Longlegs2024

Longlegs is a great addition to the pantheon of serial killer investigation films from the 90s. It’s a fincher tale with a dash of supernatural sprinkled in.  I really enjoyed it, but it felt a little hollow (like a doll brain).  But who cares? Hollow is fine.  It’s not a masterpiece but it’s fun.  And Oz sure is his father’s son. I did not expect To enjoy Alicia Witt so much. I’ve always thought her as someone who’s perpetually in her 20s but she has much more range than that.  Come to think of it, this was a really well cast movie.  Finally I enjoyed the aspect ratio changes.  I saw others on Letterboxd found the shifts too clean.  I dunno - I thought clean and coherent timeline transitions is something to applaud … much better than the whiplash Late Night With the Devil gave me or to a lesser extent Maxxxine. Maybe a little more of the satanism and occultism would’ve made this movie more fun but I’ve enjoyed movies with less so I dunno. I don’t make these things. I just watch them And I need to add that there is a really fun Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2 styled sequel where the movie opens with a reverse porky pig on Longlegs wearing clown lipstick and a birthday hat.