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X (2022) KILL COUNT is the three hundred and forty-second video of The Kill Count.
Overview[]
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. Bobby-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.
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. Howard is temperamental towards the group, brandishing a shotgun while Pearl silently stalks Maxine. As filming commences without Howard's knowledge, Maxine is invited inside the couple's home by Pearl, where they have a conversation. Pearl laments her age, expresses jealousy for Maxine's youth, and makes a sexual advance towards her. She later watches Maxine have sex with Jackson and is aroused. Pearl pleads with Howard to have sex with her but he refuses, claiming his heart is too weak.
Night falls and the film crew relax in their farmhouse. Lorraine, keen to shed her reputation as a prude and intrigued by the film, asks to participate in the shoot, upsetting RJ. Eventually, RJ agrees to shoot a scene between Lorraine and Jackson, but becomes so furious over her unfaithfulness to him and ruining his script and film he held in such high regard, that he breaks down sobbing in the shower. RJ attempts to leave while the others sleep, but he is stopped by Pearl, who attempts to seduce him; when he rebuffs her, she stabs him to death. Lorraine and Wayne notice RJ is missing and go searching. Wayne is killed with a pitchfork in the barn by Pearl. 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. When she does, Lorraine discovers the rotting corpse of a missing man and attempts to flee, but finds she has been locked in.
Howard approaches the guest house and asks Jackson to help him locate Pearl. Jackson finds a submerged car in a pond before Howard shoots him dead, revealing himself to be complicit in Pearl's violent tendencies. Meanwhile, Pearl enters the guest house and climbs into Maxine's bed naked. Maxine awakens and screams, with Bobby-Lynne witnessing Pearl fleeing the house. 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. Bobby-Lynne follows Pearl outside to the nearby lake and tries to guide her away from the water. Pearl angrily accuses Bobby-Lynne of being a whore before pushing her into the lake where she is devoured by an alligator.
Maxine sees Pearl and Howard return to the guest house and hides under the bed. The elderly couple discuss the murders before having sex. Maxine manages to flee to the van, where she finds RJ's corpse, and the keys missing. Armed with a pistol from the glovebox, Maxine enters the farmhouse and frees Lorraine, who angrily blames Maxine for what has happened. Lorraine panics and runs out the front door, only to be fatally shot by Howard. 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.
Maxine retrieves the keys to Howard and Pearl's truck, and attempts to shoot Pearl, but the pistol is unloaded. Pearl tries to shoot Maxine, who dodges, while the recoil from the shotgun causes Pearl to fall and break her hip. As Pearl lies injured outside the house, she begs Maxine for help. Maxine refuses and as Pearl berates her, Maxine runs her over with the truck, crushing Pearl's head. Maxine drives away from the farm. The next morning, the police arrive at the house to retrieve the bodies.
It is revealed that Maxine is the daughter of a fundamentalist Christian preacher, whose speeches were frequently playing on Pearl and Howard's television. The police discover RJ's camera and speculate about what it contains.
Deaths[]
Counted Deaths:[]
- RJ - Decapitated via 23 neck stabs - 1 hr in
- Wayne - Stabbed in eyes w/ pitchfork - 1 hr 8 mins in
- Man in Basement - Found dead & strung up in basement - 1 hr 12 mins in (Body found)
- Jackson - Guns go bang, soul goes up up and away - 1 hr 22 mins in
- Bobby-Lynne - Eaten by alligator - 1 hr 26 mins in
- Lorraine - Shotgun to face - 1 hr 33 mins in
- Howard - Serial killing-induced heart attack - 1 hr 35 mins in
- Pearl - Head run over w/ truck - 1 hr 38 mins in
Trivia[]
- In the 2023 Dead Meat Horror Awards, this film was nominated for:
- Best Practical Effects
- Best Original Film
- Best Director (Ti West)
- Kill Count Trailer was supposed to be in the end of the Child's Play 3 Recount, but due to the Recount getting claimed and blocked. The Kill Count Trailer is instead posted at James' Twitter.
- Speaking of getting blocked and claimed, on September 1st, 2022, the Kill Count was claimed. On September 2nd, 2022, the Kill Count was flagged for drug use due to James' sponsor. Later on the same day, the Kill Count was released but 3 hours late.
- This is the first Kill Count of a movie that starts with the Letter X.
- With this Kill Count, James has now covered all the letters of the alphabet on the Kill Count.
- Currently, this has the shortest title for a Kill Count video with only 16 letters.