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Writer-director Ti West has fashioned something unique and devilishly strange in the genre that has come to be known as elevated horror.

On a remote Texas farm somewhere outside of Houston, a young woman unhooks her overalls and slips into a pond from a battered wooden dock. She floats on the surface looking up at the sky in a moment of peaceful calm. Unbeknownst to her, however, an alligator lying nearby in the reeds spots her and pulls forward in the water. From there, we jump to a long overhead shot with the woman in the center, as the gator eventually pulls into the edge of the frame, silently catching up to her wake, as she ...

This week, TV pop culture critic Richard Crouse reviews new movies: Deep Water, The Outfit, Cheaper by the Dozen, Master and X.

Ti West is the rare genre director to understand the original and honor it with a movie, “X,” that also works on its own terms.

Canadian critic watching bad movies, so you dont have to.

Full of dark humor and surprising twists, the homage explores themes of sexuality, judgment and religion.

Ti West’s latest is a slasher film about the making of a porno film, but the result might not be what you expect.

“Hi, I’m Chucky, and I’m your friend till the end. Hidey-ho!” If you’re in Texas and you see a strange-looking small person standing by the side of the road and you stop and roll down the window and the doll-like person says he’s your friend to the end, the Texas Department of Public Safety says they’re not responsible for what happens next because the Chucky they were warning you about was a malfunction in their Amber Alert system. If this sounds like the opening to “Child’s ...