It's shaping up to be a promising summer of horror. Last week, we got our first look at Tilman Singer Cuckoowhich will be released in August, debuts this week with the first trailer for Ti West's film Maxxine. The film will complete the trilogy that began in 2022 with the release of both X And its introduction Pearl; It hits theaters on July 5.
As the title suggests, the new film follows aspiring actress Maxine Minx (Mia Goth) as she tries to make it big in Hollywood in 1985 after the gruesome events of 1985. X. Just like Pearl before her (also played by Goth), she seems willing to do anything to make it happen. But the bad news: the mysterious killer known as the Night Stalker is on the loose, complicating those plans.
Although telling parts of the same story, each entry in West's trilogy had a completely different feel. X It introduced both Pearl and Maxine and was modeled after 1970s slasher films. Pearl, Meanwhile, it was set a few decades earlier and had elements Wizard of Oz (Only you know, a lot darker). So Maxxine Of course it is very 80s, from the music to the fashion.
In addition to Goth, it stars Elizabeth Debicki, Moses Sumney, Michelle Monaghan, Bobby Cannavale, Halsey, Lily Collins, Giancarlo Esposito, and Kevin Bacon.