, was the wrong viewpoint of the drama needed. And the entity wasn't utilized with good practical effects like a good horror needs, along with any CGI necessary, good practical physical special effects make for a well designed visual. Sometimes a whole movie with nothing but real physical creatures or effects are far better than a little "bad CGI" effects. Or in this case, the wrong ones, or at least the wrong viewpoint that the viewer sees the horror happening. Sorry, as this is just one opinion, but like many of us who enjoy horror movies, VERY FEW actually get us excited to watch. And when one comes along with prospects, we get higher expectations than what is delivered, need to get together, somehow with our ideas on specific scenes we have in mind that are "real scary" ideas, and collaborate these ideas as a group or committee that gets the attention of the right people who can actually utilize them into a movie, and not just go with one writers idea and a directors last word on their idea of what is scary. I don't just feel, "but know" some of what terrifies me personally, would make most people cringe. And is NOTHING taken from another movie, but within my own imagination that could easily be put to screen "if" the right producers and directors would actually listen to them. But 1 post here on KZbin isn't near enough to make that happen. We need a team of horror idealists, for single or multiple horror scenes that is adaptable to different horror movies, on a scene by scene idea, so its adaptability can be used for these horrible made B movies that somehow get approved by people who obviously have way too much money to spend on "not scaring" anyone, and some are to the point of ridiculous and a comedy of horror, rather than true nightmarish terror. Why are soooo many B movies allowed to waste our time? Because there's more people out there that have mediocre ideas that have mediocre direction and a small budget. If that's the case, i'd rather only 1 horror movie per year get made well, than a hundred B or C movies get made daily. Its just horrible waste of time to watch something poorly made. True vision comes from smaller individuals ideas, collaborated by a committee who decide on an idea to either advance, or be rejected. My god, they STILL use the cliche' of little girls singing "ring around the posey" !! as if that wasn't used 1000 times! And to many, wasn't creepy at all to begin with!! And recently, the fast becoming cliche' of the person who looks in the mirror and the person walks away, while the mirrors image of them smirks a while longer " isn't creepy anymore ok?? its just not. And ghosts aren't scary anymore, monsters have to be 500 foot tall giants just to keep our attention anymore. It's time us horror viewers did something to change this. or small low budget Indi movies with bad direction will ruin the future of horror for everyone. Message me if there is ANY interest in change, i will spearhead this endeavor, knowing we, the few who have true vision of the genre will attempt to keep it not just alive, but worth the time of watching.

[@jlyn8228]

I almost took a nap in the theater with my friends but there was a really loud jump scare. And Nicolas Cage's enthusiasm was something else, he really goes all in. What they did with their small budget seems fitting, I wonder what it would've been like with a decent budget? Felt like some parts needed more.

[@hardcutreviews]

Budget aside, it’s a well made film and does have a consistent atmosphere. It just lacked in the writing department and some creative character choices. Otherwise, it’s a decent effort.

[@BlackTalonGaming]

It has some neat concepts, and hearing about the background behind longlegs is interesting and how cage brought that together was cool. But people hailing this like it's changing the horror landscape have lost it. People want so badly to be hip, cool, and trending on social media that they will jump on any train that seems to remotely have steam.

[@hardcutreviews]

Heard about Cage’s inspiration and his mother. All well and good. But this is a forgotten film in a couple months.

[@sopitz8379]

I'm with you. This movie took its own momentum with its intense foreshadowing. The acting, the craft and the sound were interesting and fun. But they could not make up for the predictable plot, unoriginal symbolism and irrational decisions of the characters. We've seen it all before and better. It was not bad, I just don't understand the hype at all.

[@Ares-dn3qp]

The film was a mess. I didn’t know what it wants to be and changed tack about five times before that utter let down if an ending. It felt like a long music video for a death metal band. Style over substance is the best way to put it.

[@cchristianjeremy]

There were good scenes in this movie and I kinda found Nicolas Cage funny, but yeah the dolls were fucking stupid.

[@cookiewoman8959]

Where did you get that valley tshirt? 10/10

[@hardcutreviews]

Kohls. $12.99.

