X is Ti West's latest unapologetically old-school in-your-face horror from the A24 stable that opens with the police finding a number of bodies in a remote farmhouse back in 1979, before the film loops back to tell the story of an ill-fated bunch who set off to make a sex film on location at the aforementioned farm in Texas owned by a very odd elderly couple. West is a confident film-maker, and X is meticulously crafted in storytelling and execution to nail the 70s/Chainsaw Massacre/giallo vibe, making for a simple and efficient horror-thriller. The kills are presented in an unsettlingly understated and controlled manner on screen, giving the film a distinctive weird off-kilter feel as the mix of religion, sex and death becomes increasingly uncomfortable and events spiral out of control in what is a well-made straightforward horror piece.
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