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The Evil in ‘Longlegs’ and the Serial Killer Movie Canon

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July 12, 2024 · Longlegs (2024) · Crime · Horror · Mystery · 1:42:49 · ▶ Listen on Spotify

Hosts: Sean Fennessey, Rob Mahoney · With Osgood Perkins

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Chapters

The serial killer movie canon▶ 24:37
Reviewing 'Longlegs'▶ 59:36

Lists in this episode

The serial killer movie canon

Unranked list · Sean Fennessey, Rob Mahoney · ▶ 30:33

  1. ·M · Sean Fennessey▶ 30:33
  2. ·Psycho (1960) · Sean Fennessey▶ 30:34
  3. ·Klute (1971) · Sean Fennessey▶ 36:05
  4. ·Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer (1986) · Sean Fennessey▶ 47:07
  5. ·The Silence of the Lambs (1991) · Sean Fennessey▶ 49:01
  6. ·Seven (1979) · Sean Fennessey▶ 49:02
  7. ·Funny Games (2007) · Sean Fennessey▶ 47:12
  8. ·American Psycho (2000) · Sean Fennessey▶ 55:08
  9. ·Memories of Murder (2003) · Sean Fennessey▶ 55:34
  10. ·Zodiac (2007) · Rob Mahoney▶ 56:16
  11. ·Freeway · honorable mention · Rob Mahoney▶ 58:20
  12. ·The Cell (2000) · honorable mention · Rob Mahoney▶ 1:02:19

Movies Referenced (43)

Psycho (1960)

17 mentions · Sean Fennessey, Osgood Perkins▶ 2:42IMDb ↗Lb ↗

Zodiac (2007)

11 mentions · Sean Fennessey, Rob Mahoney▶ 8:03IMDb ↗Lb ↗

Funny Games (2007)

9 mentions · Sean Fennessey, Rob Mahoney▶ 47:13IMDb ↗Lb ↗

Peeping Tom (1960)

8 mentions · Sean Fennessey▶ 29:29IMDb ↗Lb ↗

American Psycho (2000)

6 mentions · Sean Fennessey, Rob Mahoney▶ 28:54IMDb ↗Lb ↗

Natural Born Killers (1994)

6 mentions · Sean Fennessey, Rob Mahoney▶ 47:11IMDb ↗Lb ↗

Halloween (1978)

5 mentions · Sean Fennessey, Rob Mahoney▶ 33:38IMDb ↗Lb ↗

Manhunter (1986)

5 mentions · Sean Fennessey, Rob Mahoney▶ 41:54IMDb ↗Lb ↗

Memories of Murder (2003)

5 mentions · Sean Fennessey, Rob Mahoney▶ 55:35IMDb ↗Lb ↗

Black Christmas (1974)

4 mentions · Sean Fennessey▶ 37:57IMDb ↗Lb ↗

Dirty Harry (1971)

3 mentions · Sean Fennessey, Rob Mahoney▶ 35:40IMDb ↗Lb ↗

Red Dragon (2002)

3 mentions · Rob Mahoney, Sean Fennessey▶ 42:00IMDb ↗Lb ↗

Directors Referenced (11)

Jayson Clute

5 mentions · Sean Fennessey, Rob Mahoney · Known for Titanic, American Psycho▶ 36:07IMDb ↗Lb ↗

Michael Powell

4 mentions · Sean Fennessey · Known for Peeping Tom, A Matter of Life and Death, The Red Shoes▶ 29:31IMDb ↗Lb ↗

Clint Eastwood

3 mentions · Sean Fennessey · Known for Million Dollar Baby, Gran Torino, Unforgiven▶ 44:14IMDb ↗Lb ↗

Martin Scorsese

3 mentions · Sean Fennessey · Known for Taxi Driver, Killers of the Flower Moon, Mean Streets0:00IMDb ↗Lb ↗

David Fincher

2 mentions · Sean Fennessey · Known for Se7en, Gone Girl, Zodiac▶ 17:20IMDb ↗Lb ↗

Bob Clark

1 mentions · Sean Fennessey · Known for A Christmas Story▶ 45:39IMDb ↗Lb ↗

David Lynch

1 mentions · Osgood Perkins · Known for Inland Empire▶ 1:15:05IMDb ↗Lb ↗

Fritz Lang

1 mentions · Sean Fennessey · Known for Contempt, Metropolis▶ 29:34IMDb ↗Lb ↗

Michael Mann

1 mentions · Sean Fennessey · Known for The Insider, Collateral, The Last of the Mohicans▶ 41:54IMDb ↗Lb ↗

Oliver Stone

1 mentions · Rob Mahoney · Known for Born on the Fourth of July, Platoon, JFK▶ 51:18IMDb ↗Lb ↗

Takashi Miike

1 mentions · Sean Fennessey · Known for 13 Assassins, Ichi the Killer▶ 48:38IMDb ↗Lb ↗

Actors Referenced (31)

Nicolas Cage

14 mentions · Sean Fennessey, Osgood Perkins, Rob Mahoney · Known for Face/Off, Leaving Las Vegas▶ 2:38IMDb ↗Lb ↗

Jared Leto

3 mentions · Sean Fennessey, Rob Mahoney · Known for Dallas Buyers Club, Morbius▶ 40:53IMDb ↗Lb ↗

Reese Witherspoon

3 mentions · Rob Mahoney, Sean Fennessey · Known for Wild, Walk the Line, Legally Blonde▶ 58:29IMDb ↗Lb ↗

Alicia Witt

2 mentions · Rob Mahoney, Sean Fennessey · Known for Dune, 88 Minutes, Urban Legend▶ 24:07IMDb ↗Lb ↗

Brad Pitt

2 mentions · Rob Mahoney, Sean Fennessey · Known for Fight Club, 12 Monkeys, Mr. & Mrs. Smith▶ 39:53IMDb ↗Lb ↗

Ivana Basic

2 mentions · Sean Fennessey, Rob Mahoney · Known for The Rhythm Section▶ 47:06IMDb ↗Lb ↗

Robert Downey Jr.

2 mentions · Sean Fennessey · Known for Iron Man, Iron Man 3, Avengers: Endgame▶ 50:20IMDb ↗Lb ↗

Al Pacino

1 mentions · Sean Fennessey · Known for Serpico, Dog Day Afternoon, The Godfather▶ 44:56IMDb ↗Lb ↗

Anthony Perkins

1 mentions · Sean Fennessey · Known for Psycho, Psycho II▶ 2:42IMDb ↗Lb ↗

Blair Underwood

1 mentions · Sean Fennessey · Known for Deep Impact, Just Cause, Gattaca▶ 25:48IMDb ↗Lb ↗

Chandler Canterbury

1 mentions · Sean Fennessey · Known for Knowing▶ 31:46IMDb ↗Lb ↗

Charlize Theron

1 mentions · Sean Fennessey · Known for Mad Max: Fury Road, Tully▶ 1:00:54IMDb ↗Lb ↗

Writers Referenced (3)

Kiyoshi Kurosawa

2 mentions · Sean Fennessey · Known for Tokyo Sonata▶ 48:09IMDb ↗Lb ↗

Dario Argento

1 mentions · Sean Fennessey · Known for Deep Red, Tenebrae▶ 34:04IMDb ↗Lb ↗

Jack Kerouac

1 mentions · Osgood Perkins▶ 1:05:30IMDb ↗Lb ↗