Ti West is a multidimensional genre filmmaker who is also a writer, director, editor, and producer. He is a jack-of-all-cinematic-trades whose skillful and persistent use of film homage has resulted in a rich and prestigious body of feature films. West never compromises his integrity, charisma, or singularity while wearing his influences loudly and proudly. He is in high demand in the industry due to his universal appeal and insatiable appetite for terror. Ranking Ti West’s films are listed in order below.
1. House Of The Devil (2009)
Cast- Ti West, Jocelin Donahue, Greta Gerwig
Samantha Hughes, a college student, accepts a mysterious babysitting job in a desperate attempt to earn money. So she may move into a new apartment. When she gets to the house, Mr. Ulman announces a full moon eclipse. She lets her know that Samantha will be caring for his mother since there isn’t one there. Samantha discovers after touring the ominous-looking property that her bosses are keeping a horrific secret. She now have plans to utilise her, whether she is alive or dead.
2. X (2022)
Cast- Mia Goth, Brittany Snow, Jenna Ortega
Burlesque owner and ambitious producer Wayne gathers a team of young filmmakers to work on their project, The Farmer’s Daughters. Along with the goal of breaking new ground in cinema and reinventing the adult film genre. Wayne is certain they will all become famous soon because his fiancée Maxine, an aspiring actress, is a part of the movie. The gang soon arrives at the carefully chosen spot, an isolated cabin in rural Texas Wayne. It is rented from spooky owners Howard and his wife Pearl, and they go to work. A hushed undercurrent of doldrums, however, sends shivers down the spine when visionary filmmaker RJ begins filming sensual scenes directly in front of their white-haired guests.
3. Trigger Man (2007)
Cast- Reggie Cunningham, Ray Sullivan, Heather Robb
The story of the movie centres on three friends who are out deer hunting in Delaware when a sniper begins killing them one by one. The film’s climax is reminiscent of a dual-like third-person shooter. Trigger Man was West’s first foray into a more certain thematic direction, somewhat of like a Predator without the aliens. With a running time of just under an hour and a half, West’s second notable film begins as a routine character study before turning violently into a terrifying story of survival and anxiety.
4. The Innkeepers (2011)
Cast- Sara Paxton, Kelly McGills, Pat Healy
The movie, set in present-day New England, centres on two humble staff members of the previously opulent Yankee Pedlar Inn. When they decide to look into reports of ghost sightings, however, they unintentionally bring a terrible spirit from the afterlife to life. The Innkeepers is a contemporary resurrection of the haunted hotel horror subgenre that burns unhurriedly and relentlessly. It is a dangerously slow-moving ghost story that will reward patient viewers with its horrifying second half.
5. The Sacrament (2013)
Cast- Joe Swanberg, A. J. Bowen, Gene Jones
Patrick, a journalist, works for VICE, a news outlet that specialises in covering strange stories. When Caroline, his sister, joins a group, she embarks on an international journey with her new family. Caroline unexpectedly extends an invitation to Patrick to visit her in an unspecified place, where Patrick goes by helicopter with his VICE coworkers Jake and Sam. The guys who have arrived to lead them to the Eden Parish are armed, which they find odd. When Patrick, Sam, and Jake get to the camp, they see a happy congregation of followers of Father. They speak with Father, but quickly discover that people are not as content as they appear to be.
6. In A Valley Of Violence (2016)
Cast- Ethan Hawke, John Travolta, Taissa Farmiga
A mystery nomad and his dog travel through the Old West’s desolate desert toward Mexico. They attempted to cut their journey short by passing via a wide valley, arriving in the abandoned town of Denton, which is now renowned as a valley of violence. A collection of misfits and nitwits, including the troublemaking son of the town’s troublesome marshal, Gilly, dominate the once-famous mining town, which is all but deserted.
7. The Roost (2005)
Cast- Ti West, Vanessa Horneff, Tom Noonan
The four friends Trevor, Allison, Brian, and Elliot are fortunate to be alive after crashing their car while travelling to a wedding on Halloween. The trio go off in quest of assistance after becoming stranded in the Pennsylvania countryside, only to find that getting to the wedding on time is the least of their troubles. The companions had no idea how to prepare for the roost of hiding vampire bats in the barn and zombies in the home after stumbling to a nearby property.
8. V/H/S (2012)
Cast- Simon Barrett, Adam Wingard, Joe Swanberg
V/H/S is a found-footage horror anthology made up of six stories delivered from the viewpoint of the viewer. In “Tape 56,” a group of teenage criminals steal into what appears to be an abandoned home before realising they have taken on too much. Then, in “Amateur Night,” three lusty friends meet a mystery young woman, and in “Second Honeymoon,” a married couple travelling through the American Southwest discovers that a stranger is following them. Next, four vacationers are threatened by a mysterious killer in “Tuesday the 17th,” and poor Emily senses ghostly activity in her home in “The Sick Thing That Happened to Emily When She Was Younger.” In “10/31/98,” four friends lastly discover a haunted mansion that has unintended repercussions.
