When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.Here’s how it works. (Image credit: Universal Pictures) Picking up six years after the events of X, we catch up with Maxine (Mia Goth) who is now living in Hollywood attempting to find acting roles outside of porn. However, her bloody past has other ideas as it starts catching up with her. Set in the ’80s, the film reflects on themes from that period, including the Satanic Panic and the rise of grindhouse titles in the home video market. Perhaps more explicitly though, it also features the Night Stalker, a.k.a. Richard Ramirez, a serial killer who was convicted of 13 counts of murder, five attempted murders, and 11 sexual assaults. After the tease in thefilm’s trailer, there has been debate online about featuring a very real killer in a fictional tale. For star and producer Goth though, it really “anchors” the story as she tellsTotal Film in our new issueout on Thursday, June 20, …
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