Director: Ti West
A former adult film star chases a legitimate acting career in 1980s Los Angeles, only to find that her bloody past refuses to stay buried.
What is MaXXXine about?
Maxine Minx has clawed her way out of the seedy fringes of the industry and landed a role in a studio horror sequel, the kind of break she always believed she deserved. But as she rehearses lines by day, a masked figure begins stalking her by night, and a private investigator starts asking questions about the massacre she barely escaped years earlier. Set against a Los Angeles thick with satanic-panic paranoia, tabloid headlines, and VHS-era sleaze, the film follows Maxine as she tries to protect the new life she's building while old enemies and new threats close in from every direction. Ti West closes out his slasher trilogy by trading the rural terror of its predecessors for neon-lit city grime, letting Mia Goth's performance carry both the ambition and the menace at the story's center.
Cast & crew
Mia Goth returns as Maxine for a third and final time, joined by Elizabeth Debicki as a hard-nosed director, Kevin Bacon as a sleazy fixer, and Giancarlo Esposito as Maxine's unflappable lawyer-agent. Moses Sumney, Michelle Monaghan, Bobby Cannavale, Halsey, and Lily Collins round out a cast that spans detectives, actresses, and industry hangers-on caught in Maxine's orbit.
Context & significance
Ti West wrote and directed the film as the closing chapter of a trilogy that began with 'X' and its prequel 'Pearl', both also built around Goth's performance. The production leaned into period-accurate Los Angeles textures, from adult theater marquees to news footage referencing real 1980s anxieties, to root its horror in a specific and unglamorous version of the city.
Where & how to watch
MaXXXine streams on K-Time with a Farsi-friendly interface and both Persian dubbing and subtitles, so viewers can follow Maxine's story in whichever language suits them. Reading about the film here is free; watching it just requires logging into a K-Time account.