Ti West clearly has a lot more on his mind than blood and gore.
On the surface, Ti West’s X is a throwback to the late ‘70s era of slasher horror movies. You’ve seen the setup plenty of times before: a young group of acquaintances or friends shacks up in a creaking old house out in the middle of nowhere for a few days. The film does very little to hide its mirroring of the motions that films like Tobe Hooper’s Texas Chainsaw Massacre go through.
Beyond the instances of switching between the two cameras, West also expresses his reverence for the film crew through his lovingly crafted montages. In the sequences, West’s editing draws parallels between the independent and pornography film industries. Both industries were marginalized for their unorthodox tastes and both were invigorated by the exact entrepreneurial and hopeful spirit that the film crew in X carries.
Lastly, at the end of the film, when the body count has stabilized, the police officers that report to the elderly couple’s farm the next morning find RJ’s camera. At this moment lies one last tip of the cap from West to his filmmaker protagonists. Blood has been shed from both parties, and although the crew won’t be able to make any more films, the footage that they have already made will continue to outlive them.
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