X Film Review

One of the most underrated horror films in recent memory is also the film that not only has a prequel film out but also has a sequel film out this Friday. With both this film and it's prequel film having been released in the exact same year and well then with the third film due out this Friday it was only right that the tie in review fro that film also be the first film in the series and so then join me as I review the film that technically has to scream queen in it with the film in question being called simply just "X" enjoy.

The plot of this film is when a bunch of adult film filmmakers arrive at Texas farm to film there next movie they discover that there's something far more sinister going on with the farm elderly couple owners. Now then interms of what I personally thought / felt about the actual plot that's actually featured / presented to us in this very film well then  in all honesty I in all honesty personally thought / felt that the actual plot that's actually featured / presented to us in this very film was in all honesty really good with the films plot being honestly really refreshing as it gives us a new twist on the slasher genre whilst at the same time also playing out alot of the tropes that were and still are seen today in alot of slasher films as well with the films plot also giving us a story that whilst could have been alot better is also an oddly refreshing in some cases new story as well which really is something that the makers of the film really didn't have to do as they could have gave the exact same slasher plot from those seen in the eighties and the film really would have been a very passable film but they went out of there way to give us a new story to tell in the slasher genre with the plot of this film also being really rather entertaining and as well as being really rather engaging as well in my freaking opinions anyways / at least.

Starring in this film is future scream queen Mia Goth as Maxine Minx and Pearl and future scream queen Jenna Ortega as Lorraine Day. Also starring in this film is Brittany Snow as Bobby-Lynne Parker , one of this films producers Scott Mescudi as Jackson Hole , Martin Henderson as Wayne Gilroy , Owen Campbell as RJ Nichols , Stephen Ure as Howard , Simon Prast as The Televangelist and James Gaylyn as Sheriff Dentler.

Now then interms of what I personally thought / felt about the actual acting that's actually featured / presented to us in this very film well then in all honesty I in all honesty personally tought / felt that the actual acting that's actually featured / presented to us in this very film was in all honesty really good. With all of this films cast turning in some truly wonderful performances with the actors that you expect a good performance from really delivering on the acting side however what makes the acting truly standout is the fact that you also get good acting from those that you don't expect a good performance from like the films producer and singer Scott Mescudi as Jackson Hole who really does turn in a good performance in this film with the true standout performer in this film really being Mia Goth as she really does deliver two great performances in tis film is both Maxine Minx and Pearl with the acting in this film really being helped by the fact that the script for this film is just so good that all this films cast have to do is just say the lines as they are written and a good performance will come out of them naturally which is something that really does help to raise the overall quality of the acting that's in this film.

To be frank this film does have a bunch of a characters that are both extremely likeable when they need to be an extremely unlikable when they need to be as well. With the best of example of this oddly enough being Pearl herself who for the vast majority of the films running time is presented as someone who is just the stereotypical old woman who doesn't always know what she's doing and that is something that makes her enduring to us the audience and as a result of that is the fact that when it turns out that she's one of the films killers it makes everything that she's done up until that point all the more creepy and when it is revelled that she's one of the killers she immediately switches from being a likable character to being an unlikable character with the opposite being true for Maxine who at first starts out as being fairly unlikable but when the time comes we find out that she's willing to help her friends out which does make her more likable as a character and it's the same thing for all of this films characters as well. 

As alot of you will know both this film and it's prequel were basically being made at the exact same time as when Pearl was in pre-production this film was in production. That is an absolutely insane thing to do as it takes such alot of work to get one film of the ground and yet with this film they had to basically get another film of the ground whilst also filming the first film that just goes to show you that A24 and this films writer , director and producer Ti West really did have alot of faith in not only the Pearl character but in this film as well as expanding upon this film whilst it was still being made is just a crazy thing and it's something that did pay off as alot of people really did love the film Pearl and they grew even more in love with the Pearl character and the world that both of these films take place in as well and it's something that could so easily have backfired if either this film or if Pearl weren't that good of a film and yet because of all of the care and attention that was put into the film not only from an acting point of view but also from a writing and directing point of view as well it weas pretty much a given that this film was going to be a really good film and that people would want to see more of these characters.

