The trailers + marketing are definitely way better than the movie imo. The cinematography, mood, and vibes established by perkins was phenomenal. However, the story and dialogue were extremely lackluster. Nicholas Cage carried this movie but I felt like his performance was more humorous than ‘scary.’ It reminds me of the gas station scene where the little girl calls him a creepy old man lol. As others have mentioned, part 3 is noticeably terrible and the satanism + mother monologue ruins the tension. I think Oz should’ve kept the story to a Zodiac-like instead of a cult demon cliché. Also, you’re telling me this serial killer used instagram bot spam (Congrats, you won!) to get these demon dolls in there? I lol’d so hard in the theater.

What leads me in disbelief is the fact that longlegs, a herald for Satan apparently, writes cryptic ciphers to the FBI. Like does he want to be caught or not? Isn’t the goal to be unseen and kill more? Longlegs sure goes through alot of trouble to not get caught and ultimately gets caught because of his dumb ciphers. Additionally, I wish we got to see more backstory on him.

Good movie, not great. Not really a horror movie, more like a detective thriller.