MaXXXine Review: A Disappointing 80s Throwback By She’s a star. Mia Goth stars in the third installment of Ti West’s series of horror movies that started in 2022. We had X, a slasher that pays tribute to the horror, pornography, and exploitation films of the 1970s.
West followed this up with Pearl, a prequel set in the 1930s that took its inspiration from the whimsical Technicolor films of the era. is West’s new installment that follows Goth as Maxine Minks, a porn star trying to make it in Hollywood while dealing with the traumatic events of X. MaXXXine fails to reach the heights of its predecessors, serving as the weakest of the three movies.
West crafts an authentic, loving tribute to the 1980s and simultaneously forgets to make a compelling film. This movie does offer its merits, but more is needed to save the film from feeling trite in the long run. The best quality of this series is how each movie manages to have its unique texture.
We had the ’70s and the ’30s, and now, we arrive in the gritty L.A. landscape of 1985.
Maxine is on her way to breaking through in Hollywood, all while evading the Night Stalker. The Night Stalker is a peculiar choice for the antagonist of this film. Not only was he a real-life serial killer who stalked and killed numerous people during this period, but he has never been introduced in this series yet.
This movie is where we feel Pearl’s absence. She was a fascinating antagonist in X and an even more exciting protagonist in Pearl..
