SPOILER SPECIAL
Longlegs
WRITER/DIRECTOR THE KEY MOMENTS OF HIS HORROR HIT OSGOOD PERKINS ON
WORDS CHRIS HEWITT
LONGLEGS IS EVERYWHERE.
There’s a good chance that you saw at least one person dressed as Nicolas Cage’s Satan-worshipping serial killer, the titular terror of Osgood Perkins’ breakout horror thriller, this Halloween. Comedian Taran Killam did an entire episode of Comedy Bang! Bang! in character as Longlegs. And you can’t move on social media without bumping into someone posting a clip of Longlegs’ song —not once, not twice, but as many times as they like. And none of this was a surprise to the character’s creator. “It’s what I wanted to do,” Perkins tells Empire. “I wanted to make a villain that people loved, that people had affection for. Ever since I was a kid, I’ve always been more interested in the villain.” Yes, he’s Anthony Perkins’ son, alright. Here, the director talks us through some of Longlegs’, and Longlegs’, key moments.