Longlegs vs Mara
Longlegs has the higher audience score (6.6/10 against 5.7/10 for Mara). Mara is the shorter watch at 1h 40m compared with 1h 41m. Mara is the older of the two (2018 against 2024). Both are crime, horror, thriller movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Longlegs
Mara| Longlegs | Mara | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 6.6/10 | ★ 5.7/10 |
| Year | 2024 | 2018 |
| Length | 1h 41m | 1h 40m |
| Genres | Crime, Horror, Thriller | Crime, Horror, Thriller |
| Country | – | – |
| Director | Osgood Perkins | Clive Tonge |
| Main cast | Kiernan Shipka, Nicolas Cage, Alicia Witt, Blair Underwood, Carmel Amit | Olga Kurylenko, Jacob Grodnik, Javier Botet, Rosie Fellner, Lance E. Nichols |
Synopsis
Longlegs
FBI Agent Lee Harker is a gifted new recruit assigned to the unsolved case of an elusive serial killer. As the case takes complex turns, unearthing evidence of the occult, Harker discovers a personal connection to the merciless killer and must race against time to stop him before he claims the lives of another innocent family.
Mara
Criminal psychologist Kate Fuller is assigned to the murder of a man who has seemingly been strangled in his sleep by his wife and the only witness is their eight-year-old daughter, Sophie. As Kate digs into the mystery of an ancient demon which kills people in their sleep, she experiences the same petrifying symptoms as all previous victims and spirals through a chilling nightmare to save herself and Sophie before she dares fall asleep again.