Sequel takes place six years after X.
Mia Goth - Maxine
Elizabeth Debicki - Liz Bender
Moses Sumney - Leon
Kevin Bacon - John Labat
Summary
"In this business, until you're known as a monster, you're not a star." - Bette Davis
Tinseltown, California 1985.
Adult film star Maxine Minx (Miller) accepts fuck flicks have taken her as far as they can.
After smashing her audition for horror The Puritan II, she lands the lead role of Veronica Rutland, with character described as Clint Eastwood meets Charlie Bronson.
Meanwhile, satanic serial killer the Night Stalker is murdering other female porn stars, brandishing victims with a pentacle.
As the bodies pile up, Maxine begins to realise that she's the ultimate prize.
Divine intervention
The inference that the Night Stalker is responsible for reducing members of the porn industry turns out to be a red herring, as copycat killer (Maxine's father Ernest) sees dearest daughter as the 'Devil', and plans to use her sinful ass in his film to expose Hollywood's exploitative nature.
So victims and primary characters are fictitious.
The eventual apprehension of the real Richard Ramirez (identity unconfirmed) is shown through archival news footage.
Coincidentally (or not), Ramirez killed Maxine Zazzara and her husband, Vincent at their home on 27 March 1985.
Anyway, compared to X and Pearl, I was disappointed.
Slasher action thriller takes over an hour to get going and even when shit does, it's pretty meh.
There's some impressive gore, but apart from Maxine depriving mugger of joy department, kills are uninspiring.
Goth puts in another great performance and until he's crushed inside his car by a junkyard compressor, Bacon's private detective was good fun.
Prior to blowing Ernest's head off, Maxine imagines her at the glitzy premiere of The Puritan II, revealing in an interview that Bender will direct biopic The Maxine Minx Story.
One month later, she continues to work on her film, hoping success will never end.
Ti West has confirmed this isn't the end of series, so it'll be interesting to see what happens next.
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