A24’s Latest Slasher Film “X” is an Instant Classic

In 1979 a group set out to make a porno and got more than they bargained for.

A24’s Lastest thriller X is a 70s aesthetic wet dream. Image courtesy of A24.

The year is 1979, and a misfit group from Houston is dreaming of a glamorous life. Thanks to new technology you can now watch videos in the privacy of your own home. Capitalizing on this new market the group sets out to film a porno. The executive producer Wayne (Martin Henderson) has secured a cheap filming location in rural Texas and drives the group out to the boarding house to get to work.

The film’s talent is set to include his girlfriend Maxine ( Mia Goth), her topless bar co-worker Bobby-Lynne ( Brittany Snow), and Bobby-Lynne’s ex-marine sometimes boyfriend Jackson ( Kid Cudi). The film will be directed by aspiring indie filmmaker RJ ( Owen Campbell) who is determined to make more than cheap smut, and his prudish girlfriend Lorraine ( Jenna Ortega).

Every member of the small cast shines in X. Image courtesy of A24.

But when the group arrives on location, they are immediately freaked out by their shotgun-wielding elderly hosts. Clearly off-put by the group’s immodest clothing and filming equipment, they are shown to their accommodations and are warned not to disturb the…