That's the mantra of Ti West's 'X', his 1979 rural Texas grindhouse throwback. It's a well crafted horror flick about dirty subject matter, which is sort of a commentary about the line between art and smut. I'll be vague with the story recap, but my plot description is as follows:
An amateur porn film crew is terrorized by the sex lives of old people.
It's also a bit like Tobe Hooper's Eaten Alive. And regarding the old people, that's why this movie is gross. Old people are a gross, tragic bunch in this flick, and they're also a combination of senile, stubborn, and devious. Especially when they're in a Texas Chainsaw Massacre type of environment.
Jenna Ortega is so cute. She's on her way to being a scream queen, but we wont get to see her naked. Mia Goth goes topless instead, and she's our lead. Maybe that's an homage to Tobe Hooper's Funhouse, in which the leading lady in that one also provided nudity. Brittany Snow is also pretty chill about baring flesh. This movie has its fair share of nudity, but not all of it is good nudity, FYI.
Not really a spoiler: The prequel's teaser is the post-credits scene, set about 60 years before this movie. I suppose Ti West wanted to make good use of his setting, because it's ideal for an isolated horror show, which is X-actly what X is there to give you.
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