One of the scariest horror films of 2024 has found a new streaming home – but there's a big catch. Neon's Longlegs, the feature from Osgood Perkins about an FBI agent's hunt for a deranged serial killer, is now available to watch for free on Kanopy, a little-known streaming service that provides free films and television shows to people with library cards. The film is also streaming on Hulu, but this gives viewers without Hulu a chance to catch it for no cost.

Longlegs is currently available in Kanopy's library; in order to sign up for the free service, users must enter their public library card number or a university student ID. From there, Kanopy allows users to watch a certain number of films and television programs for free, much as they would do if they were checking out a book at a library. People shouldn't have much of a problem signing...