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Cast & Crew

Mia Goth
Maxine

Jenna Ortega
Lorraine

Martin Henderson
Wayne

Brittany Snow
Bobby-Lynne

Owen Campbell
RJ

Stephen Ure
Howard

Kid Cudi
Jackson

Geoff Dolan
Deputy

Ti West
Director

Ti West
Screenwriter

Jacob Jaffke
Producer

Kevin Turen
Producer

Harrison Kreiss
Producer

Sam Levinson
Executive Producer

Ashley Levinson
Executive Producer

Peter Phok
Executive Producer

Dennis Cummings
Executive Producer

Karina Manashil
Executive Producer

Eliot Rockett
Cinematographer

David Kashevaroff
Film Editor

Ti West
Film Editor

Tyler Bates
Original Music

Chelsea Wolfe
Original Music

Tom Hammock
Production Design

Thomas Salpietro
Set Decoration

Malgosia Turzanska
Costume Designer

Rebecca Dealy
Casting

Jessica Kelly
Casting

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Audience Reviews for X

• Jun 07, 2022

  Ultimately it may be more interesting in its non-horror moments (The opening shot, the deliberate commentary on exploitation vs empowerment, the recurring religious imagery) but I also think the violence's inevitability makes sense as we all know what is coming.
  

  Alec B Super Reviewer
• Apr 21, 2022

  Horror is likely the most forgiving genre out there for being derivative. Just about every modern horror movie wears its many influences, even the recent trend of elevated horror movies that are trying to say Big Things with equal amounts of arty style and bloodshed. There's only so many monsters that can chase so many teenagers. Ti West (House of the Devil) is a director I haven't fully enjoyed, though I would say X is his most accomplished film to date for me. It's clearly going for a Texas Chainsaw Massacre vibe and docu-drama aesthetic. It's set in 1979 and we follow a ragtag film crew trying to make "a good dirty movie." They've rented a guest house in the middle of nowhere Texas as their film site because who knows. The octogenarian couple who owns the farm property doesn't seem to approve of these young folk, and the old lady ends up becoming the slasher killer that mows down the randy young adults. Turns out the old lady has her own urges that the old husband is no longer physically able to satisfy, so she seeks out solace one way or another with the newcomers, whether that be through her sexual satisfaction or through violence. To West's credit, he has given more attention to his characters. These people are not going to be confused with three-dimensional figures but there's enough character shading that made me more interested in spending time with them and a little more rueful that most of them will probably die horribly soon enough (Chekhov's alligator). The slow burn is not wasted time or dawdling, and there are some very well-executed squirm-worthy moments of discomfort. I don't think X quite works on that elevated horror level of late; it's mostly a slasher movie with a dollop more complexity and style. The real reason to appreciate X is from the dual performances from actress Mia Goth (Suspiria), the first as a stripper-turned-ingenue that sees pornography as a path of possible self-actualization, but she's also secretly the killer old lady under piles and piles of makeup. Her wild performances, including scenes where she is facing off against herself, makes the movie far more interesting. Goth goes for broke. I don't think the X is as fun as it thinks it is, nor is it as thoughtful as it thinks it is, and I don't know if I care about a prequel that was shot back-to-back that illuminates the killer old lady's younger life. Is this character really that interesting to warrant her own movie? As a horror movie, it's disturbing and bloody and surprising in equal measure even as it doesn't do much with re-configuring the many conventions of its genre. Nate's Grade: C+
  Nate Z Super Reviewer

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