[@Handle35667]

All of Hollywood (and most creatives in any field) can only make lesser derivatives for the work that came before. For a small number of people this can be part of a valuable learning process before contributing something new, interesting, meaningful, or elevated to their art. Most will only contribute derivative shite. Where does the audience come from for the derivative shite then? The Youth. The Youth simply don’t know better because they don’t have the experience. This is why as you get older and you have appreciated the works of Shakespeare, Mozart, Michelangelo, Tolkien, Leone, et al., the “new stuff” holds not interest and is easily recognized as the derivative shite that most of it is. The Youth don’t know any better and that’s who this stuff is made for and marketed to. Zak Snyder is peak example of this. His entire fanbase is made up of 13 year-old boys when Sucker Punch/300/Watchmen released. Most of the avid hate is from those same 13 year-old boys who have grown up. People that knew enough to recognize his derivative shite for what it was don’t hate, don’t care, don’t bother. Zak Snyder at least is consistent and knows his audience. There are 13 year-old boys around the world that think Rebel Moon is “fkng awesome man!” (Provided they aren’t being inundated on social media with the now popularly accepted idea that Rebel Moon is shite.) Zak Snyder is just an example of this phenomenon. Most creatives are only forever capable of turning out derivative shite, and the degree to which there is an ignorant audience (usually the Youth), their derivative shite will have a market. As (most) people grow older they will grok this concept even if they can’t articulate it. Indeed, the idea that “things were better in my day” is actually a misunderstanding that you were simply stupider (more ignorant) in your Youth, which is why things seemed better. There are millions of idiots that still maintain the Star Wars prequels were good films, because they saw those films when they were 8 years old with an adult that was genuinely excited to see the films and even if the adult knew they were shite, they weren’t going to ruin things for an 8 year-old. So most people as they get older and they have grokked the concept that most creative work is a lesser derivative of some other work, they will pay less and less attention to the “new stuff”. For example, I saw Seven in 1995, and didn’t care or know that Zodiac released in 200? and this movie released in 2024, and based on this video, I’ve missed out on exactly nothing. The same is true for Disney Classic animated films and 30’s-50’s and the 90’s renaissance. I’ve seen those, but haven’t seen anything animated or live action since. And while I’m sure there were 8 year-olds in each decade that loved the Disney “content” that doesn’t mean that it wasn’t all derivative shite and a person’s life would be no worse or probably better off for having never seen any of it. TLDR: Current year art is a waste of time and energy. Allow Father Time to sort the wheat from the chaff, and your time can be better spent elsewhere.

[@hardcutreviews]

Appreciate the rant. Well said.

[@Handle35667]

I’m glad y’all watch this shit so I don’t have to.

[@GizmoBeach]

Not enough thought or reflection was put into this sluggish film. There was no need for Cage’s character to look/behave so strangely. Except to have that young lady behind the counter call for her Dad (“that creepy guy’s back again!”) he could’ve just looked normal. Might as well have dressed like he was in Renfield, wouldn’t have looked any less bizarre (the nose, wtf was that?) The idea of parents accepting a weird-looking gift (from a “church” they weren’t members of) without question, is ludicrous. Witt’s character would’ve had the door shut in her face, thank you but no, please go away odd-looking lady. And what was the point of each family needing daughters born on the 14th, the point of leaving “coded” letters to be discovered and possibly deciphered? This grayish, drab film raises way more questions than it answers. It’s pretty pointless; if the Devil wanted to possess certain people just to have Dad slaughter everyone, I’m certain it would use Corvettes, not Creepshow dolls.

[@hardcutreviews]

If a creepy lady shows up at your door with a Corvette, 10 out of 10 times, the dad accepts the gift without question.

[@jasonbeaumont4772]

Im glad i have seen this review I saw it last night and we thought it was terrible and people loved it for some reason and i was starting to think that either i was getting gaslit or i saw a different movie

[@hardcutreviews]

The gaslighting is strong with this one.

[@jaycollins2036]

This movie is bad. Im actually shocked by how bad it was.

[@gzz8551]

“This movie will leave you shocked” You might say??

[@scrimblo1999]

fr idk how SO many people think it's good at all

[@MinuteMayne]

Yall are nuts to think it’s bad

[@jaycollins2036]

@@MinuteMayne Naw, the marketing and critics gaslit everyone into thinking this was a modern classic, when its actually a poorly written and not even scary thriller with a dumb as rocks ending.

[@sleepinggorilla]

I don’t know how it made it into theatres. I’ve seen some of Oz Perkin’s other movies “I am the pretty thing in the house” and “The Blackcoats Daughter”. They are all overblown nonsense.

[@kylenyce8198]

getting close to the 10k!

