Movie Review: “X” peers into the kinky, kooky crevices of sex and violence
metroweekly.comX (★★★☆☆) peers into some kinky, kooky crevices of sex and violence.Set in 1979, and shot and styled to evoke films of the era, from Deep Throat to Texas Chainsaw Massacre, X doesn’t upend, but leans into, the tried-and-true formula of nubile young things fucking and screaming their way to bloody deaths.
It ups the ante with a self-aware wit, and a set of eccentric killers we’ve never really seen in the genre.The porno film crew led by producer Wayne (Martin Henderson) and director RJ (Owen Campbell) certainly doesn’t anticipate what’s in store for them at the remote farm compound of grizzled, gun-toting Howard, and his decrepit, white-haired wife Pearl.The porn-makers and their stars — stud Jackson (Scott ‘Kid Cudi’ Mescudi), girlfriend Bobby-Lynne (Brittany Snow), and Wayne’s girlfriend, Maxine (Mia Goth) — are all admirably focused on making their production, The Farmer’s Daughters, the hottest adult flick of their careers.In fact, their shoot is so steamy, that the film’s timid sound recordist Lorraine (Scream queen Jenna Ortega) feels inspired to join the cast.
Unfortunately, creepy hosts Howard and Pearl, who had been kept in the dark about what kind of film was shooting on their property, also can’t seem to keep their eyes off The Farmer’s Daughters.
Once the couple becomes aware of the so-called “sex fiends” in their midst, the night quickly takes a weird and deadly turn for the worse.Writer-director West stages sex scenes and death scenes with a piquant sense of humor.
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