‘Maxxxine’ trailer: Mia Goth and Ti West round out their ‘X’ trilogy with 1985-set slasher

Jordan Hoffman
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A24 released the trailer for “Maxxxine” early Monday, the third part of a genre trilogy from Mia Goth and director Ti West. Whereas “X” focused on a porno shoot in 1979 (and featured a bozo walking around barefoot in a barn, thus stepping on a gigantic nail) and “Pearl” took the action way back to 1918 (with Goth mugging with a frozen smile for insane lengths of time), “Maxxxine” is set in Los Angeles during its sleaze nadir of 1985, with Goth’s Maxine Minx ready to make the transition from adult entertainer to horror movie star. Alas, a serial killer (“The Night Stalker”) is on the loose, causing trouble.

Set to “My Obsession” by Animotion and “Self Control” by Laura Branigan, Maxxine and hear blown-out hairstyle zoom around L.A., meeting Elizabeth Debicki, Moses Sumney, Michelle Monaghan, Bobby Cannavale, Lily Collins, Halsey, Giancarlo Esposito, and Kevin Bacon along the way. 

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Even though “Maxxxine” looks like a splashy, fun ride with 1980s makeup, Debicki in an ascot, and some shots on VHS, the trailer still does feature the word “trauma.” A24 seems to be legally bound to make this concept explicit in all of their horror flicks.

The 30-year-old Goth (whose full name is Mia Gypsy Mello da Silva Goth, which is wonderful) began modeling as a teen, and first scored a film role in Lars Von Trier’s two-part “Nymphomaniac” at the age of 16. The dual roles in “X” and “Pearl”, followed by Brandon Cronenberg’s delirious and demented “Infinity Pool” have secured her position as horror actress of the moment. Her next big project is as “The Bride” in Guillermo Del Toro’s Frankenstein. 

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