MaXXXine (2024) poster
2024 · horror · thriller

MaXXXine

Directed by Ti West1h 43m2024
ElsewhereIMDb6.284kRT73%Metacritic64TMDB6.32k
  • heavy
  • brisk
  • extreme
  • bleak
  • cold
Movie DNA

Heavy, kinetic, extreme horror / thriller, inventive in texture. Nihilistic, intimate, cold, hand-scored across twelve axes of taste.

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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. Hand-scored on twelve axes of taste — mood, pacing, weirdness, hope, stakes, humour, reality, density, warmth, auteur, intensity, and era — with a derived palette drawn from its dominant cinematography.

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You want neon-drenched 1980s Hollywood dread with slasher stakes and style to burn.

ends devastatingit leaves you shakensteady all the waygrips by minute 12attention 4/5earns its length
Date nightWith friendsSoloWith parentsKids around
Heads-upgorenudityexplicit sexgraphic violencedrug use

Skip it tonightGraphic violence, on-screen sex work, and sleaze are dealbreakers before the first reel.

DNA · twelve axes

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Each axis is hand-scored — not derived from votes or genre averages. The marker shows where this film sits; the gradient fill uses the film's own cinematography palette.

Mood · HeavyCosy
Pacing · Slow-burnKinetic
Intensity · GentleExtreme
Weirdness · ConventionalSurreal
Hope · NihilisticRedemptive
Stakes · IntimateEpic
Humour · NoneBroad
Reality · GroundedFantastical
Density · SparseTwisty
Warmth · ColdTender
Auteur · TransparentSignature
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