We unpack the grim implications of the final moments in Longlegs with director Osgood Perkins.
This article contains majorLonglegs spoilers.
A mother is dead.
A whole other family is ruined.
And a doll survives.
And though the fiend is dead, dear mom was still in service to Mr. Downstairs.
Ruth never did though.
Instead Lee shoots her mother in the head and flees the house.
Its a grim denouement that might even ask if Lee is damned too?
Like shooting her mom in the head, thats about as bad a day as a person can have.
Like thats kind of the flourish, the Devils Yep, I did that.
Those parents, in turn, also are made complicit in the horror.
He didnt even give a shot to fight the temptation.
And when youre dealing with something as appealing as the Devil is supposed to bethats his thing, right?
At the end of the movie, there is no salvation or saving grace.
A parents devils become your own.
Longlegs is in theaters now.
