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A 1970s adult-film shoot at a remote Texas farmhouse becomes a stylish, slow-burning descent into slasher terror and generational unease.
Overview
A group of filmmakers discovers that their artistic ambitions come with deadly consequences.
Ember's analysis
- Pacing
- Measured
- Intensity
- Strong
- Complexity
- Layered
- Violence
- Graphic
- foreboding
- queasy
- provocative
- late night horror marathon
- halloween viewing
What critics said
Critics broadly praised Ti West's fresh, meticulous homage to classic slashers, combining earned shocks and gore with thoughtful treatment of sexuality, aging, and the cast's performances.
What sets it apart
May contain story progression spoilers
The elderly farm owners and the film's focus on bodily decline make old age central to both fear and sympathy.
The adult-film production, sexual pleasure, and conflicting judgments about permissiveness drive the characters' relationships and danger.
Ti West uses 1970s rural horror aesthetics, deliberate pacing, and slasher conventions in homage to classic exploitation cinema.
The pornographic shoot and the surveillance of its participants turn sexual exposure into sustained danger and unease.
Films like X, and why
The Texas Chain Saw Massacre
shares rural isolation, escalating slasher violence, grimy 1970s atmosphere, and a group of outsiders trapped by a hostile household
Psycho
shares slow-burn horror tension, an apparently vulnerable older figure, voyeuristic unease, and a landmark slasher structure
The House of the Devil
shares deliberate retro-horror craftsmanship, isolated domestic menace, and patient escalation before intense violence
Movie Details
- Director
- Ti West
- Release Date
- 2022-03-17
- Runtime
- 106 min
- Rating
- 6.7 / 10 (4151)
Cast
- Mia Goth
- Jenna Ortega
- Brittany Snow
- Kid Cudi
- Martin Henderson
- Owen Campbell
- Stephen Ure
- James Gaylyn
- Simon Prast
- Geoff Dolan
Where to watch in United States
- Streaming
- Hulu, HBO Max Amazon Channel, HBO Max
- Rent
- Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home, Plex
- Buy
- Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home
Streaming options come from TMDB and change over time.
Common questions
- What is X about?
- A 1970s adult-film shoot at a remote Texas farmhouse becomes a stylish, slow-burning descent into slasher terror and generational unease.
- What is X like to watch?
- Ember's analysis rates the pacing of X as measured, its intensity as strong and its storytelling as layered.
- Is X violent?
- Yes. Ember rates the violence in X as graphic.
- What did critics think of X?
- Critics broadly praised Ti West's fresh, meticulous homage to classic slashers, combining earned shocks and gore with thoughtful treatment of sexuality, aging, and the cast's performances.
- Which films are like X?
- Films with a similar feel include The Texas Chain Saw Massacre, Psycho, and The House of the Devil.
- How long is X?
- X runs 106 minutes.
- Where can I watch X?
- In United States, X streams on Hulu, HBO Max Amazon Channel, HBO Max.
