Summary

• The Longlegs trailer follows a female FBI agent investigating Nicolas Cage's disturbing serial killer.
• An innovative marketing campaign has heavily hyped Longlegs, with early reviews praising its nightmarish story and visuals.
• Cage's performance as the creepy serial killer in Longlegs is being praised as truly terrifying, making it a highly anticipated horror film.

The Longlegs trailer shows the FBI searching for Nicolas Cage's deeply disturbed killer. Written and directed by Osgood Perkins, the son of Psycho star Anthony Perkins, the upcoming horror film follows a female FBI agent assigned to the cold case of a serial killer (played by Nicolas Cage). As evidence of the occult is uncovered and the case becomes increasingly complex, she discovers a personal connection to the killer and must move swiftly to stop another family member from being murdered. The cast also includes Maika Monroe, Alicia Witt, and Blair Underwood.

Today, NEON released the official trailer for Longlegs. Watch it below:

The trailer follows the rookie FBI agent, Lee Harker, who takes on the case of a serial killer who goes by "Longlegs." At a crime scene, the killer leaves behind references to the occult and Dante's Nine Circles of Hell. The rest of the trailer is light on plot and instead uses terrifying visuals and sound design to hype up the horror film.

Longlegs Is Already Heavily Hyped

Though this is the second Longlegs trailer after an initial teaser was released in early February 2024, the horror film is already heavily hyped ahead of its release date in July thanks to its creative marketing campaign and early rave reviews. Starting in January, the independent studio shared various mysterious and eerie teasers for the film without revealing its title, instead using a code made up of occult symbols to maintain intrigue. The innovative marketing campaign started generating significant buzz for Longlegs long before its release.

In addition, early reviews for Longlegs have called it one of the best horror movies of 2024, with many praising its "nightmarish" story and visuals. For instance, one reviewer called it a "contemporary Silence of the Lambs" and the "real deal" in horror. Many of the reviews also praise Cage's performance as the deeply disturbing serial killer. Furthermore, in an exclusive interview with Screen Rant, producers Ken Kao and Josh Rosenbaum piled on the praise by calling Cage's performance "truly terrifying" and Longlegs "the most iconic horror Cage."

The latest Longlegs trailer should serve to continue hyping up the horror film. Not only does it showcase its "nightmarish" story, visuals, and sound design that early reviewers have noted, but the trailer also contains a tease of Cage's creepy, whispery voice as the serial killer. Longlegs doesn't release in theaters until July, so the upcoming horror film should continue to turn heads for the next several months.

Longlegs releases in theaters on July 12.

Source: NEON