X (2022)/Trailer transcripts

The camera starts rolling, with Bobby-Lynne (Brittany Snow) holding a camera slate in the barn.
:Bobby-Lynne: Farmer's Daughter, take one.
Next, Foghat's version of "I Just Wanna Make Love to You" starts playing as Wayne (Martin Henderson) and Maxine Minx (Mia Goth) walk into a general store.
:Maxine: I need to be famous, Wayne! (Cut to more footage of the porn shoot) All the best people are. (Back to the general store)
:Wayne: There ain't nobody else out there like you. (A couple more shots of the porn shoot, then back to the store) You know why?
:Maxine: Why? (And back to the shoot again)
:Wayne: 'Cause you got that X factor.
They kiss, then we cut to the van driving across town. The A24 logo plays over it. Cut to the inside of the van. Wayne is driving, with Maxine in the passenger seat, doing her nails. Behind them are Bobby-Lynne, Jackson Hole (Scott Mescudi), RJ (Owen Campbell), and Lorraine (Jenna Ortega). RJ starts handing his cast members copies of the script.
:Wayne: Our days of strugglin' may soon be over.
:Bobby-Lynne: Hollywood, here we come.
RJ smiles, while Lorraine does nothing. They arrive at the entrance to the location of the shoot.
:Wayne: Well, this is it. Our own studio backlot.
They drive further into the farm. Cut out, then fade in on Howard (Stephen Ure) greeting Wayne.
:Howard: You lookin' for a place to stay?
:Wayne: Yes, sir.
Back in the van, the rest of the gang watches Wayne and Howard talk. Maxine, Bobby-Lynne, and Jackson lean toward the window.
:Jackson: That's one ugly sonuvabitch.
Cut to a screen reading "FROM WRITER/DIRECTOR TI WEST," then to Pearl (Goth) staring out the window at Maxine.
:Howard: And my wife, Pearl, is next door. (Howard and the crew approach the guest house.) So I would appreciate a little discretion.
Quick cuts to Jackson and Bobby-Lynne, then to "AND THE STUDIO THAT BROUGHT YOU HEREDITARY." Wayne looks out the window, as Howard walks back home.
:Lorraine: He don't know what we're doin', does he?
:Wayne: Well, it's better to beg for forgiveness than to ask for permission.
Back to the porn shoot
:Bobby-Lynne: Would you like to... come inside?
:Jackson: Much obliged.
So he does. Cut out, then fade in on Lorraine and RJ, later in the day, interspersed with brief shots of Lorraine's scene.
:Lorraine: I wanna be in the movie.
:RJ: Well, you can't. The story can't just change midway through.
Next title screen: "THIS SPRING." Pearl goes into the forest, and Maxine looks up. Then back to the film.
:Bobby-Lynne: If Daddy catches us... there's no tellin' what he might do.
Ham is being cut, then we see Jackson opening the door in the buff. Howard is outside.
:Howard: My wife is not well.
Several shots of Pearl putting on her makeup
:Howard: It happens after dark.
More quick shots, including of Pearl. After a longer shot of the outside, we get a brief glimpse of Maxine screaming in bed, which awakens Bobby-Lynne.
:Bobby-Lynne: Maxine?
She gets up and ambles past a naked Pearl.
:Maxine: THAT WOMAN WAS IN MY BED TOUCHING ME!!
Several quick shots of the molestation scene, then back to the porn movie.
:Bobby-Lynne: You don't wanna leave, do you?
More quick shots follow, including RJ getting his keys, Maxine's face during her sex scene, Jackson getting some milk, Lorraine about to be grabbed from behind, and finally, Wayne staring outside the holes in the barn door.
:Wayne: People's eyes are gonna pop out of their damn skulls when they see this!
Wayne looks on for a second or two, but just before his eyes get gouged out, we cut to Lorraine screaming in horror, interspersed with further shots of the characters, ending on RJ stopping his truck at the sight of Pearl.
:RJ: What the...? (Cut out, then fade back in on RJ and Pearl.) Are you alright?
:Pearl: No.
A couple shots of RJ's murder, then the cast members as follows: "BRITTANY SNOW," "JENNA ORTEGA," and "SCOTT MESCUDI." Each actor is followed by a shot of them. "AND MIA GOTH IN..." is superimposed over Howard and Pearl having sex, which pans down to show Maxine under the bed. During this, "X" pops up. After this, we cut to the scene of the crime the next day. A police deputy (Geoffrey Dolan) carries RJ's camera over to two other policemen.
:Deputy: One of the boys found this inside.
:Officer Mitchell (Matthew Saville): What do you think is on it?
Lorraine runs screaming out of the house, only for Howard to shoot her while Maxine turns away.
:Sheriff Dentler (James Gaylyn): I'd say one goddamn fucked-up horror picture.
Two shots of Pearl dancing in front of RJ's blood-soaked truck, then the film melts away to reveal "X," with "COMING SOON" underneath. We then cut to a billing block, ending the trailer.
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