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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 languidly makes her way back to the dock. The shot then switches, putting us on top of the dock, wit...

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 don't have to.