Horror fans are patiently waiting on the edge of their seats forLonglegs, a twisty movie centered around the hunt for a Satanic serial killer.
Starring Nicolas Cage in his most evil role yet, the movie has been haunting people thanks to itsbillboard ad featuring a phone numberthat will let you listen to a horrifying message.
The movie’s eccentric marketing seemed to work to its advantage as Longlegs debuted with a score of100% on Rotten Tomatoes.
Despite the film gaining positive praise, some fans can’t help but worry about one thing: what if the movie is being overhyped?
A fan summed up this fear with the Xpost, “This movie is either gonna be a masterpiece or really bad there’s no in between.”
One horror lover echoed the sentimentwriting, “The way this movie is being hyped up and the marketing, if I don’t have a nightmare watching this I want a refund!”
A third fan went so far as toaskothers not to oversell the film so those who are not fond of scary projects would actually want to see it.
“Can we please for once be normal about a movie so it doesn’t devastatingly let everyone down who actually watches horror movies?”
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However, unlike his upcoming movie, the wilderness horror has only ascoreof 80% on Rotten Tomatoes with one critic calling it “A Quiet Place knockoff.”
Cage’s Longlegs is set to outpace Arcadian with just scares alone. DiscussingFilmscautionedfans that the movie will “leave audiences so horrified that they become sick to their stomachs.”
Longlegs hits theaters on Friday, July 12. For more, find outhow to get early access to Longlegswith our guide. You can also check out all thebest horror movies on Amazon Primeand thebest horror movies on Disney Plus.
Kayla Harrington was a TV & Movies Writer on Dexerto’s US team, specializing in The Boys, The Walking Dead, House of the Dragon, Marvel and Star Wars. She also has bylines at Mashable, BuzzFeed, and The Mary Sue.