[@JimmyHopkins-bw9jb]

Im so glad yall said that. That kick ass scene of big daddy burning is all i heard in that car scene

[@hardcutreviews]

Can’t be unheard.

[@JimmyHopkins-bw9jb]

@@hardcutreviews I need someone to take those clips and flip the audio

[@JimmyHopkins-bw9jb]

​@@hardcutreviewsYall saying everything I was thinking. I wanted her to actually have a personality once her doll had been destroyed and that would have added some much needed nuance to that dead eye performance

[@hardcutreviews]

@@JimmyHopkins-bw9jb Bro… it’s a masterpiece. Zero critiques allowed on this one.

[@JimmyHopkins-bw9jb]

@@hardcutreviews it was borderline 🐶💩. If I didnt laugh at it so much I would have wanted my money back

[@bennybubblez6834]

Weak story.. towards the end was kinda rough. Good beginning tho and had some alright scenes. But I would have waited to see it.

[@hardcutreviews]

Started out decent. It was that third act that really killed it.

[@alexschittenden]

I just found your channel. Criminally (haha) underrated. Like RLM but not cringey. You got my sub. Glad I’m not in a minority for disliking this hyped up midfest of a movie.

[@hardcutreviews]

Appreciate it, dude! The masterpiece yellers would have you think you're in the minority, but you're just normal.

[@Darchie]

Indeed. Basically it all happened because of magic. Sick to death of these artsy fartsy movies.

[@malimoor2654]

There’s a character named old gregg i swear that’s l l

[@cloroxbleach6344]

I had no idea this movie existed going in & had no expectations. My friends suggested going to the theatre & I said sure. I really just did not feel myself caring about anything I was watching, by the end of it I was just annoyed that I spent time & money to see it when we could’ve been doing literally anything else. It wasn’t scary, it was weird in a not even funny stupid way. I’m not even Christian but I felt like I just watched some weird attempt at satanist propaganda, either that or it was quite literally completely pointless

[@hjkayel9610]

Wasted my time watching it - wasn't scary at all, the plotline was ridiculous & Nic Cage looked like a facelift/botox gone bad!

[@tonywords6713]

You guys are so right. The stupidity of the concept and second half was honestly unbecoming of the sober seriousness of the first half. I agree that it wasn't offensively bad, just aggressively mediocre and half baked.

[@hardcutreviews]

Another pass on that script and we might have liked it a lot more.

[@Jigsaw0097]

I'm glad you guys exist, because the Chris Stuckmans and the Jeremy Jahns of the world don't seem to have a clue anymore. I knew this movie was going to be bad the moment I saw the trailer.

[@hardcutreviews]

Appreciate it, dude!

[@Bosanovadude1]

Two hours of my life I wish I had back. Hated that piece of 💩 movie. So lame. And ridiculous third act.

[@YSANROCHEOfficialYoutube]

You can see what’s happening to the movie industry bc this is a full blown bad nepotism Movie - all of Perkins movies are awful

[@RagnaRantz]

Dude I *gotta* admit (this isn’t cause I disagree, absolutely not) Y’all’s intro? Makes it difficult to go further into your review (edit: this kinda came off wrong. Wanted to go further in, jst meant “I liked it, so I’m “sucking” it off?” Screw yall back LOL) -yes it’s a very short spot on a much longer vid. Jst felt this immediate “pissed cause people like it” vs “review” *yes* - 2 b fair yall do get into the “why”. Part of reviews I respect -jst that BAM “u liked it, ur giving it a BJ” -was immediately “…ok…?” & sure, a “normal serial killer” (never thought I’d say that) w/that behavior-CAUGHT. But, he’s not “actually killing”…as y’all know…? But actually I like y’all’s style; & fair enough, to each their own. Disagreeing is normal (well, to me. We *do* live in an era where disagreement = SOMEONE BAD GUY 🤣 👍✌️

[@hardcutreviews]

If you thought this intro was hard to get through, don’t watch any of our reviews where we’re dressed up at progressive women in the intro, lol. But to each their own. We’re trying to grow a YT channel at the worst time in this history of the platform for long form content so we have to put a little personality into it. Appreciate the honest critique.

