The X trilogy officially has Martin Scorsese's seal of approval. The Killers of the Flower Moon director has sung the praises of Ti West's slasher series, which began with 2022's X and culminated with the recently released MaXXXine, for being a "different type of horror."
He told the New York Times that he thought each film in the trilogy represented a "different type of horror, related to different eras in American moviemaking." X, is "the ’70s, the slasher era", 2023's prequel Pearl is "'50s melodrama in vivid saturated color", and MaXXXine is "'80s Hollywood, rancid, desperate." They are "three linked stories set within three different moments in movie culture, reflecting back on the greater culture," Scorsese added.
