X, 2022, 105 minutes. United States and New Zealand co-production directed by Ti West. In the cast, Mia Goth (Maxine), Jenna Ortega (Lorraine), among others.
I really like horror movies.
The film surprised me a lot, because it doesn't innovate anything, but it delivers a final result full of tension, massacre, deaths and action. Holds the attention. Maybe that's where the cat's leap of the script lies. On IMDb, the synopsis is perfect: "In 1979, a group of young filmmakers set out to make an adult film in rural Texas, but when their lonely, elderly hosts catch them in the act, the cast finds themselves fighting for their lives." By adult film, understand pornographic film.
All the clichés of a horror movie are present, as well as the most characteristic characters of a porn movie. There's the busty blonde addicted to sex, the virile black man with the huge dick, the innocent young woman who is starting in the world of porn movies, the exaggerated moans in sex scenes, the characters being alone in moments of tension and danger, the woman who swims naked in the lake, the fearless girl, the bad old men, a lot of screaming, someone always watching through the second floor window of the house, the macabre basement of the farmhouse, terrifying dreams, knives as instruments of murder, the need to go out and look for someone in the middle of the forest late at night, violent deaths with a lot of blood. And, as always, predictable ending, with the so-called "final girl", that is, there is only one woman left alive from the general massacre.
The director handles such clichés very well, taking the opportunity to pay tribute to great horror and suspense films: Psycho, Halloween, Jaws, The Texas Chainsaw Massacre are visibly mentioned during the film. The aesthetic is 1970s, especially the pornographic film script and the use of colors. The actors do not stand out individually, but the ensemble is great, with a lot of synergy in the scene.
Great introduction to the sex scene between the elderly couple. The visual citation of religion, especially Christianity, is constant throughout the film. A fine irony of the script.
Perhaps the success of audiences and critics, with high marks on Rotten Tomatoes and IMDb, can be explained by the fact that there is nothing supernatural about the story. All are people like us. The villains are mortal, flesh and blood, no one comes back from the dead, there is a bloodbath, with strong scenes (the death of the old lady is shocking) and the girl who survives is not left to be the poor thing, following her path to success , as can be seen from the television program that is tuned to the mansion on the farm, when the police arrive and see the massacre.
And there is yet another ironic tone in the sheriff's final speech regarding the contents of the director's camera that was shooting the pornographic film.
Smart movie, even using and abusing the most classic horror movie clichés.
I really like horror movies.
The film surprised me a lot, because it doesn't innovate anything, but it delivers a final result full of tension, massacre, deaths and action. Holds the attention. Maybe that's where the cat's leap of the script lies. On IMDb, the synopsis is perfect: "In 1979, a group of young filmmakers set out to make an adult film in rural Texas, but when their lonely, elderly hosts catch them in the act, the cast finds themselves fighting for their lives." By adult film, understand pornographic film.
All the clichés of a horror movie are present, as well as the most characteristic characters of a porn movie. There's the busty blonde addicted to sex, the virile black man with the huge dick, the innocent young woman who is starting in the world of porn movies, the exaggerated moans in sex scenes, the characters being alone in moments of tension and danger, the woman who swims naked in the lake, the fearless girl, the bad old men, a lot of screaming, someone always watching through the second floor window of the house, the macabre basement of the farmhouse, terrifying dreams, knives as instruments of murder, the need to go out and look for someone in the middle of the forest late at night, violent deaths with a lot of blood. And, as always, predictable ending, with the so-called "final girl", that is, there is only one woman left alive from the general massacre.
The director handles such clichés very well, taking the opportunity to pay tribute to great horror and suspense films: Psycho, Halloween, Jaws, The Texas Chainsaw Massacre are visibly mentioned during the film. The aesthetic is 1970s, especially the pornographic film script and the use of colors. The actors do not stand out individually, but the ensemble is great, with a lot of synergy in the scene.
Great introduction to the sex scene between the elderly couple. The visual citation of religion, especially Christianity, is constant throughout the film. A fine irony of the script.
Perhaps the success of audiences and critics, with high marks on Rotten Tomatoes and IMDb, can be explained by the fact that there is nothing supernatural about the story. All are people like us. The villains are mortal, flesh and blood, no one comes back from the dead, there is a bloodbath, with strong scenes (the death of the old lady is shocking) and the girl who survives is not left to be the poor thing, following her path to success , as can be seen from the television program that is tuned to the mansion on the farm, when the police arrive and see the massacre.
And there is yet another ironic tone in the sheriff's final speech regarding the contents of the director's camera that was shooting the pornographic film.
Smart movie, even using and abusing the most classic horror movie clichés.