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2017

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Filmmakers Jovanka Vuckovic, Annie Clark, Roxanne Benjamin and Karyn Kusama present four horrific tales of terror. In "The Box," a boy (Peter DaCunha) starts to display strange behavior after looking inside a mysterious gift box. In "The Birthday Party," a woman (Melanie Lynskey) refuses to let an untimely death ruin her son's bash. In "Don't Fall," an innocent camping trip turns deadly, and in "Her Only Living Son," a mother (Christina Kirk) must deal with the child from hell.

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Critics Consensus

XX's array of distinct female filmmaking voices -- and the empowerment their collection represents -- offer enough thrills to make up for the overall uneven quality that plagues most anthology projects.

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rhienna renée guedry

Bitch Media

A delightful and horrific variety pack.

Feb 26, 2021

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Elena Lazic

Little White Lies

Framed by pretty banal animation, the film as a whole reflects a rather limited vision of womanhood, with three shorts focused solely on mothers. That XX proves patchy is a disappointment, particularly as it is a noble project.

Mar 21, 2018

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Peter Keough

Boston Globe

The four narratives ... achieve varying levels of black comedy and terror with an emphasis on women's issues.

Rated: 2.5/4

Mar 2, 2017

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Brian Eggert

Deep Focus Review

The promising concept behind XX draws our interest from start to finish, and the arrangement assures that, if we don't like the current segment, a new one is just a few minutes away.

Rated: 2.5/4

Apr 5, 2022

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Emma Wolfe

SpookyAstronauts

Obviously this is a film that everyone was rooting for... but it just didn't thrill me overall.

Rated: 3/10

Apr 26, 2021

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Steven Prokopy

Third Coast Review

Wwith Carillo's creepy Brothers Quay-inspired animation holding it all together, this is an admirable, mostly enjoyable success that I hope inspires a franchise.

May 4, 2020

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Jeffrey P

A series of four short films very loosely connected via some creative stop-motion animation. The biggest problem here is that the first short film is so intriguing and makes one want more, that naturally leads to the rest feeling like a disappointing letdown. The second film wasn’t very interesting, we’ve all seen Weekend at Bernie’s, the familiar face was all it really had going for it. By the time the third and fourth tales come along I’ve kinda mentally checked out and they’re mostly forgettable. There are better horror anthologies and there are worse; Tales of Halloween is one of the better Halloween-horror anthologies and will tell you which direction this leans in.

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

09/20/25

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acsdoug D

The first of these four horror stories is okay, the other three are pretty weak.

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

06/18/25

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Texas D

Dumb unrealistic characters. lol I mean wtf I’ve seen better films from high school kids then this POS lol

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

08/25/24

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penguin s

All in all, it was an entertaining watch. I found the stop motion between the shorts just as interesting. The 1st really left me hanging, the second was entertaining but had me scratching my head over the main's motivations. It was comical more than scary. The 3rd was by far most creepy and the final, well acted, left me wanting more. It would make a great movie.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

03/30/23

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Kevin A

This movie is drastically underrated. A movie that consists of multiple mini stories, each manages to capture the different types of horror. If you do watch it, be sure to give a real chance & watch the whole thing.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

12/17/22

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john b

Horrendously terrible even for low budget standards.

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

03/30/23

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Synopsis

Filmmakers Jovanka Vuckovic, Annie Clark, Roxanne Benjamin and Karyn Kusama present four horrific tales of terror. In "The Box," a boy (Peter DaCunha) starts to display strange behavior after looking inside a mysterious gift box. In "The Birthday Party," a woman (Melanie Lynskey) refuses to let an untimely death ruin her son's bash. In "Don't Fall," an innocent camping trip turns deadly, and in "Her Only Living Son," a mother (Christina Kirk) must deal with the child from hell.

Director: Jovanka Vuckovic, St. Vincent, Roxanne Benjamin, Karyn Kusama
Producer: Karen Shaw, Daniel Bekerman, Roxanne Benjamin, Chris Harding, Travis Stevens
Screenwriter: Jovanka Vuckovic, St. Vincent, Roxanne Benjamin, Karyn Kusama
Distributor: Magnet Releasing
Production Co: Snowfort Pictures, Magnolia Pictures, XYZ Films, Dark Sky Films
Rating: R (Language|Horror Violence|Brief Drug Use)
Genre: Horror
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Feb 17, 2017, Limited
Release Date (Streaming): Feb 17, 2017
Box Office (Gross USA): $30.1K
Runtime: 1h 21m

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