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MaXXXine

2024 · 103 min

A sleazy, neon-soaked plunge into 80s Hollywood paranoia, stylish and vicious, with a magnetic star holding the grimy chaos together.

Tagline
Hollywood is a killer.
Overview
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.

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How it feels

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Tone
  • darkstrength 3 of 3
  • tensestrength 2 of 3
  • satiricalstrength 2 of 3
  • campystrength 2 of 3
Pacing
brisk, 3 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • ambition
  • obsession
  • identity
  • trauma
  • corruption
Places
  • big city
  • workplace
  • single country house
Era
period
Audience
adult
Form
  • serialised
  • twist ending
Content intensity
  • Gore strong
  • Language strong
  • Violence strong
  • Sex strong
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action6
Horror7
Humour4
Realism6
Romance2
Tension7
Darkness8
Complexity6
Emotional weight6

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Details

Genres
horror
Directed by
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Starring
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Music
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Cinematography
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Runtime
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Languages
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