Longlegs isn't bad. It also isn't scary
![Maika Monroe appears in a still from Longlegs, the new film from Oz Perkins. The serial-killer inspired horror follows a new FBI agents' attempts to catch an elusive murderer. A woman wearing an FBI badge stands against a wall. The wall is spattered in blood and she appears to be terrified.](https://i.cbc.ca/1.7261402.1720741139!/fileImage/httpImage/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/16x9_620/longlegs.jpg)
Longlegs, the new Nicolas Cage horror, is an impressive work of genre fiction. But it may be trying to juggle too many tasks to succeed at any one.
Longlegs, the new Nicolas Cage horror, is an impressive work of genre fiction. But it may be trying to juggle too many tasks to succeed at any one.