[@RagnaRantz]

@@hardcutreviews hard to get through??? HELL no! Though I disagree I was laughing! No no, my only point was “I like it, so I’m sucking it off?” 🤣 that’s *all* The stuff y’all just mentioned is hilarious to me (well, to me)

[@RagnaRantz]

@@hardcutreviews -& damn RIGHT it’s a f-ing… Well I wouldn’t know but I imagine it’s a f-ing HARD time to make honest & str8 up vids! I applaud yall. Keep going! (Any of my favorite creators…it’s inevitable there’s gonna be a disagreement -I subbed! Yeah, we might see this film a little differently but, this vid did influence me to sub to y’all -4 get the clowns that can’t stomach any “difference at all” I think yall got this; I’m behind yall!👍✌️ (I absolutely NEED 2 see y’all dressed up as progressive women! Please I gotta see that LOL) -grew up in the 90’s. I’ll admit I DID want another “Se7en”; “Silence of the Lambs”; “The Shining” -the more I let go of any of that (cause will they *ever* be able to create classics like *those* again??) the more I was able to enjoy personally -think I came off wrong; I like y’all’s style

[@hardcutreviews]

Haha, appreciate it, dude. Disagreement is half the fun of why we do this! We love going back and forth about movies and debating. Some people get it and we have a blast. Others attack us personally so we slap back. We’re happy to admit we’re wrong when people bring receipts. Glad to have you onboard for our ridiculous reviews! Disagree with us anytime and we’ll have at it in the comments!

[@RagnaRantz]

@@hardcutreviews awesome Awesome to run across y’all!

[@SoCalDan530]

Other than the needless makeup on you know who, the movie was very thrilling. Never scary

[@appleturnover519]

Yosemite Sam is more scary than anything in this movie/

[@carnette430]

Just watched it, my friend and I were excited to see what the hype was about, even the person we bought the tickets from were very much "this is known to be one of the scariest so far". And me, being a horror fan had my hopes up. Beginning was promising, but along "Part 2-3"? IT WAS SATAN ALL ALONG! WOOooOOoOoOoO like, jeez dude. We laughed at cage's character every time he appeared. I have NO clue why people are praising this movie, I 100% understand artsy BS cus this feels like dollar store Hereditary.

[@hardcutreviews]

Lmao "dollar store Hereditary" is a perfect way to sum up this flick. Glad we're not alone in thinking it was kind of lame.

[@robertfaulkner1824]

Yall should check out twisters. Super fun.

[@hardcutreviews]

Saw it last night. It’s our next review.

[@KyleCorwith]

@@hardcutreviews Amped up for that!

[@hardcutreviews]

@@KyleCorwith You see it yet? Can we expect a full fledged Corwith breakdown?

[@KyleCorwith]

@@hardcutreviews I guarantee it… 😎

[@JohnDoe-p2r]

I won’t go see it I heard from lgbtq activists that the tornados didn’t have pro nouns

[@BlackDogOriginal]

Seem like dorks.

[@hardcutreviews]

We don't seem like dorks. We are dorks.

[@endorphinzz]

Pretty much agree...was underwhelmed with the movie for many of the same reasons. One of the reasons The Blackcoat's Daughter was so good because the killer wasn't so damn obvious like Cage's Longlegs weird bizarre-looking killer just roaming around and doing weird bizarre sh*t--that everyone just accepts as "Meh" lol. Plus the "twist" wasn't nearly as obvious as it is in Longlegs.

[@hardcutreviews]

Haven’t seen Blackcoat. Will have to check it out. Honestly don’t know why everyone is losing their mind over Cage. Love the guy but this is not a serial killer for the ages.

[@endorphinzz]

@@hardcutreviews - The Blackcoat's Daughter is thick with atmospheric dread and unease, and the ending stuck with me for a long time.

[@fisherj5087]

7.5/10 for me. Has some problems as do most horror films. No Silence of The Lambs or Hereditary for sure.

[@jsus7958]

This movie is soooooo bad and literally pisses me off in every which way, like first things first. THIS WOMAN IS A SPECIAL AGENT, how! she acts with no urgency she has no critical thinking skills and she is a shitty everything. Then lets get on long legs, we know nothing literally nothing and when i say nothing i mean nothing about him and why he even believes in the devil other than they just straight up tell you that he is. thennnnnnnn another thing is they dont show any type of corruption that demons do, they treat the demons in the movie like a bomb they just show up in the house and in the same day the father just kills everything. like what where is the horror.

[@hardcutreviews]

Glad you didn’t buy into the hype that this was a masterpiece, lol. All kinds of issues.