Longlegs director Osgood Perkins says the success of his recent horror movies has come as a surprise to him. His 2024 hit starring Nicolas Cage as a serial killer pursuing Maika Monroe's FBI agent grossed $125 million off a $9 million budget. Now his latest movie The Monkey is performing well too, landing distributor Neon their second-highest box office opening.
However, don't expect a change of pace from Perkins following the success, as he revealed in a new interview he's not planning to rock the boat. "It’s changed everything and nothing," he told Variety about Longlegs' success. "It’s given me confidence, but it’s not like I’m going to run off and make a video game movie or an X-Men movie. I don’t think anybody wants that."
