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An adult film star turned actress faces a mysterious killer while trying to keep her dark past hidden in 1980s Hollywood.
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Aspiring movie star and hustler Maxine Minx (Mia Goth) finally gets her big break. But as a mysterious killer stalks the starlets of 1980s Hollywood, a trail of blood threatens to reveal her sinister past. The murderous finale of Ti West's X Trilogy (X, Pearl) also features a star-studded ensemble including Bobby Cannavale, Michelle Monaghan, Elizabeth Debicki, Halsey, Lily Collins, with Giancarlo Esposito and Kevin Bacon.
"MaXXXine is the conclusion of director Ti West's X Trilogy, starring Mia Goth. The story continues in 1985, six years after the events of X, with Maxine Minx now a star in the adult film industry, trying to transition to "mainstream" cinema. Simultaneously, a figure who knows about her dark past tries to blackmail her and thwart her plans, while a serial killer is loose in Hollywood, claiming the lives of several sex workers and actresses at the height of the "Satanic Panic" of the Reagan era. With vast references to film history, the third movie in the trilogy successfully grounds themes introduced in X and its prequel, Pearl: together, the three parts form a triptych that analyzes the moral schizophrenia of American society and culture, with female fame existing in the constant tension between prudish conservatism and misogynistic exploitation."