X _(2022_Film)American slasher film written, directed, produced and edited by Ti West.
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A24 announced X_(2022_Film) in November 2020. Principal photography occurred from February 16 to March 16, 2021, primarily in Fordell, New Zealand.
X_(2022_Film) is the first in a film series of the same name, consisting of a prequel film titled Pearl released on September 16, 2022, and a sequel titled MaXXXine in development.
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March 13, 2022 (SXSW),
March 18, 2022 (United States)
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Back in the house, Lorraine breaks through the basement door with a hatchet, but Howard attacks, breaking her fingers with the butt of his shotgun. Bobby-Lynne finds Pearl standing on the edge of the lake. Thinking she has dementia, Bobby-Lynne tries to help her, only for Pearl to slap her, insult her, and push her into the water, where the alligator rips her to shreds. As the couple begins moving her body inside the house, Lorraine’s corpse twitches, startling Howard and causing him to have a heart attack and die.
Pearl and Howard reunite and enter the guesthouse, where they have sex while Maxine hides under the bed they are in. Maxine manages to escape to the van, where she finds RJ’s decapitated corpse and the vehicle’s tires slashed. She arms herself with a pistol from the glovebox and enters the house to free a traumatized Lorraine from the basement. Lorraine becomes hysterical and blames Maxine for what has occurred. She attempts to flee the house but is shot in the head by Howard.
Questions and places for inspired X_(2022_Film)
Nate Roscoe of Fangoria wrote in an essay on the film that X_(2022_Film) exemplifies a modern take on the psycho-biddy horror subgenre, in which ageing or older women portray grotesque, violent characters. Roscoe also notes that the film’s primary theme revolves around ageing, youth, and longing for the past. “Snatching its inspo from the shadiest recesses of art and exploitation, it is the relationship between beauty, ageing, and self-worth that creeps most conspicuously through the architecture of X_(2022_Film).” He also notes that the film presents its antagonist—the murderous Pearl—in a sympathetic manner, writing that, at moments, “one can’t help but feel crushingly sorry for this tragic figure.”
Production Of X_(2022_Film)
In November 2020, it was announced that A24 would produce a horror film titled X_(2022_Film), written and directed by Ti West and starring Mia Goth, Scott Mescudi (also an executive), and Jenna Ortega. In February 2021, Brittany Snow joined the cast.
Principal photography took place from February 16 to March 16, 2021, in the Manawatū region of the North Island.
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X_(2022_Film) In Theatres
X_(2022_Film) premiered at the 2022 South by Southwest (SXSW) festival on March 13, 2022. The film was released in the United States on March 18, 2022.
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X_(2022_Film) Box office Collection
In the United States and Canada, X_(2022_Film)was released alongside Jujutsu Kaisen 0, The Outfit, and Umma and was projected to gross $2–5 million in its opening weekend. The film earned $4.3 million from 2,865 theatres in its opening weekend, finishing fourth. Men made up 55% of the audience during its opening, with those aged 18–34 comprising 73% of ticket sales. The ethnic breakdown of the audience showed that 50% were Caucasian, 22% were Hispanic and Latino Americans, 12% were African American, and 16% were Asian or other. The film made $2.2 million in its second weekend and $1 million in its third. It dropped out of the box office top ten in its fourth weekend with $359,067 (a drop of 65%).
Critical response For X_(2022_Film)
On the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, the film has an approval rating of 93% based on 225 reviews, with an average rating of 7.7/10. The website’s critics consensus reads: “A fresh spin on the classic slasher formula, X_(2022_Film) marks the spot where Ti West gets resoundingly back to his horror roots.” On Metacritic, which uses a weighted average, the film scored 79 out of 100 based on 35 critics, indicating “generally favourable reviews”. Audiences polled by PostTrak gave the film a 68% positive score, with 45% saying they would recommend it.
Reviewing the film following its SXSW premiere, Owen Gleiberman of Variety called it “a deliberate, loving, and meticulous homage” to 1974’s The Texas Chain Saw Massacre, as well as “a wily and entertaining slow-motion ride of terror that earns its shocks, along with its singular queasy factor, which relates to the fact that the demons here are ancient specimens of humanity who have a touch of… humanity.”John DeFore of The Hollywood Reporter commended the film’s cast and noted that “Before the gore begins (and even mid-action), West seems to truly consider the pain of irretrievable youth and feel for those whose final years are consumed by it.”The A.V. Club’s Todd Gilchrist gave the film a grade of “B+”, writing that it “examines the way that youth in others seems to bring out the feeling and impact of age in ourselves, not to mention how we resist or respond to that when it happens,” and calling it “bloody, ballsy fun”. Abby Olcese, writing for RogerEbert.com, gave the film a score of three out of four stars, concluding: “X_(2022_Film)is plenty of fun; it also feels like a trifle that could easily have been much more.”
Upon release, The Atlantic’s David Sims called the film “a modern classic”, comparing it with 2022’s Texas Chainsaw Massacre, which he felt failed creatively compared to X_(2022_Film). Richard Roeper of the Chicago Sun-Times awarded the film three-and-a-half out of four stars, calling it “the kind of movie that has you reeling in disgust at certain moments, then laughing at the blood-spattered absurdity of it all.
It’s a new twist on the period-piece slasher movie, smart and strange and very depraved.” A.O. Scott, in a review of the film for The New York Times, wrote that X_(2022_Film) “isn’t shy about appealing to voyeurism.
It’s a new twist on the period-piece slasher movie, smart and strange and very depraved.” A.O. Scott, in a reviThere’s nothing coy or arty about the bloodletting. […] West, unlike his pornographers, has things to say as well as bodies to show. Most of all, he has an aesthetic that isn’t all about terror or titillation. X_(2022_Film)is full of dreamy, haunting overhead shots and moments of surprising tenderness.”ew of the film for The New York Times, wrote that X_(2022_Film) “isn’t shy about appealing to voyeurism.
X_(2022_Film) is surface-level entertainment but still a satisfying piece of indie horror filmmaking that’s worth taking a chance on.”Dmitry Samarov of the Chicago Reader gave the film a mostly negative review, writing that “even the most casual horror fan won’t miss” the references that X_(2022_Film) makes to 1974’s Texas Chain Saw Massacre, but that, “unlike Tobe Hooper’s masterpiece, which has a point to make about economic desperation and cultural clash in 70s America, West just wants to punish everyone involved in gory ways played for laughs.”
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In March 2022, it was revealed that a prequel film, Pearl, was secretly shot back-to-back with the first film. West directed and co-wrote the movie with Goth. After the official announcement, principal photography occurred in New Zealand and was already in the post-production stage. Goth reprises her role as a younger-aged Pearl. A24 produced the project, with Jacob Jaffke, Harrison Kreiss and Kevin Turen serving as producers and West, Goth, Mescudi and Sam Levinson as executive producers. A sneak preview was also shown only in X_(2022_Film)’s post-credits scene for North American releases.[citation needed] Pearl was released theatrically in North America on September 16, 2022, approximately six months after the release of X_(2022_Film).
A third instalment in the series, MaXXXine, was announced shortly before the release of Pearl, which will focus on Maxine’s character in 1980s Los Angeles, following the events depicted in X_(2022_Film).