long legs— a box-office and critical success that recently won the title of “highest-grossing independent film of 2024” — is about to return. Is there a “never going away nightmare” on your weekend bucket list? Because a serial killer is about to peek through your window and crash your birthday party. The film will be available for rental and purchase in digital form starting August 23; the physical version will be released on September 24.
Although it’s hard to wait any longer if you don’t catch it. long legs In theaters, the 4K Ultra HD, Blu-ray, and DVD options may be your best bet; according to Neon, it comes with bonus material including “on-set interviews with cast and crew and writer-director O A long review by Scold Perkins.” io9 had the chance to chat with Perkins long legs He is a thoughtful and insightful creator (in addition to being psychology Stars Anthony Perkins, who sometimes appears as himself No, Legally Blonde,etc). His comments will undoubtedly be fascinating.
although long legs It’s a movie that’s best experienced without knowing anything about it also Even casual pop culture followers will know that Nicolas Cage plays a uniquely disturbing murderer in this film. Maika Monroe (it follows) stars as a young FBI agent whose intuitive abilities make her perfect for hunting him down—a talent that her boss (played by Blair Underwood) notices. long legs” The narrative begins with a nod to familiar crime thrillers, especially silence of the lambsbut then took a different path, utilizing elaborate production design to inject eerie horror into an otherwise mundane gray world.
“When I sat down to write this film, the question in my mind was: What invitation could I make to the audience early on to get people on this roller coaster? What gives them access to this world? What’s the tip of the spear? ‘For me , silence of the lambs It was a hugely influential movie – it came out when I was about 15 or 16 [when] I really started getting interested in movies, and all of a sudden you get this perfect thing. I don’t think filmmakers our age will ever forget how perfect that movie was, like, ‘Wow, they really did that. This is very satisfying on so many levels. I just cheated. I just use it as a crib, as a way to soften or gentle the audience, to say, ‘You know, this is this! You remember this. Then, of course, take a sharp left so it’s not so bad.
long legs The digital and on-demand versions will be available on August 23; 4K Ultra HD, Blu-ray and DVD will be available on September 24.
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