Review: Schlock and art make nice in ‘MaXXXine,’ a superior slasher film

Ti West’s ‘MaXXXine’ is a worthy slasher film, buoyed by strong performance by star MIa Goth.

Mia Goth plays an actor caught up in Hollywood’s sleazy ways, as well as a string of murders, in “MaXXXine.”Nostalgia winds up a blood-soaked corpse in “MaXXXine,” director/screenwriter Ti West’s bodacious, outright gnarly plunge back into the cesspool of mid-’80s Los Angeles. West strips that era of the City of Angels of all its pretense and posturing to expose its dark, sleazy and, yes, irresistible underbelly.

“Maxxxine” finds Goth slaying it again. Literally. Her lethally ambitious Maxine lands her first mainstream role after killing it at an audition . Like other Hollywood A-listers who got their Hollywood start in horror films , Maxine is looking to secure her footing with a schlocky little horror ditty, “The Puritan II.”

Davis’ words serve as a mantra for the zealously ambitious Maxine, and reverberate throughout “MaXXXine.” But in West’s jaded vision, Hollywood doesn’t get all the blame for creating monsters. Everyone in “MaXXXine” — including the pious and sanctimonious — have a substantial part in the dirty business and all have their blood on their hands. That includes an oily scumbag of a private investigator named John Labat .

Will Maxine be the next victim? Or will it be one of her colleagues? And could the killer be the notorious Night Stalker who’s been terrorizing and preying on Los Angeles residents?

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