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Is There an End Credits Scene in Nicolas Cage’s ‘Longlegs’?
Maika Monroe in “Longlegs.”
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Nicolas Cage is creepier than ever in the new horror thriller Longlegs. Is there an end credits scene at the conclusion of the movie to suggest the story will continue?
Opening in theaters nationwide on Friday, Maika Monroe (It Follows) stars as FBI Special Agent Lee Harker. Lee is a new officer with the bureau who has been assigned to the seemingly unsolvable case of Longlegs (Cage), a serial killer who has eluded police for more than 30 years.
Longlegs’ crimes specifically target young girls and their families, and most of the time the girls and their parents end up being brutally murdered. As a Satan worshiper who utilizes the occult in the execution of his demented crimes, Longlegs is meticulous in his methods—and the only clues he leaves behind are letters with symbols that are all signed, “Longlegs.”
As the movie unfolds, Lee is mysteriously identified by Longlegs, leading to an unnerving revelation that’s tied into the serial killer’s history.
Note: Spoilers from the movie are discussed in the next section.
Oftentimes an end credits scene will serve one of two functions. The scene—which plays during the credits or at the very end—either serves as a function to tie up loose ends from something earlier in the movie or it could signal the potential for a sequel.
In short, Longlegs does not have an end credits scene. That’s not to say that the end credits don’t have some sort of meaning. In this case, though, it’s more of a clever nod to the theme of the film than anything of real substance.
During the movie, Longlegs refers on more than one occasion to “The Man Downstairs,” who in effect, is Satan. As such, the end credits for Longlegs—which are all in red lettering—are rolled from the bottom to top instead of the traditional way, from top to bottom.
Essentially, it’s writer and director Oz Perkins’ way of delivering the credits from “downstairs” instead of the normal way fans are used to seeing credits roll. Oz Perkins, by the way, comes from Hollywood horror film royalty. He is the son of late acting great Anthony Perkins, who starred as slasher icon Norman Bates in director Alfred Hitchcock’s horror classic Psycho.
Just because there isn’t an end credits scene in Longlegs doesn’t mean that another Longlegs film isn’t possible.
In one of the final shots in the movie, Maika Monroe’s Lee Harker runs out of ammunition, which prevents her from destroying something pivotal to the plot of Longlegs. With the object fully intact, the door is effectively left wide open for the unnerving plotline of Longlegs to continue.
Also starring Blair Underwood and Alicia Witt, Longlegs opens Friday in 2,500 theaters nationwide.
Source: Forbes
