The gifted genre director Ti West writes and directs this giddy, gory cross between “Boogie Nights” and “The Texas Chain Saw Massacre,” in which a group of DIY filmmakers and exotic dancers trek out to the backwoods of the Lone Star state to make a low-budget porn movie.
Little do they know, the older couple in the nearby farmhouse are a bit more spry — and murderous — than they might imagine.
West’s script and direction are marvelously film-literate, filling the frame and soundtrack with sly in-jokes and references, and his cast is delightfully game; the “Wednesday” star Jenna Ortega is a sublime scream queen, Brittany Snow revels in the opportunity to send up her typical persona and Mia Goth is pitch-perfect as both the final girl and (under heavy makeup) another key player.
It’s not for all tastes, but if you’d like a little sex and violence on your holiday viewing menu, both are in plentiful supply here.
‘All My Puny Sorrows’ (2022)Stream it on Hulu.
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Ti West, spry, Jenna Ortega, Brittany Snow, Mia Goth, It’s
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