The Slasher Film <em>X</em> Is a Modern Classic
The movie evokes the grind-house energy of the original <em>Texas Chainsaw Massacre</em> while also pulling off thoroughly modern cinematic tricks.
A month ago, another installment in the series was released, an attempt to modernize the horror franchise while still harkening back to its gritty 1970s roots. It was a creative failure, too reliant on digitally enhanced gore and thudding callbacks. The task of matching an all-time classic seemed impossible. But a new horror film proves that challenge was hardly insurmountable: Ti West’s is a lurid slasher based in rural
