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Longlegs Director Oz Perkins on Making Movies to Deal With Death

Longlegs director Oz Perkins says horror movies are a way of dealing with death. His film, starring Nicolas Cage and Maika Monroe, is one of the most anticipated horror films of the year.

The New York native had numerous acting roles, including a memorable turn in 2001’s Legally Blonde, and co-wrote the thrillers Removal(2010) and Cold Comes the Night(2013). After directing the 2020 Gretel & Hansel, he returns to writing-directing with Longlegs, a time-skipping horror thriller starring Nicolas Cage and Maika Monroe that makes dastardly use of sound. Sort of coming in and out was this tall figure who initially was a man in black with white face paint who visited people’s houses and brought out pianos and little stuffed animals.

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