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Longlegs has brought together Nicolas Cage and Maika Monroe for a scary, demented horror movie about an FBI agent assigned to uncover unsolved murder-suicide cases related to a merciless satanic serial killer.
The titular character, Longlegs (played by Cage), has a connection to the occult and infuses the dolls he makes with satanic whisperings that could brainwash family members into murdering each other.
Written and directed by The Blackcoat's Daughter's Osgood Perkins, the new film brings horror, crime, mystery, and psychological elements. The film further adds ambiguity with Cage's unrecognizable face, an appearance inspired by a shabby birthday clown performer.
For those who enjoyed the crime horror film, here is a list of movies that resonate with the themes and the trickster archetype featured in Longlegs.
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Disclaimer: The listicle strictly contains the writer's opinion.
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1) Memories of Murder (2003)
A neo-noir film inspired by the first serial killer in South Korea, Memories of Murder is a great movie for viewers who like crime thrillers with a touch of dark humor and chilling real-life incidents.
The story is about two "simple-minded" police detectives who are investigating a double murder in rural South Korea, leading them to chase the first-ever documented serial killer in the country.
What makes Memories of Murder, a film by the Oscar-winning director of Parasite, Bong Joon-ho, more haunting is the true story that the real killer hadn't been caught during the film's release.
2) Sinister (2012)
In Sinister, which Scott Derrickson directed, Ethan Hawke's character as the true-crime novelist Ellison Oswald finds footage showing the murder of a family that inspires him to solve the mystery behind the killings. To do so, he moves his family to live in the victims' house and starts piecing together clues that hint at the presence of a supernatural entity.
The movie is similar to Longlegs because the storyline has undertones of the occult. Moreover, the way the mystery is uncovered brings viewers into a gripping adventure of mystery and crime that could prove fatal to its investigators.
3) Insomnia (2002)
It is a Christopher Nolan reimagined film based on the Norwegian movie by Nikolaj Frobenius and Erik Skjoldbjærg that came out in 1997. Much like Longlegs, the film follows the story of a police detective trying to solve a murder case.
The setting may be different, with the story revolving around a murdered girl in a small finishing town, Insomnia has the same psychological, mystery, and crime undertones of the Nicolas Cage-led movie.
Insomnia also has an impressive cast list of well-known Hollywood names like Al Pacino, Robin Williams, and Hillary Swank.
4) Kill List (2011)
Directed by Ben Wheatley, Kill List is a great movie for those who like slow-burn violent crime thrillers that bring viewers into a tension-filled journey before a terrifying, visceral horror ending.
The story is about a hitman who's out of a job before he is offered a new assignment to kill three people for one big payoff. The movie starts as a classic story of crime before morphing into a dark, horror-filled journey.
Like Longlegs, Kill List drives audiences into a terrifying spin with cryptic clues and symbols throughout the low-budget movie that tell the viewers that there is more to the story than meets the eye.
5) Malum (2023)
Malum shows the horror of a rookie policewoman who was a victim of terrifying incidents on her first night on the job. As a lone officer at a decommissioned police station, she finds herself at the center of paranormal events and the truth about her family's relationship with a notoriously vicious cult leader.
The film, which Anthony DiBlasi directed, is similar to Longlegs in the way they thrust viewers into the intricate web of murder, crime, and a bloody occult nightmare.
These movies bring the same gripping horror and mystery that fans can experience watching the latest Nicolas Cage film Longlegs, which is now playing in theaters.
