Warning: Monstrous spoilers ahead!

The least one can say is that Longlegs is disturbing. And that feeling somehow gets worse as one slowly processes the implications of its story and the deeper meaning of its symbolism. Although the movie itself has its creepy moments, the scariest part of Longlegs is realizing the mindset of those behind it. Because, at its core, the movie is a love letter to Satan and the twisted perspective that comes with it.

While, at face value, Longlegs follows the FBI investigation of an occult-minded serial killer, its subject matter alludes to much more. Through symbolism and references, the movie highlights society’s dark, Satanic underbelly and its obsession with preying on children. While one would hope that, at least, the film ends with evil losing and good prevailing, that’s not what happens. At all.

Not unlike several cultural products released in recent years, Longlegs has an upsetting “moral of the story:” Evil is deeply ingrained in society, especially at its highest levels, and fighting it is a lost cause.

Not only does Satan’s shadowy figure appear over 15 times (in a semi-subliminal matter) during Longlegs, but the movie’s subject matter reeks of pure, unadulterated evil. It is about turning fathers, the protectors of families, into their destructors through the Satanic mind control of their young, innocent daughters.

In its own creepy way, Longlegs touches on the occult elite’s favorite themes: Preying on children, destroying families, attacking fathers, and blaspheming Christianity. Once all is said and done, the movie ends with these simple yet telling words:

“Hail Satan.”

No wonder mass media gushed over that movie, it perfectly fits their agenda. Here’s a look at the deeper symbolism in Longlegs.

The Meaning of the Name Longlegs

Longlegs makes a one-eye sign (while yelling “cuckoo”) to a teenage girl. That scene sums up the movie.

Played by Nicolas Cage, Longlegs is a disturbed man with a creepy prosthetic face. While his obsession with Satanism might be attributed to his love of 1970s glam rock (lots of rockstars were into it), we soon discover that he’s actually imbued with a supernatural, demonic force.

As he carries out his murders, Longlegs sends out cryptic messages written in a coded language. Most of them contain biblical references to the Devil.

While the movie doesn’t explain the origins of the name Longlegs, some clues paint a clearer (and creepier) picture.

The movie’s first scene is filmed from a child’s perspective. Right from the start, we understand that this is all about preying on children.

At the movie’s beginning, Longlegs tells a girl, “It seems I wore my long legs today,” alluding to the difference in height. That expression is rather bizarre. It’s almost as if he took a “human form” before appearing to the girl.

Shots of snakes slithering are peppered throughout the movie. Snakes are associated with Satan in the Bible. Also, they don’t have legs.

Through symbolism, Longlegs is directly associated with Satan. Either he’s Satan himself, or he’s his loyal servant.

The name Longlegs can also be related to the type of spider called “daddy long-legs.” As we’ll see, the concept of fatherhood (daddy) is at the movie’s core. Furthermore, daddy long-legs spiders are known for living in basements. Longlegs also lives in a basement.

All shots of Longlegs’ basement are red, giving these scenes a “hellish” feel.

Throughout the movie, there are numerous references to the “man downstairs.” These can refer to Longlegs, who lives in a basement, or Satan, who lives in hell.

In that hellish basement, Longlegs makes cursed dolls that look like the daughters of families he’s targetting.

Longlegs controls the minds of little girls through lifesized dolls that are given to the families as “gifts from the church.”

At one point, a shot of a doll’s head made by Longlegs transitions to his own bizarre, prosthetic face. He’s a Satanic “doll” as well.

The dolls are imbued with an evil presence. When inside families’ homes, the fathers are forced to make a terrible choice: Either the family bows “all the way down” to Satan, or the father has to kill everyone, including himself. All families were decimated that way. Except one.

The Unholy Trinity

FBI agent Lee Harker studies coded letters written by Longlegs.

Right from the beginning of the movie, it is clear that there’s something off about Agent Lee Harker. She has psychic abilities and deep insight into Longlegs’ mind.

Harker discovers that Longlegs’ algorithm is based on Satanic symbolism, especially the inverted triangle symbol. This specific figure will eventually take on a deeper meaning.

While Harker progresses in her investigation, we realize that she was in contact with Longlegs in the past. Even worse, she might be closely related to him.

At one point, the FBI subjects Harker to a word association game. When she sees an inverted triangle, she automatically says, “Father.”

While the scene above goes by extremely quickly, it highlights a part of the story that most viewers probably missed.

Towards the middle of the movie, Longlegs screams while driving his car. Towards the end of the movie, Harker Lee screams inside the same car (which happened to be stored at her mother’s house). The message: She’s his “descendant.” None of this is spelled out; this narrative is told only through symbolism.

We eventually learn that Harker’s mother has been Longlegs’ accomplice for years. Dressed as a nun from a local church, she tricks families into accepting Longlegs’ satanic dolls as a “gift.”

In a particularly symbolic shot, Harker’s mother is reminiscent of the Virgin Mary. However, while Mary usually bows her head and hands down in submission to God, Harker’s mother does the opposite. Also, she’s covered in the blood of a dead family, and she’s saying, “Hail Satan.”

Considering that fatherhood is an essential theme in the movie and that Harker’s mother is a Satanic Virgin Mary, the concept of an unholy trinity begins to make sense. Furthermore, the symbol of the inverted triangle takes on a deeper meaning: The two points at the top represent the mother and the father (Longlegs). The bottom point of the triangle is the “descendant”: Lee Harker.

