2022’s X introduced viewers to a new twist on a classic slasher, with scream queen Mia Goth stepping into dual roles as both final girl Maxine and serial killer Pearl. Now, MaXXXine — the final film in the franchise — will tie up the Ti West –directed trilogy that has left fans begging for more. X — outside all of its bloody, gory fun — rose above the typical horror flick by taking an introspective look at the relationship between beauty and aging.
The prequel that followed, Pearl, served as a unique character study for X’s main antagonist by unpacking the origin story of the homicidal maniac obsessed with reclaiming her youth. MaXXXine shifts the narrative back to Goth’s final girl role, picking up years after she escaped the throes of that remote Texas farmhouse where the action of X was set. So what can fans expect? By X’s final moments, all of Maxine’s friends along with both of the killers are six feet under.
Maxine has smashed Pearl’s head with a truck, while Pearl’s husband, Howard, died minutes earlier from a heart attack. But that doesn’t mean that Maxine’s ghosts won’t show up to haunt her when the final film picks back up in 1980s Los Angeles. Although Maxine survived the intense experience, X hints that she chose not to report what happened to the authorities .
In the film’s final scene, Sheriff Dentler ( James Gaylyn ) discovers the aftermath of the murders, including the tape of the group’s amateur film, The Farmer’s Daughter .
