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Name: X
Genre: Horror
Released: March 18, 2022
Duration: 105 min
Rating: 78
Cast: Brittany Snow, Geoff Dolan, James Gaylyn, Jenna Ortega, Martin Henderson

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A24 | Release Date: March 18, 2022 | R

Starring: Brittany Snow, Geoff Dolan, James Gaylyn, Jenna Ortega, Martin Henderson, Mia Goth, Owen Campbell, Scott Mescudi, Simon Prast, Stephen Ure

Summary: In 1979, a group of young filmmakers set out to make an adult film in rural Texas, but when their reclusive, elderly hosts catch them in the act, the cast find themselves fighting for their lives.

Director: Ti West

Genre(s): Horror

Rating: R

Runtime: 105 min

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Chase Wilkinson

Mar 24, 2022

Ti West's latest slasher 'X' defies all odds and sets itself apart from the crowd as a phenomenal piece of filmmaking that reinvents the overplayed clichés and marks a refreshing turning point for modern horror. Read full review

Joshua Rothkopf

Mar 19, 2022

For its whole running time, X has ideas on its mind. Like the doubled-edged title itself, both an evocation of the grungy rating this movie might have received in 1979 and something more suggestive ("You've got that X factor," Wayne says of Maxine's allure), it indicates a film that feels unpinned, ominous, and potentially unforgettable. Read full review

Richard Roeper

Mar 17, 2022

It’s a new twist on the period-piece slasher movie, smart and strange and fantastically depraved. I kinda loved it. Read full review

David Fear

Mar 18, 2022

Come to West’s celebration of the movies’ darker underbelly for the adrenaline rush of sex and violence. Exit it having witnessed something that marks the spot where baser impulses meets artistry, in more ways than one. Read full review

Movie Nation Roger Moore

Mar 23, 2022

X doesn’t reinvent one of the most popular, time-tested horror genres so much as breathe a little life into it. Read full review

Alison Willmore

Mar 19, 2022

Like most of West’s films, X is not particularly ambitious in its psychology or storytelling. It’s his technique that makes his work feel like it has one foot in the arthouse, with its elegant compositions and the way the camera moves as though daring us to see something the characters have yet to spot. Read full review

Zaki Hasan

Mar 16, 2022

While the latest “Texas Chainsaw” installment dropped on Netflix a few weeks ago, “X” owes so much in style and tone to the 1974 slasher classic it feels like more of a legitimate heir than the film bearing its name. Read full review

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Shehryar23

May 9, 2022

This movie was absolutely amazing, not surprising though as it was made by A24. I thoroughly enjoyed watching all the kills and sex. All the actors did an amazing job. 100% recommend.

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BeardedYoda

Mar 27, 2022

Like many other A24 produced horror films, X is a solid and enjoyable slasher movie. There are some 'odd' tonal shifts during the first half of the film, but these shifts in tone are almost certainly intentional and actually mesh well with the over all plot. The last twenty minutes of theLike many other A24 produced horror films, X is a solid and enjoyable slasher movie. There are some 'odd' tonal shifts during the first half of the film, but these shifts in tone are almost certainly intentional and actually mesh well with the over all plot. The last twenty minutes of the film were also a tad 'slow' - for lack of a better word - up until the very climactic and enjoyable ending. If you want to watch a simple, entertaining and interesting indie horror movie, then I would definitely recommend watching X.… Expand

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mrarrowshooter

Mar 18, 2022

A24 does it again. Easily the best horror film since midsommer. Endlessly clever.

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royalguy07

Apr 5, 2022

+Overall great feel and environment
+Tons of great foreshadowing and payoff if typical implementation
+Gross and Unsettling, very effed up

-Never like starting a movie at the end

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Doom5layer

Apr 14, 2022

This Movie should be a 2, but it falls into so hilariously bad it’s good territory so it gets a 5. On top nothing happens for the first 50+ minutes.

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pinkpanthers

Mar 19, 2022

Utterly cliche. Claims to be a spin on the slasher formula but is just a generic slasher that falls under the same downfalls as slashers from before. Lacks creativity to the point where the movie if you have seen any slasher movie from the last 20 years, you basically know the plot to thisUtterly cliche. Claims to be a spin on the slasher formula but is just a generic slasher that falls under the same downfalls as slashers from before. Lacks creativity to the point where the movie if you have seen any slasher movie from the last 20 years, you basically know the plot to this one. On top of the direction, the movie wants to be an art film but fails as it just leads to some artistic cuts but some are nonsensical. This draws parallels to the cameraman in the movie where he was insistent, claiming that the porno is going to be an art film. The best part of the film is near the end with the shotgun scene, if you have seen it, you will know it.… Expand

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egoBorder

May 16, 2022

This movie is perfect if you ever wanted a rip-off of The Texas Chainsaw Massacre with no horror or tension and bunch of over-written characters spouting current-year nonsense in a retro movie. Skip it!!!

1 of 3 users found this helpful12

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