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The 100 Most Anticipated Movies of 2022

2022

Ti West

Mia Goth, Jenna Ortega, Brittany Snow, Kid Cudi ...

6.1

11,927

Horror In 1979, a group of young filmmakers set out to make an adult film in rural Texas, but when their reclusive, elderly hosts catch them in the act, the cast soon find themselves in a desperate fight for their lives.

	Author	Review
United States	Owen Gleiberman Variety	"A deliberate, loving, and meticulous homage that isn’t simply trying to cash in on the legacy of the greatest horror film of the last half century."	POS
United Kingdom	Kim Newman Empire	"West's frightfilms are playful, but run to serious scares. 'X' is a properly satisfying shocker (…) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 5)"	POS
United States	David Crow Den of Geek	"The movie very much feels like a love letter to independent ‘70s cinema, even at its junkiest. Instead of being a successor to grindhouse sensibilities, it’s an ode to them."	POS
United States	Abby Olcese rogerebert.com	"'X' is plenty of fun; it also feels like a trifle that could easily have been much more (…) Rating: ★★★ (out of 4)"	NEU
United States	Meagan Navarro Bloody Disgusting	"West has many surprises in store for X, but the first straight out of the gate is just how wickedly funny it is (...) Rating: ★★★★½ (out of 5)"	POS
Canada	JIMMYO JoBlo	"If you look at the plot, X may sound like a sleazy and tasteless affair. It’s neither. It’s pure bloody fun. Ti West has done something unique here"	POS
United States	Todd Gilchrist AV Club	"West bakes an orgy of 1970s cultural ephemera into a scrappy American International Pictures-era visual look that conjures everything from Deep Throat to The Texas Chain Saw Massacre"	POS
United States	Robert Daniels IndieWire	"The melding of two seemingly different but closely related energies — those of adult films and bloody slashers — is a fascinating angle from which to interrogate the horror of aging in relation to sexual status"	POS
United States	Robert Abele Los Angeles Times	"It would be a mistake to call 'X' a misfire —in its artisanal, period textures and delight in old-school atmospherics, it's too well made. But it's better at teasing than following through"	NEU
United States	John DeFore The Hollywood Reporter	"Benefitting from West’s knack for capturing period vibes and from an unusually engaging cast, the pic is meatier than the average slasher film"	POS
United States	Martin Tsai The Wrap	"Perhaps the real accomplishment of 'X' and films like it is to recognize that there are indeed artistic and entertainment values in grindhouse cinema"	POS
United States	Jenny Nulf Austin Chronicle	"The expectations for West’s return to film were high, and luckily 'X' brings this master of horror back with a bang."	POS
United States	Mark Hanson Slant	"While still intermittently thrilling as a basic retro-outfitted slasher, 'X' ultimately comes off in a way that no porn (or horror) film should: like a tease (…) Rating: ★★½ (out of 4)"	NEU
United States	Rafael Motamayor Polygon	"As funny as 'X' gets at times, it's just as effective at providing scares as it is at provoking laughs (...) West delivers a crowd-pleasing return to horror that's a love letter to the genre without becoming a parody"	POS
United States	A. O. Scott The New York Times	"A clever and exuberant throwback to a less innocent time, when movies could be naughty, disreputable and idiosyncratic. Two kinds of movie in particular: the dirty kind and the scary kind"	POS
United Kingdom	Charles Bramesco The Guardian	"Simple but mostly effective (...) This isn't a reinvention of the wheel, but a reminder of why the wheel became the industry standard in the first place (…) Rating: ★★★ (out of 5)"	NEU
United States	Jason Bailey The Playlist	"The cast is wonderfully down for whatever; Goth makes a charismatic protagonist, Cudi has movie-star swagger, Snow is having a blast playing a bad girl, and Ortega has one hell of a good scream"	POS
United States	Chase Hutchinson Collider	"Packing both horror and humor, 'X' is pure cinematic perfection (...) It is a dynamic, deadly work of filmmaking that achieves all its lofty ambitions and then some to become an absolute masterwork"	POS
Canada	Cass Clarke CBR	"From its opening scene, 'X' paints the screen with a sensual bloodbath that serves up plenty of well-timed thrills with a harrowing message (...) Its gore is outstanding"	POS
United States	Siddhant Adlakha IGN	"When it slows down to humanize its villains, it’s oddly reflective and melancholy (...) 'X' is filled with fun and intense setups that harken back to classic slasher fare"	POS

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