This film is pretty much a throwback to slasher films of the seventies and eighties with this film following alot of the tropes that were present in alot of slasher films from both of those two time periods. With that in mind while this film does indeed have alot of the old slasher tropes it does them with a knowing nudge and wink to the past that it makes those tropes feel new and different again but at the same time tho they are still tropes that you can see coming a mile away and while the twist of having someone who would traditionally be the final girl in Jenna Oretega's Lorraine Day be killed of in favour of someone who would more traditionally be killed of early on in the film was a great idea as it's something that does keep you on your toes or it would if it happened earlier on in the film and yet it doesn't which means that the twist doesn't have alot of time to have the desired effect of keeping the audience on your toes and making you wonder who could die next as if that twist happened earlier on in the film that we the audience really would be left wondering who would be killed of next as someone who would be traditionally be the final girl of earlier slasher films.

While the films killers Howard and Pearl are some really good killers from an idea point of view what let's them both down. As the fact that neither of them are given a reason to start killing people which while yes granted is something that is further expanded upon in Pearl it's also something that should have been done in this film as this is the first time that we the audience are getting the chance to see these killers and yet there not being given a reason to start killing people which means that when they do start killing people it really does come out of nowhere and it's something that does hinder them as on paper having this elderly couple turn out to be killers is a good idea but the film makers really did still need to do the most basic of things with those characters like giving them a reason to start killing people and while Pearl is made out to be really unlikable and has a ton of personality Howard on the other hand is the complete opposite with him coming across more of being a blank slate and only killing people not because of the fact that it's in his character but because the script demands that he be a killer in this film.

Now then this film has / had an exact grand total running time of exactly one hour and forty six minuets and twenty seconds. Which was pretty much the perfect running tome for this film to have as alot of slasher from the seventies and eighties also clocked in at around this same running time as well and to this films credit it really does have more enough there interms of plot to really cover that large amount of running time and the film does take as full advantage of that running time as it quite possibly could have done and while the film would have been alot more better of if it have a much more longer running time as that would mean that the alot of the characters would get alot more character development then what they get in the final cut of the film it would also mean that this film which is already a slow burner would then be forced to have alot of filler scenes in it and that is something that really would bog down the films pacing quite badly as well but I will admit that this film really does have some really good pacing to it tho.

So now then as this is a slasher film that means that means that I have to actually talk about the actual kills that are actually featured / presenetd to us in this very film well then in all hone sty I in all honesty personally thought / felt that the actual kills that are actually featured / presented to us in this very film was in all honesty not that bad. However that's also the problem as the kills that are in this film despite having some artistic merit to some of them just aren't that good either which granted could be the point as the films killers are two people who quite possibly in there eighties and so they wouldn't be moving as fast as they would have done when they were say for example in there forties but at the same time tho there really could have been some really more creative kills then what we got in this film and while we do get some good kills in his film those are very few and far between with the film having alot more kills that are nothing more then OK best then it does have some actually good kills in this film in my freaking opinions anyways / at least.

Overall while this film does indeed try to do something new with the slasher genre by giving us a character that traditionally wouldn't be the final girl and by giving elderly slasher killers the film also does somewhat crumble under it's own weight as it has so many good ideas that aren't given the time that they need to fully shine when they really should have done as it would made the film alot more better then what it actually ended up being in my freaking opinions anyways / at least. Now then i've talked about all of the good and as well as all of the bad things that are in this very film in this very review and as such that means that this very film really does earn itself a grand old score of exactly a 7.5 out of 10 from me.

Now then as for where I personally got all of the images that I personally used in this very review well then boys and girls and as well as ladies and gentlemen I personally got all of the images that I personally used in this very review from Tenor , IMP Awards . Com and Google Images. With my personally preferred website to use to get images from this film being Google Images simply because Google Images actually has images from this film really are up and on Google Images and plus pretty much much all of the images that I personally found on Google Images were all really very fairly high quality and as well as being as really very fairly high definition as well and so then horror fans we end this review as we always do with really our one and true goddess Elvira wishing us all some really very unpleasant dreams.