A24 is an interesting production company. One of the things they are most known for is "arty" horror movies, of which 'X' qualifies. It's a tribute to 70's slasher films, and is set in Texas in the summer of 1979. Six mostly young people rent a cottage at an isolated farm for a night, to film scenes for a low budget porno movie, and things turn into a low budget horror movie.
Directed by Ti West, whose being making horror films (none of which I've seen) for more then 15 years, you can tell his affection for the troupes, he executes everything just a little better then he really needs to. The characters in the movie are tying, in the thinking of the film nerd/cinematogrpaher character, to make a well made porno, and this is a well made horror movie. Just different enough, just intriguing enough, just exploitive enough, to rise above its competition, and make it a contemporary horror film I found worth seeing in a theater.
Perhaps the most interesting thing about this film is its killer, again just different enough to be intriguing, the film ends with a teaser for the prequel origin story for this character, and I might actually see that in the theater as well. ***
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