Despite being a modestly budgeted horror film, Longlegs is one of the most anticipated movies of the summer among cinephiles given its astounding marketing campaign and rave reviews (97% critics score on Rotten Tomatoes at the time of this writing).
The latest stroke of marketing genius from the Longlegs team, released just days before the film hits theaters on Friday, July 12, with a video posted to social media that lead actress Maika Monroe saw her heart rate increase by nearly 100 bpm — jumping from 76 bpm to 170 — when she saw Nicolas Cage in his Longlegs makeup for the first time.
Directed by Oz Perkins — who is also an actor who featured as David Kidney in Legally Blonde and most recently had a small role in Jordan Peele’s Nope — Longlegs also stars Alicia Witt, Blair Underwood, Kiernan Shipka, and Dakota Daulby alongside Cage and Monroe.
The review embargo for Longlegs was lifted on Monday, July 8, and critics have …