Longlegs 2024 (New genre bois, trans horror!)


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 PR: A devil-worshipping maniac that looks a lot like anti-trans depict trans women B&Es some tradwife's home and coherces her into deliver cursed-payload dolls to families dressed as nun claiming they've won the church lottery. Why does the woman not calls the police, as this happens through the years? No idea. Why does the trans dude not just has some retail salesmen buy the dolls, as they are well-crafted? No idea. Why does the protagonist doll remains dormant, while the others are activeted immidatly? Excellent question. 


Prota, throught a long, long investigation uncovers the mystery of the family anihilator plague that the FBI has been trying to puzzle toguether, which removing all the silence extended scenes could simply be reduced to remembering she had a picture of the guy they're looking for, putting a BOLO on the dude and have him arrested only for mom to have a mental breakdown and continue the killing spree.

While the movie is very... correct, I disliked the awful pacing and the villain, while having a strong Silence-of-the-lambs-esque personality, really wasn't interesting to me nor did the resolution of the plot seemed earned, more like handed over through "unlocking memories" 



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