X - Avis

You’re here for Pearl, and she’s ready to entertain—in a diversion like this, that’s worthwhile enough.

...is ripe with playful winks and nudges.

... a properly satisfying shocker.

...he brutal, giddy-making X, written and directed by Ti West, makes that journey somehow both fresh and comfortingly familiar.

With its unabashed focus on bodies, luring us in with their nudity before hacking them into tiny pieces, the back-to-basics slasher X arrives as a bold rebuke to all things staid and dignified.

...the melding of two seemingly different but closely related energies — those of adult films and bloody slashers — is a fascinating angle...

...bloody, ballsy fun.

X’s exploration of the chase for youth is a riot, a cheeky splatterfest that blends nostalgia while also showcasing West’s unique talent for taking cherished horror film tropes and techniques and giving them a modern, streamlined spin.

...a whole-hearted homage to the ’70s slasher movement.

Ti West creates a new cultural association with ‘Don’t Fear the Reaper’ that’s not Christopher Walken demanding more cowbell.

...a smart, inventive take on gory horror...