Moderately so — Longlegs mixes scares with other modes. As a serial killer film, it scored 7.0/10 for fear, 8.3/10 for atmosphere, and 6.5/10 overall on Watch Darkly's curator scale across 1 rating.

How many jump scares are in Longlegs?

Longlegs has 10 jump scares, based on Watch Darkly's per-film jump-scare count.

What are some films like Longlegs?

Films similar to Longlegs on Watch Darkly include Barbarian (2022), The Exorcist (1973), Talk to Me (2022) — selected by cosine similarity on the curator scoring across fear, gore, atmosphere, and overall quality.

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serial-killer

Longlegs

2024 · R · 1h 41m

Say your prayers.

FBI Agent Lee Harker is a gifted new recruit assigned to the unsolved case of an elusive serial killer. As the case takes complex turns, unearthing evidence of the occult, Harker discovers a personal connection to the merciless killer and must race against time to stop him before he claims the lives of another innocent family.

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Curator Score

6.5

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Based on 1 curator rating

Anchored by atmosphere.

Jump scares

Longlegs has 10 jump scares. Compare counts

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6.5Overall

Fear7.0

Gore6.0

Atmosphere8.3

Genres

adventuredramamysteryhorrorcrimethriller

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Box office$10M

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Maika Monroe as Agent Lee Harker · Nicolas Cage as Longlegs · Blair Underwood as Agent Carter · Alicia Witt as Ruth Harker · Michelle Choi-Lee as Agent Browning · Dakota Daulby as Agent Fisk · Lauren Acala as Young Lee Harker · Kiernan Shipka as Carrie Anne Camera