He shared a poster of Longlegs on his X handle on Monday evening. TheLiverDoc wrote in the caption, “Probably the only film this year that will happily trigger your panic button for a very long time. It’s streaming on Prime Video and you have to watch it tonight. Best serial killer movie in a long time.

Longlegs: the plot

In the 1990s, FBI agent Lee Harker (Maika Monroe) is assigned by her boss William Carter (Blair Underwood) to a case involving a series of murder-suicides in Oregon. Each case revolves around a father killing his family and himself. A letter signed “Longlegs” containing diabolical coding is found at each crime scene. However, mysteriously the handwriting does not belong to any member of the family.

What does Nicolas Cage play?

Academy Award winner Nicolas Cage, known for films such as Las Vegas, Lord of War, Outcast, Adaptation, Face/Off, Wild at Heart, Bringing Out the Dead, Raising Arizona and Moonstruck, stars as Dale Coble aka in the film Looks unrecognizable. The elusive serial killer with long legs, a pale face and long hair. He also works as a producer under his banner Saturn Films.

box office success

Upon its theatrical release in July 2024, Longlegs became the highest-grossing independent film of the year. It also gave distributor Neon its highest-grossing collection ever in the US. Made on a budget of $10 million, Longlegs grossed $108.9 million worldwide.

Review

Even before its theatrical release, Longlegs earned a 100% rating on review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes. Slashfilm dubbed Longlegs “the scariest horror film of 2024, a movie that gets under your skin and can never get out.” Additionally, Flickering Myth described Longlegs as “the scariest film of the decade”.

where to look

While Longlegs enjoyed a theatrical run in Indian theaters earlier this year, it is now available for streaming on Prime Video India.