X (2022)

X (2022)

Dir- Ti West

Set in 1979, a group of filmmakers out of Houston travel to a rural town in East Texas to make an adult film but find themselves fighting for their lives with their elderly hosts. Directed by Ti West, X stars Mia Goth, Jenna Ortega, and Brittany Snow. X is an homage to the 1970's Tobe Hooper's Texas Chainsaw Massacre and Eaten Alive films. The hot and dusty atmosphere makes for a perfect horror movie setting and genuinely captures to feel of a small Texas town despite being filmed in New Zealand. Mia Goth leads an excellent group of young actors who would be right at home in any '70s horror or adult movie. The film has a fantastic soundtrack that sets the perfect mood for the cast and the events that shape the story. As with other A24 movies, X is more than a slasher; it is a film that captures the contrasts between being young and alive with the trapping of age and losing your spirit. X is a film that will appeal to fans of traditional 70s exploitation style horror and old school slashers.