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In 1979, a group of young directors set out to make an adult film on a rural Texas farm, but when they are separated and caught in the act by their elderly owners, the crew fights for their lives. The day after X (2022) premiered, writer/director Ti West revealed that he wrote the prequel Pearl during a mandatory two-week quarantine in his New Zealand hotel before production began on the film (2022). . A24 saw the script and greenlit the film before X even started; was wrapped. He asked star Mia Goth if she wanted to stay in New Zealand to film The Pearl, and she readily agreed. When Lorraine goes to the basement and turns on the light, there is a modern halogen bulb that didn’t exist in 1979.

No opening credits

Maxine: I won’t accept a life I don’t deserve.. The title doesn’t even appear on the screen until the end. Edited in MaXXXine (2024). Act Naturally Performed by Loretta Lynn Written by Vonie Morrison, Johnny Russell Courtesy of Geffen Records under license from Universal Music Enterprises. Ti West’s movie really should have been called “E”; for enlarged It presents itself as a clever take on the slasher films of the 70s and early 80s. As a bonus, the authors of the film within the film create “upscale”; pornographic film (as a bonus, the actor Owen Campbell who plays the “director” even looks a bit like director Tobe Hooper).

TEXAS CHAINSAWS, X

Quite intentional given how it was developed by Tobe Hooper in 1974. has a group of pornographers renting a farmhouse from an elderly couple in the middle of nowhere in Texas (actually New Zealand). The main idea of ​​writer-director West is to create a contrast between the XXX filmmakers and the Bible-pounding civilians of the area. It’s not an uninteresting idea, and it certainly reveals the puritanical cliché of previous slasher films where the most sexually active characters are likely to be killed off. Along with MASSACRE, West has a nod to FRIDAY THE 13TH, Hooper’s EATEN ALIVE and a very specific HALLOWEEN. X is set about 5 years after MASSACRE to briefly talk about how home video would change the porn industry (adult films had already been available on VHS for about 3 years).

The film is very well directed, intelligently used

The creation of a pornographic film and the horror that awaits the group collide. Mia Goth (double role; actually triple if you stay after checking out) and Brittany Snow are two porn stars, each diving in with gusto. Kid Cudi is a cheeky stallion and Martin Henderson is a reliable producer. Jenna Ortega is the "crew" all her singles (she can wear clothes – must have a better agent). Stephen Ure is a grumpy old man who rents out his guest house. As good as the filming is, X ends up feeling too studious.

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The pace is sad, even if it picks up at the very end. Once the killing starts (if not with power tools), it still ends up being pretty typical of the movies it reviews, no matter how well-executed and “sublime” it is; he thinks so. It’s also too tense to please some dogs, and when the blood starts flowing, it’s probably too brutal for web scribes who dream of writing extensive online essays dissecting it for its high intelligence. It has a few twists, but not enough to make up for the predictability. In the end, it’s not as clever as West thinks it is, and despite some good bits of direction and acting, it’s #39;simply too self-aware to be entertaining. A24 has produced some of the most memorable horror films of the 21st century.