Mia Goth Plays an Adult Film Star Whose Past Comes Back to Haunt Her in BloodyMaXXXineTrailer

Mar. 15, 2025

Mia Gothis keeping the shocks and surprises coming.

The first trailer forMaXXXinedebuted April 8, teasing writer-director Ti West and studio A24’s third entry in a slasher trilogy that also includes 2022’sXandPearl,which both also starred Goth, 30.

“In 1980s Hollywood, adult film star and aspiring actress Maxine Minx (Goth) finally gets her big break,” according to a synopsis. “But as a mysterious killer stalks the starlets of Hollywood, a trail of blood threatens to reveal her sinister past.”

Gothhad dual roles inX, as porn actress Maxineand as the elderly farm resident Pearl. Pearl’s origin story played out in the next film titled after the character, which Goth co-wrote.

Mia Goth and Halsey in “MaXXXine”.A24

The trailer shows Maxine, now living in Los Angeles in the 1980s following the ’70s-setX, as she strives toward an acting career while a killer known as the Night Stalker harms actresses in Hollywood. Meanwhile, a private detective (Bacon) tracks Maxine down and appears intent on revealing parts of her past just as she seems set to make her big break as an actress.

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West previously toldIndieWirethatMaXXXine“will be about how home video has affected people.” He added of the trilogy, “You won’t need to see one to see the other, but they do complement each other.”

Mia Goth in MaXXXine.A24/YouTube

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MaXXXineis in theaters July 5.

source: people.com