MaXXXine

Summary

MaXXXineis finally on the way , and here are 10 lingering questions fromXandPearlthat the upcoming film can respond . MaXXXineis the third photographic film in Ti West ’s beloved A24 horror dealership , with it kicking off withXandPearlin 2022 only forMaXXXineto round out the trilogy . Despite the franchise ’s modest scale of measurement , an huge amount of traditional knowledge has been tamp into the world ofXandPearl , andMaXXXinecan continue this horror trend by tying up these loose goal .

Ti West’sXseemed like a stand up - alone homage to repugnance films , with it clearly taking inspiration from classical slasher motion-picture show of the 1970s and 1980s likeThe Texas Chain Saw Massacre . However , the prequel filmPearlended up taking the franchise in a wholly different focussing , with it exploring the living of the nominal starlet decades before she terrorise the maincast of fibre inX.MaXXXinewill foot up whereXleft off , exploring Maxine ’s life as she travels to Hollywood in an endeavor to become a star in the 1980s , mayhap resolving someXandPearlmysteries .

MaXXXine , the sequel to X , has been confirmed . indite and direct by Ti West , here ’s everything you should know about the upcoming horror moving picture .

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10What Happened To Maxine After The Farmhouse Massacre?

Lingering Question From X

The biggest motion fromXthatMaXXXinewill obviously answer iswhat happened to Maxine after the farmhouse massacre . At the last ofX , Maxine is the only survivor of Pearl and Howard ’s reign of threat , with her steal Howard ’s truck and drive off from the offence scene . However , Maxine is n’t seen again after this moment , withPearlnot expanding on her narration at all . It is n’t yet known what occurred between Maxine ’s story inXand her prison term in Hollywood inMaXXXine , something that the thirdXfilm needs to explicate .

9How Did Howard & Pearl Meet?

Lingering Question From Pearl

Pearldelves into the backstory of the titulary sea wolf fromXa good moment , but it really barely touches on the account of Howard , who was also a significant threat in the original film . WhenPearlstarts , Howard is aside contend in World War I , with the film giving very little account as to how they met . Howard is barely a quality inPearl , with him being more of a plot equipment to develop Pearl in his absence seizure rather than a fully fleshed - out character . Because of this , much closed book surround Howard and Pearl ’s pre - Pearlrelationship .

8Why Did Howard Stay With Pearl?

Howard chose to quell with Pearl for an unknown reason , change state him into a liquidator like her .

Pearlexplores Pearl ’s transformation into a killer whale , something that is consistent with the murders she trust alongside Howard inX. However , neither picture show explains why Howard kill , making theend ofPearlkind of confusing . Howard render home to see Pearl with a yoke of dead corpses , something that would make most masses run . However , Howard chose to ride out with Pearl for an obscure ground , turning him into a murderer like her . Although Howard wo n’t be a major part ofMaXXXine , the photographic film could flesh out his motivating a fiddling bit more , explaining why he stay with Pearl .

7How Did Pearl Get Away With Murdering Her Parents?

Another major mystery from the end ofPearlhas to do with how Pearl got away with murder her parent , something that could be explicate inMaXXXine . Pearl was last see with the bodies of her parents , with her presumptively getting disembarrass of the bodies in the same way as she did other body : by feeding them to her alligator . However , the fact that her parent went missing sure enough would have been a violent flag to the the great unwashed in Pearl ’s aliveness , meaning that someone should have been able to deduce that Pearl was their killer .

6How Many People Have Pearl & Howard Killed?

Pearl killed tons of people in a short clip span throughoutXandPearl , mean that it is potential that she has drink down rafts more throughout her life history .

Pearl and Howard have clearly been pop for decadesby the clock time thatXrolls around , but an exact kill count for the couple is never specified . Pearl kill scads of the great unwashed in a short time span throughoutXandPearl , meaning that it is potential that she has killed tons more throughout her life . The span understandably has murdering down to a science , and while their terminal murders pass inX , it would be interesting to have a go at it how many have croak at their script in the decades that took place off - projection screen .

5What’s Going On With Maxine’s Parents?

Theending ofXcontains a major plait reveal , with it being unveil that Maxine ’s father is actually a televangelist who is on at Pearl and Howard ’s house . As the moving picture explains , Maxine ran by from her family to become an actress , with her Father-God beg that she would return home . This storyline has n’t been expanded on at all since the last of the first film , but it very well could be further fleshed out inMaXXXine , explain what is going on with her parents .

4Why Didn’t Maxine Get The Police At The End Of X?

After Howard and Pearl slaying all of her friends , Maxine simply flees in Howard ’s truck , escape the scene of the criminal offence . The consistent next measure for Maxine would have been for her to go to the police force and state them about the murders . However , this does n’t seem to be the face , withMaXXXine ’s marketing instead entail that she went to Hollywood . Maxine does n’t have much of a rationality to not go to the police , soMaXXXineshould explain why she did or did n’t make this move .

3Are The Police After Maxine?

If Maxine did n’t go to the police , then the police are doubtlessly after her , something thatMaXXXinecould let out . Not only was Maxine present at several murders , butshe also stole Howard ’s hand truck , meaning that the constabulary have a agency to track her . Having Maxine experience life on the lam would be a fun mode to makeMaXXXineeven more thrilling , with this loose closing peradventure being a story pose up for the forthcoming sequel .

The MaXXXine cast include the conversant maven of the X trilogy , Mia Goth , alongside iconic supporting actors like Kevin Bacon and Halsey .

2Why Do Pearl & Maxine Look Exactly Alike?

Lingering Question From X & Pearl

One of the strangest mysteries in Ti West ’s horror universe has to do withwhy Pearl and Maxine look alike , with this being the content of much account in theXfanbase . Mia Goth plays both Pearl and Maxinein the movies , with this casting choice pull a thematic connection between the two religiously oppressed starlet . However , there may also be an in - universe account as to why the two look so similar , with them possibly being related .

1Will Maxine Achieve Her Acting Dreams?

The final lollygag head fromXthatMaXXXineneeds to answer has to do with whether or not Maxine will attain her acting dreams . From the very beginning ofX , it is clear that Maxine wants to be a whizz , something that she is seemingly pursuing inMaXXXine . Now that she ’s in Hollywood , Maxine in the end has the chance to make it big , withMaXXXinehopefully unwrap the fate of her position as an aspiring actress .

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In eighties Hollywood , adult film star and aspiring actress Maxine Minx lands her big break , but her ascent to stardom is stake by a cryptic killer direct starlet . As the trunk counting rise , arcanum from Maxine ’s past threaten to surface , lace her pursuit for fame with a baneful secret plan of survival .

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A composite image of Mia Goth as Maxine sitting at a mirror and shushing a person on the ground in X

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Pearl and Howard from X and Pearl.

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Mia Goth as Pearl shooshing someone in the barn in Pearl

Maxine wearing a bandana and looking over her shoulder in X

Maxine and Wayne together in X

Mia Goth and Halsey walk through ’80s Hollywood in MaXXXine

Moses Sumney and Elizabeth Debicki in MaXXXine

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Headshot Of Mia Goth In The 2023 Film Independent Spirit Awards

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