X

It's crass and ghastly, with an on-the-nose premise fit for the often- sensationalist slasher genre and the salacious X-rated cinema embedded in this story.

The characters are fleshed-out and kooky — you’ll mourn when they meet their inevitable slaughter. And for a slasher, the acting is remarkably good: Jenna Ortega and Mia Goth in particular are scene-stealers.

X reanimates perennial fears of aging, older women, and one’s fading relevance.

There's tension, proper fleshiness that makes the audience wince, and the actors seem to be really enjoying themselves. Entertaining and repugnant, in a good way.

This is really great, a throwback to those grindhouse films of the 1970s.

X is preoccupied with voyeurism across different generations, bringing together two genres - horror and porn - associated not just with the MPAAs X rating, but also with the male gaze. That gaze will be subverted and skewered...

West keeps the gore count high with a few indelible kills but also takes the time to focus on the perils of aging as his script gifts the villains sensitivity and a twisted rationale for their actions.

Ti West’s direction paired with Eliot Rockett’s cinematography is a damn delight. They capture the late 1970’s with style and excellence.

Although a slower burn than its trailer would suggest, X still manages to be an effectively nasty 70s slasher throwback, with enough sex and violence to satisfy horror fans.

A modern slasher masterpiece that loves its ancestors.