In the movie’s climactic moment, Harker has the opportunity to free a girl from Satan’s control by shooting the cursed doll in the head. However, as ominous music plays in the background, Harker cannot pull the trigger. She leaves with the girl while the doll is intact.

To most viewers, Harker appears to have saved the girl. However, when one understands the movie’s subtext, Harker becomes the girl’s new Satanic handler. This fact is further highlighted by the disturbing scene that follows it.

Although he’s supposed to be dead, Longlegs reappears in the very last scene of the movie to say, “Hail, Satan.”

In short, the bad guys did not lose, and the good guys did not win. Nearly everyone was controlled by Satan from the start. And that’s the central message of the movie: Satan is everywhere.

The Metamessages in Longlegs

As stated at the beginning of the article, the creepiest part of Longlegs is not the movie itself but its implications and the mindset of those behind it.

For instance, the movie focuses heavily on the concept of preying on children and causing them unspeakable harm. Osgood Perkins, the director of the film, stated in an interview that the murder of JonBenét Ramsey inspired him.

JonBenét Ramsey, famous for participating in child beauty pageants, was found dead in 1996 in her family’s basement. She was six years old.

The case of JonBenét Ramsey has troubled America for decades. Everything about it is bizarre and reeks of shady, elite-related dealings. The mere fact that it remains an unsolved mystery (despite the existence of an odd ransom note and signs of sexual violence on the girl) indicates that there’s something “off” about that story. It’s almost as if the powers that be don’t want people to know what actually happened.

In an interview, Longlegs‘ director stated:

“I was very interested in that case. The murder took place approaching Christmas, and one present that the parents had gotten for JonBenét was a life-size replica doll of herself, wearing one of her pageant dresses. It was in a cardboard box in the basement, 15 feet from where she was killed, and there was something so insane about that, I’d cataloged it away.”

While a psychopathic, pedophilic story inspires the movie, it also contains self-aware “metamessages” about it exploiting children.

In one scene, Harker Lee talks with the girl who will eventually become her “Satanic protégé.”

The little girl asks Harker:

– Did you wanna be an FBI agent when you were little?

– No. I actually wanted to be an actress.

– That messes up kids.

– So they say.

Think about this scene for a second. The movie’s makers made an actual child actress say in a dialog that being a child actress “messes up kids.” This dialog has nothing to do with the story; it appears to have been added as a reference to the movie itself.

Then, we see that girl actress take part in scenes dark and creepy scenes that involve fathers brutally murdering their families. Working in that environment might, indeed, “mess up” a kid. Is the movie itself preying on children? What else would you expect from a film ending with “Hail, Satan?”

Speaking of the Devil, he lurks in the shadows everywhere in the movie. His silhouette appears over 15 times, and most viewers will miss nearly all of them. These appearances are made to have a near-subliminal effect, forcing the unconscious mind to think, “I cannot escape the Devil.” Here are a few examples.

The horned Baphomet-like beast lurks near the American flag as Harker Lee studies the case. Everything is going according to Satan’s plans.

The Devil lurks in the doorway of young Harker’s bedroom.

Satan looms over young Harker.

For a split second, the Devil’s silhouette appears in a window as Harker realizes that her colleague got shot. He’s behind it.

Hollywood loves to portray Satan as an all-powerful being that cannot be defeated. It’s almost as if they worship him.

Oddly enough, another ominous figure keeps popping up during the movie: Bill Clinton.

Clinton’s portrait is in the middle of this shot, right where our eyes are naturally drawn. It’s almost as if he were a third character in the scene.

Although framed pictures of Presidents exist in federal buildings, the emphasis on Bill Clinton in numerous scenes is too obvious to ignore.

In another shot, Bill Clinton looms over Agent Carter’s head. Spoiler: He will end up under the influence of the Devil.

In this shot, a video of Longlegs looms over Agent Carter, similar to Bill Clinton. Is there a connection to be made there?

Another bizarre fact: Longlegs often talk about invading “white houses.” He tells Harker during his interrogation:

“Your house was even whiter when I came to visit.”

Of course, the color white symbolically represents purity, so it is only fitting that the Devil wants to soil white houses. That said, consider this: Where did Bill Clinton (and all U.S. Presidents) live? The White House.

Is the movie sending some message about Bill Clinton and the global elite in general?

In Conclusion

Longlegs is one of those movies praised by mass media while garnering lots of hate from “regular” viewers. On the one hand, critics praised the movie’s cinematography and haunting atmosphere while in awe of its deep symbolism and biblical references. On the other hand, the movie is literally about Satan preying on young girls. Not only that, the “moral of the story” is that everything went according to Satan’s plans. Maybe that’s why so many people hated that movie.

Considering the movie’s subject matter, who in their right mind can truly “enjoy” it? Why did they make a child actress talk about how being a child actress “messes up children?” Isn’t this twisted?

If popular culture reflects society, what does such a movie say about our society? Well, it says a whole lot. Most of the topics alluded to in the film are often censored in the media and dismissed as “conspiracy theories.” However, the elite must reveal the truth somehow, so it is done through “fiction.” Under the guise of being scary and creepy, horror movies reveal, in the most brutal fashion possible, the true mindset of those “behind the scenes.”

Yup, they’re devil-worshipping child predators who want to destroy families and brainwash children. And that’s what Longlegs is all about.

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