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Summary

Ti West’sXis an A24 slasher film that features some cleverly hidden details regarding the decease of its central character . Although released first , Xtakes situation after 2023’sPearl , and it sees a pornographic moving picture crew traveling to an isolated farmhouse to severally produce their late product , The Farmer ’s Daughters . AlthoughPearl kills the majority of characters inX , her hubby Howard is also responsible for some of the film ’s gorier sequences as well . This adds to one of the photographic film ’s key theme , loneliness , and how it direct to some cruel second

With theupcomingMaxxxinemovieset to expand the story , Xwill forever be a standout because of howWest set up his characters ' deathsin the first episode . Although some hints regarding the graphic symbol ' death are more insidious than others , each instance of foreshadowing adds another layer to the overall theoretical account of the story being told . Therefore , Xcan be even good on a rewatch . This helps makeXa abridge above the average slasher motion picture , not to remark the quite ingenious and almost comic decease scenes that the moving picture and its sequel feature .

Maxxxine ’s release escort has yet to be announced .

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7Howard’s Sudden Death Is Foreshadowed By Himself And Pearl Multiple Times

Howard dies of a heart attack.

Howard is something of a tragic figure despite being a murderer , take his bitter for the most part stem from his impotency and inability to start a family with his married woman , Pearl . A crucial piece of information is given to the consultation when Pearl , despite her old age , attempts to make beloved with Howard after meeting the much jr. film crew . However , despite Pearl ’s advances , Howard remarks thathecan’t please Pearl because his ticker is weak . InX ’s climax , Howard dies from a heart attack after a mortally wound Lorraine surprisal him by cough up blood after being pullulate .

6Jackson Hole’s Name And Veteran Status Foreshadow His Cause Of Death

Jackson is shot in the chest at close range with a shotgun.

Jackson Hole ’s name subtlyforeshadows his causal agent of death via shotgun blastto the chest later in the film . However , another less subtle clue that sets up Jackson ’s dying is his retelling of his time in the Vietnam War to Howard . harmonise to Jackson , he often found himself on the business organization end of Vietnamese farmers ' shotguns during his metre abroad , which only helped indurate his mindset and focalise . This is specially important consider he does n’t even flinch when Howard aims his gun at him in the detached bayou .

5Wayne Gilroy Predicts His Own Death

Pearl stabs Wayne through the eyes with a pitchfork.

Perhaps the most optimistic grapheme inX , Wayne is the producer ofThe Farmer ’s Daughters , and his excitement regarding the plastic film ’s potential as a critical success is felt throughout his scenes . In particular , Wayne expose to the director , RJ , that out of every movie he ’s create , theirs is go to become a mega success given the level of endowment involved , and the radical weaved underneath its turned on subjects . Wayne specifically mentions thataudiences ' eyes are go to pop out of their headswhen they see the movie , which ironically describes his death via pitchfork prongs to the eye later on .

Ti West ’s slasher X introduced Mia Goth ’s Pearl and showcases the blanket horror music genre in its bloody finale , but what happens at the end of the X movie ?

4Bobby-Lynne Parker’s Death Is Foreshadowed At Her Workplace

An Alligator devours Bobby-Lynne.

Bobby - Lynne is one of the actresses working onThe Farmer ’s Daughtersand is something of a maternal figure to her younger female carbon monoxide gas - virtuoso . As seen earlier , Bobby - Lynne also works as an exotic terpsichorean at a local airstrip club along with her conscientious objector - star Maxine . While the club itself is n’t significant to the film , its picture of a woman ’s two-piece being ripped off by an alligator foreshadows Bobby - Lynne ’s death perfectly . later on inX , Bobby - Lynne settle to help find a missing Pearl when , after a abbreviated argument , she is fight into a bayou and brutally mauled to death by an alligator .

3RJ Nichols' Death Is Hinted At Very Early In X’s First Act

Pearl brutally decapitates RJ.

Of all the character deaths inX , RJ ’s is the most brutal as it sees himgetting decapitated by Pearl with a knife , but the apparatus for RJ ’s death is the most cleverly hide . In the first turn , the flick crew drives down an empty highway at blinding speed before running over the innards of a deceased cow in the middle of the road . A abbreviated shot show blood line splatter across the grill of the van before they pull up stakes the picture . During RJ ’s dying , his blood similarly splatters across the van ’s grillwork before being decapitated whole in theA24 horror movie .

2Lorraine Day’s Nickname Foreshadows Her Death

The typically quiet Lorraine gets killed for being too loud.

Lorraine is a quiet girlfriend of RJ , and her silent temperament grants her the moniker of Church Mouse from everyone else . However , after witnessing the filming of the production , Lorraine settle she need to take part in the movie , much to RJ ’s dismay . From then on , she becomes increasingly more extroverted , which contributes to her finally expressing herself via screaming and shouting when she ’s under duress . This becomes her undoing asLorraine ’s flash tirade against Maxineleads to Howard shooting her in the face with his shotgun inX ’s climax .

1Pearl’s Death Is Foreshadowed Twice In X

Maxine runs Pearl’s head over with her truck.

Despite the theatrical role face nothing alike , Mia Goth plays both Maxine and Pearl , and some of the interaction between the characters foreshadows Pearl ’s dying . Early inX , Wayne advises RJ to keep a close center on Lorraine as miss sight of a good fair sex could result in unpredictable results . Howard loses sight of Pearl after she witnesses Maxine and Bobby - Lynne ’s raw body , which compels her to enter on her murdering spree as visit throughout the movie . Additionally , Howard tells Jackson that he ’s worried about Pearl as she could fall and snap off her hip .

Later , after Howard go from his sudden heart attack , Pearl retrieves his scattergun and attempts to use it to murder Maxine . However , after Pearl fires the scattergun at Maxine , the kick causes her to fly through the airand break her hip upon crashing to the ground . This buy Maxine enough time to slip the elderly duo ’s truck keys and use the hand truck to viciously run Pearl ’s head over . The scene is the large representative of foretell inXbecause it is unexpected yet perfectly appropriate for the murderous Pearl .

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Cast

Mia Goth as Maxine and Jenna Ortega as Lorraine Day in X.

Stephen Ure as Howard in a scene from X.

Scott Mescudi as Jackson Hole in a scene from X.

Martin Henderson as Wayne Gilroy in a scene from X.

Collage of a closeup of Maxine and Pearl hovering over Maxine in bed in X

Owen Campbell as RJ Nichols in a scene from X.

Headshot Of Mia Goth In The 2023 Film Independent Spirit Awards

Headshot Of Jenna Ortega In The Paris Fashion Week Spring/Summer 2024 - Dior

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