Nicolas Cage continues to provide nightmare fuel for the promotion of his new horror film, Longlegs . On Wednesday, July 24, the movie’s official Instagram page shared audio of Cage, 60, singing a song as the titular killer, known also by his real name, Dale Kobble. “Mr.
Downstairs at your door,” Cage croons, using Longlegs’ affectionate nickname for Satan. The caption described the eerie tune, which is called “Fire Fire Fire, Hiss” as “the last known musical recording by Dale Ferdinand Kobble before the voices took over.” The demonic rock song, which was shared alongside a video of a doll’s reflection in a mirror, features fuzzy bass, howling vocals and nonsensical lyrics.
“Like a cannonball, like a volleyball, nice, nice,” Cage sings. Cage plays a murderous devil-worshiper in Longlegs , which hit theaters on July 12, and his sinister character was inspired, in part, by his mother. “For some reason, when I read the script, I heard my mother’s voice.
And then I met with director Oz Perkins . And the first thing he said to me was, ‘Nic, this is a movie about my mother,’” he told The New Yorker earlier this month. “And I said, ‘Well, that’s very interesting, Oz, because I was just thinking that I want to make this character about my mom.
’” Cage went on to explain how his mom’s “scary” vocalizations helped him develop Longlegs’ voice. “She would talk, like, ‘Ooh, Nicky, you looked just like a little bird when you were born.�.