As his X trilogy concludes with MaXXXine – starring Mia Goth as a porn star pursued by a serial killer – the filmmaker explains how the demonisation of heavy metal fans ignited his youthful imagination
, the latest high-sleaze shocker from horror auteur Ti West, opens with a montage of archival footage plunging us headfirst into the height of 80s satanic panic. West’s X trilogy, which MaXXXine concludes, is preoccupied by America’s never-ending conflict between old-school puritanism and the liberalisation of social norms, and MaXXXine makes the subject more explicit than ever.
MaXXXine is essentially a movie about making movies, something West clearly adores. Even though the film exposes the bloodthirsty drive for stardom that Hollywood can incite, it doesn’t depict the film business as being inherently corrupting. “I feel like a realist about Hollywood,” he says. “To be cynical about it is to some degree fair, but I don’t think it’s useful. Show business is an impersonal and relatively savage business, and it’s always evolving.
Much like his characters, he’s still seduced by the potency of Tinseltown’s promise. “Hollywood is one of those places where people feel like you could go there and be discovered at any moment and change your life,” West says. “That’s untrue for 99.9% of them – but for 0.1% of people it has happened, so it keeps the dream alive. There’s something kind of magical about that.”
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