In recent years, horror cinema has not been able to boast too many successful titles, because it was closer to the grotesque than . Osgood Perkins proves, however, that creating a blood-curdling film is possible. On July 10, 2024, the world premiere of his latest production “Longlegs” took place, which debuted in Polish cinemas two days later under the name “Code of Evil”, causing a huge sensation among viewers.
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The main character is Lee Harker, who is assigned to lead a renewed investigation into a serial killer after years. The young and inexperienced FBI agent, with supernatural abilities and exceptionally strong intuition, quickly finds the right trail. First, she finds numerous proofs of occultism, and later discovers that she also has personal connections to the perpetrator. This causes the situation to begin to get complicated.
Maika Monroe played the young detective, and he created the title character Longshanks on screen and did it flawlessly, because critics compare him to Anthony Hopkins’ award-winning role in the cult “Silence of the Lambs”. Another important factor in the reception of his character was not revealing his film image until the premiere, which only fueled curiosity and interest. “We didn’t want to be able to take a good look at him. The audience’s imagination can create more than the image will show. The idea was to say, ‘This guy is someone I don’t want to see,'” Perkins said in an interview.
“Code of Evil” broke the record within days of its premiere. Reviewers are also favorable to it
Although the trailer for “Code of Evil” itself stirred extreme emotions, the premiere attracted real crowds. In its opening weekend in the United States, it earned twice as much as analysts had expected, as much as $22.5 million. In doing so, it broke records among independent titles of the last decade and became one of the best of this year. Polish cinemas also recorded excellent results, although some did not stay until the end.
When you crack the code of evil, it turns out that the director is not Perkins, but Satan himself. What’s more, he directed a fulfilled masterpiece of two genres
– wrote Maciej Roch Satora in his review on the Filmweb portal. His impressions were supported by, among others, Łukasz Muszyński, who stated that the film is “cleverly conceived and sensationally executed”, as well as Marcin Prymas, who called Perkins’ production “a classic at the time of its premiere, on the scale of ‘Herediatry'”, a hit horror film from 2018 with Toni Collette in the main role. Similar opinions also appear in reviews published on Rotten Tomatoes.
This movie is a guarantee of nightmares.
‘Longlegs’ slowly creeps into the brain and nests like a forgotten nightmare.
One of the most disturbing films in years. It will have viewers on the edge of their seats from the first scene to the moment the credits begin.
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Source: Gazeta
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