![]() ![]() Bobby-Lynne finds Pearl standing on the edge of the lake. Maxine awakens in horror to find Pearl lying next to her, waking Bobby-Lynne.īack in the house, Lorraine breaks through the basement door with a hatchet but Howard attacks, breaking her fingers with the butt of his shotgun. Meanwhile, Pearl sneaks into the guest house, undresses, and climbs into bed with Maxine, caressing her body. Jackson makes it out but is confronted by Howard who shoots him in the chest, blowing his body back into the lake. Howard throws his flashlight into the lake, tricking Jackson to go in to retrieve it, hoping he will be attacked by the alligator lurking nearby. When they split up to scout the lake's perimeter, Jackson finds a submerged car in the water. Howard goes to the guest house and asks Jackson to help him find Pearl. He asks Lorraine to retrieve a flashlight from the basement she goes down and discovers a naked male corpse hanging from the ceiling. Meanwhile, Howard invites Lorraine into their house, claiming Pearl has gone missing. He then sees something moving outside and, when he peeps through a hole in the door, Pearl shoves a pitchfork through and into his eyes, killing him instantly. Wayne searches the barn and steps on a large nail. Noticing RJ is missing, Lorraine enlists Wayne’s help in finding him. When he rebuffs her, she stabs him repeatedly in the neck until he is decapitated. ![]() Later, devastated, RJ sets out to leave the group stranded at the farm while they are asleep, but is stopped by Pearl who attempts to seduce him. ![]() Lorraine, keen to shed her reputation as a prude, asks to participate in a scene RJ initially refuses but, after being persuaded by Wayne, films Lorraine and Jackson having sex. Night falls and the group unwind in the guesthouse. She then returns home and pleads with Howard to have sex but he refuses, claiming his heart is too weak. Maxine returns to the guest house where she and Jackson shoot a sex scene in the barn unseen by the group, Pearl watches from outside and is highly aroused, imagining herself in Maxine's position. Upon returning to the house, Maxine is invited in by Pearl, where she expresses envy for Maxine's youth and makes a sexual advance towards her. ![]() While the crew film a sex scene between Bobby-Lynne and Jackson, Maxine wanders around the property and discovers a large lake she goes for a relaxing swim, unknowingly watched by Pearl from a distance, and also a large alligator. The group arrive at a farm owned by Howard and Pearl, an elderly couple who have a guest house where they intend to shoot the movie. Bobby-Lynne and Jackson strike up a romance, while RJ attempts to make the film seem like a serious cinematic work of art, and Lorraine, who assists with equipment and lighting, is unimpressed. They enter the farmhouse and find something shocking in the basement.Ģ4 hours earlier, aspiring adult film star Maxine embarks on a road trip with her producer boyfriend Wayne, fellow actors Bobby-Lynne and Jackson, amateur director RJ, and RJ's girlfriend Lorraine, to shoot a pornographic film. In 1979, police officers arrive on a desolate farm in rural Texas and find numerous dead bodies wrapped in bags. X 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. It received generally positive reviews, with critics praising its homages to twentieth-century slasher films, particularly 1974's The Texas Chain Saw Massacre, and the performances of Goth, Snow, and Ortega. The film had its world premiere at South by Southwest (SXSW) on March 13, 2022, and was theatrically released in the United States on March 18, 2022, by A24. The score was composed by Tyler Bates and Chelsea Wolfe, who collaborated to create a soundtrack with emphasis on vocals and synthesizers. X was filmed in New Zealand, with production primarily in Fordell, near Whanganui. The film follows a cast and crew who gather to make a pornographic film on an elderly couple's rural Texas property, but find themselves threatened by an unlikely killer. The film also stars Jenna Ortega, Martin Henderson, Brittany Snow, Owen Campbell, Stephen Ure, and Scott Mescudi appearing in supporting roles. It stars Mia Goth in dual roles: a young woman named Maxine and Pearl, an elderly woman. X is a 2022 slasher film written, directed, produced and edited by Ti West. ![]()
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