Director: Osgood Perkins
Osgood Perkins turns a cold-case manhunt into an unsettling descent into the occult with "Longlegs," a 2024 crime thriller led by an FBI agent chasing a decades-old string of unsolved crimes.
What is Longlegs about?
FBI Agent Lee Harker is pulled onto a cold case that has haunted investigators for years, a pattern of family tragedies tied together by cryptic, coded letters signed only "Longlegs." As Harker follows the trail, the case takes on an increasingly disturbing shape, pointing toward rituals and symbols that sit far outside the bounds of an ordinary criminal investigation. What starts as procedural detective work turns personal for Harker, who begins to realize her own past may be tangled up in the very case she's been assigned to close. The film builds its dread slowly, favoring atmosphere and suggestion over explicit violence.
Cast & crew
Maika Monroe carries the film as Agent Harker, working a case that pulls her deeper into her own unresolved history. Nicolas Cage appears in a heavily transformed, largely unrecognizable role that has become one of the film's most talked-about elements, with Blair Underwood, Alicia Witt, and Kiernan Shipka filling out key supporting parts.
Context & significance
"Longlegs" is a Canada-United States co-production written and directed by Osgood Perkins, whose earlier horror work has built a reputation for slow-burn dread over jump scares. Released in 2024, it drew wide attention for its marketing campaign built around withheld imagery and cryptic teasers, which mirrored the mystery-box structure of the story itself.
Where & how to watch
"Longlegs" is available to stream on K-Time with a free account login, including both Persian dubbing and Persian subtitles for this title. This page is free to read without any account at all, and watching the film just requires setting up a quick, no-cost login; the platform's interface is built in Farsi for Persian-speaking audiences throughout.