Horror News: The LONGLEGS Trailer is finally here!

The trailer for LONGLEGS has finally dropped. Is it going to be the scariest movie you will watch this year? Probably. 

For the past few months NEON has been teasing horror fans with snippets from the movie put together in small clips without even giving away the title of the movie. 

Then three months ago, NEON finally revealed the movie title in a teaser. 

In the first teaser, we only got to see a family photograph and a voiceover of a frantic father calling the emergency number. He claims that there is something wrong with his daughter. 

In the next, two FBI agents are uncovering a buried box that has a cross placed on it. The voiceover states is of a woman asking if you have prayed. Prayers are supposed to protect you from the devil after all. 

But the teaser ends before the box is opened, leaving the mystery intact. 

All we have to go on about the movie is that an FBI agent, Lee Harker is tasked with an unsolved case of a serial killer. At a crime scene, the killer has left behind occult signs as well as references to Dante’s Nine Circles of Hell. 

Dante’s Nine Circles of Hell was featured in the poem Inferno. The first circle is the Limbo, then Lust, Gluttony, Greed, Wrath, Heresy, Violence, Fraud, and then finally, Treachery. 

According to the Longlegs plot, the agent handling the case, Lee Harker, soon finds that she may have a personal connection with the killer and must move quickly if she wants to stop a family member from getting murdered. 

The recent trailer, shows us scenes from the teasers but put together in a way that only hints at the terrifying premise. The visuals and the background music, adds to the creepy atmosphere. 

We do see Maika Monroe play the FBI agent and her investigating crime scenes as well as doing research. She keeps looking over her shoulder though. She can obviously sense a sinister presence. 

Then there is a girl who looks dejected and perhaps the man sitting across from her is Nicolas Cage, who plays the serial killer. What we get to see is just a glimpse of his face as he raises his lanky hands. 

The movie has been screened for critics already and so far the reviews have been positive. The critics have hailed Nicolas Cage’s unhinged performance of a serial killer. One review states that you will either enjoy his performance or hate him. Regardless of your opinion, Cage has delivered a memorable performance. 

Nicolas Cage, who is also the producer for this film, has so far been on a streak of hit horror movies with the latest one being Arcadian. 

Longlegs, which has drawn much speculation regarding its premise, is surely going to be another box office hit. If anything, it is one of the much-awaited horror movies of 2024. 

The posters have done less to give away the premise but the latest one shows Maika Monroe with one hand over a gun and the other over her mouth, suggesting she has encountered a horrific scene or perhaps even seen the killer herself. 

Many have lauded NEON for its clever marketing strategy to promote the movie and sure enough, it has generated enough interest among the horror community. 

Written and directed by Oz Perkins, the movie also stars Blair Underwood, Lisa Chandler, and Dakota Daulby. 

LONGLEGS will release on 12th July.