MaXXXine
- heavy
- brisk
- extreme
- bleak
- cold
Heavy, kinetic, extreme horror / thriller, inventive in texture. Nihilistic, intimate, cold.
How every film is hand-scored →In 1980s Hollywood, adult film star and aspiring actress Maxine Minx finally gets her big break. But as a mysterious killer stalks the starlets of Hollywood, a trail of blood threatens to reveal her sinister past.
Our read · MaXXXine (2024) reads as a heavy, kinetic, inventive horror · thriller entry — extreme in intensity, intimate in scope, cold in temperature, nihilistic in outlook.
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The shape of MaXXXine
What watching it is actually like.
“You want neon-drenched 1980s Hollywood dread with slasher stakes and style to burn.”
Skip it tonight — Graphic violence, on-screen sex work, and sleaze are dealbreakers before the first reel.
The reading.
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