Finally got to watch Longlegs and I absolutely loved it! I’m not sure what you would call this video, it’s kind of a reaction and a commentary rolled into one. Let’s say 40% reaction, 40% commentary, 20% analysis, 110% ramble. It was about two and a half hours long but I’ve chopped it down to around two hours.
If you just want to skip to me going through the film and reacting to scenes you can head to around 19 minutes and miss the beginning ramble. The editing is a bit shit for the first 20 minutes prior to us actually going through the film, but it picks up from there. I’m trying to get to a reliable format for Patreon content and I think this is the closest I’ve got so far. I’m probably more happy with this than anything else I’ve made for Patreon so let me know what you think because this video wasn’t too much work. About a day total from watching film to finishing editing and a quick custom thumbnail on top. It’s not perfect yet, but I think it’s improving.
That being said this is just going off my first viewing and so obviously there is stuff I’ll miss and potentially get wrong. One crucial thing that I wanted to include here (and I have put it up on screen during the video too), is this alternate verse from the nursery rhyme ‘Goosey Goosey Gander’:
Old father Long-Legs
Can't say his prayers:
take him by the left leg,
And throw him downstairs.
I think that’s pretty undeniable as an influence, not just the use of the name longlegs, but also the term ‘father’, which will come up in the video. I struggle to decide if ‘father’ refers to Satan or Longlegs, and it seems to be more Satan, but this poem says directly ‘Father Longlegs’ so take from that what you will. Not only that but ‘can’t say his prayers’ aligns with Ruth reminding Lee to say her prayers for protection. And lastly the reference to ‘Downstairs’ and we have that as a reference to Hell in the film, and we hear Satan referred to as ‘Mr Downstairs’ or ‘The Man Downstairs’.
FAIR WARNINGS: You will hear the C word two times. There will be jumpscares that may come even more unnaturally because I’m flicking through the film. Apologies in advance.