Maxine retrieves the keys to Howard and Pearl's truck, and attempts to shoot Pearl, only to discover her pistol is unloaded. As Howard and Pearl begin moving the bodies, intent on framing the crew as intruders, a dying Lorraine startles Howard, who has a heart attack and dies. Lorraine panics and runs out the front door, only to be fatally shot by Howard. Armed with a pistol from the glovebox, Maxine enters the farmhouse and frees Lorraine, who angrily blames Maxine for what has happened. Maxine manages to flee to the van, where she finds RJ's corpse, and the keys missing. The elderly couple discuss the murders before having sex. Maxine sees Pearl and Howard return to the guest house and hides under the bed.
Pearl angrily accuses Bobby-Lynne of being a whore before pushing her into the lake where she is devoured by an alligator.
Bobby-Lynne follows Pearl outside to the nearby lake and tries to guide her away from the water. In the farmhouse, Lorraine uses a hatchet to break through a panel in the basement door, but Howard bludgeons her, breaking her finger, and forces her back inside. Maxine awakens and screams, with Bobby-Lynne witnessing Pearl fleeing the house. Meanwhile, Pearl enters the guest house and climbs into Maxine's bed naked. Jackson finds a submerged car in a pond before Howard shoots him dead, revealing himself to be complicit in Pearl's violent tendencies. Howard approaches the guest house and asks Jackson to help him locate Pearl. When she does, Lorraine discovers the rotting corpse of a missing man and attempts to flee, but finds she has been locked in. Lorraine is invited into the couple's house by Howard, who claims Pearl is missing, and asks Lorraine to retrieve a flashlight from the basement. Wayne is killed with a pitchfork in the barn by Pearl. Lorraine and Wayne notice RJ is missing and go searching. However, he is stopped by Pearl, who attempts to seduce him when he rebuffs her, she stabs him to death. Eventually, RJ agrees to shoot a scene between Lorraine and Jackson, but becomes so furious over her unfaithfulness to him that he attempts to leave while the others sleep. Lorraine, keen to shed her reputation as a prude and intrigued by the film, asks to participate in the shoot, upsetting RJ. Night falls and the film crew relax in their farmhouse. Pearl pleads with Howard to have sex with her but he refuses, claiming his heart is too weak. She later watches Maxine have sex with Jackson and is aroused. Pearl laments her age, expresses jealousy for Maxine's youth, and makes a sexual advance towards her. As filming commences without Howard's knowledge, Maxine is invited inside the couple's home by Pearl, where they have a conversation. Howard is temperamental towards the group, brandishing a shotgun while Pearl silently stalks Maxine. The group arrives at the farm of Howard and Pearl, an elderly couple in whose guest house the group intends to shoot the film, The Farmer's Daughters. In 1979, aspiring pornographic actress Maxine Minx embarks on a road trip through Texas with her producer boyfriend Wayne, fellow actors Bobby-Lynne and Jackson Hole, director RJ and RJ's girlfriend Lorraine to shoot an adult film for the booming theatrical pornography market.īobby-Lynne and Jackson strike up a romance, while Lorraine is unimpressed with the film's content and RJ's attempts to make it seem like a serious cinematic piece. It received generally positive reviews, with critics noting its homages to 20th-century slasher films, in particular 1974's The Texas Chain Saw Massacre.Ī prequel film, Pearl, which was secretly shot back-to-back with X, is in post-production. The film had its world premiere at South by Southwest (SXSW) on March 13, 2022, and was theatrically released in the United States on March 18, 2022, by A24. Its score was composed by Tyler Bates and Chelsea Wolfe. X was filmed in New Zealand, with production primarily taking place in Fordell. The film's plot follows a cast and crew who gather to make a pornographic film on an elderly couple's rural Texas property, but find themselves threatened by a killer. It stars Mia Goth, Jenna Ortega, Martin Henderson, Brittany Snow, Owen Campbell, Stephen Ure, and Scott Mescudi. X is a 2022 American slasher film written, directed, produced, and edited by Ti West.