bennettracheal I created an account just to review this movie.First I have to say this movie is polarizing, people seem to either appreciate the focus on a female perspective or reject it, probably due to its unconventional presentation, but I think that is refreshing considering how tv and movies spoon feed us nowadays. We are told what to think and how to feel, who the bad guy is, who the good guy is but in XX things aren't as cut and dry. The focus on anxiety, depression, status, religion, family, children, is all from the female perspective, with a supernatural twist of course. And I think the female directors/actresses did an amazing job. I fully recommend this movie to anyone who is looked my for something different.

Jeff2sayshi XX is being touted as a feminist female horror anthology movie, as one of the main points is how each of the four shorts was directed by a woman. Regardless of that, the movie has to stand on its own two feet to be successful, and XX accomplishes that.There are 4 shorts (approx. 15-20 minutes each), which are tied together with some creepy animation. This animation doesn't try and add an extra layer of story, it's just there to move between bits. Each short then has its title shown, which is unnecessary as the title is then in the short again, before the viewer dives into it.The first story involves a boy who looks into a strangers wrapped present, then mysteriously stops eating. The second story involves a wife finding her dead husband the morning of their daughter's birthday party. The third is a creature flick with four campers, and the fourth is about a mother and son as the son becomes of age.Without going into any true detail, stories 1, 3 and 4 really hit with me. They do a good job of ratcheting up the tension and providing some good story telling. They do NOT rely on gore, but there is payoff.The second story almost falls into camp comedy, and feels like it doesn't quite fit. It has merits, but it wasn't quite for me.Having recently watched V/H/S and finding it disappointing, this was a pleasant surprise.

Ilikehorrormovies My question is that who cares if females direct this film? Their's always been a female directors everywhere. The first story is decent but the ending suck, the other three sucks. The second one is a by the number birthday horror movie, the third one is some hills have eyes concept but demons are in it, and the fourth one is two Rob Zombie Halloween films roll in one film with some creature I don't know. The fourth one make me want to say sorry to Rob Zombie for hating his two halloween films. Acting is decent, bad script, and a piss poor three story after the first one. Not the worse of 2017 but it sucks. 1.4/10

venusboys3 I watched this with a friend tonight for our October horror movie night and was quite impressed. It's pretty clever all the way through, doesn't fall into the trap of many horror anthologies of playing for laughs or going too heavy on the gore. There is some good gore in this, but not a lot and nothing gratuitous... it's in service to the story, not the goal of the story, if that makes sense. It also didn't strain at its budget and try to pull of FX that weren't really necessary to the stories... as it often does, this lack of visual spectacle ended up making each story more intimate and focused on the characters. The first segment was quite intriguing and I really liked how it resisted giving a simple/dumb explanation for what's going on. It sent my head to some odd places, thinking about food and our need to eat. My wasn't as pleased with it as I was, I think she wanted more exposition/explanation. I was surprised that it was based on a story by Jack Ketchum because it was less visceral and more cerebral than most of his stories... creepy and weird.The second segment was much more humorous, but just as sinister in its way... being as it's about the pressures put on women of a certain class of society. The scene at the end with all the children and their mothers spilling into the house... their clothes and costumes and hair... it was hilarious and horrific at the same time. Again, my friend didn't particularly care for that segment but I think she didn't see the horror in it. The third segment was the most overtly 'horror-movie' fare.It's about some campers who pick the wrong place to spend the night. Well done but nothing too surprising about it. It was my least favorite segment by far, but my friend liked it best. The fourth segment was very clever indeed. It's a sequel of a sort to a famous horror film of the 60s... though it also serves as an alternate ending to the film. I wonder how many people will pick up on its hints as to that provenance... and I'm not sure it matters. My friend wouldn't have picked up on it if I hadn't pointed it out to her. It's also the segment I'd most like to go on about... but that would be hard to do without massive spoilers. There wasn't a bad segment in this, IMO. The third one was a bit average, but still not bad. The animated segments between the stories were fun too... a bit like lighter-hearted Brothers Quay shorts.