As someone who’s never seen X or Pearl, this movie made me want to see X and Pearl. The movie itself? Enjoyable. Not as horrific as I wanted.
Would I have had a higher opinion of MaXXXine if I knew wtf the overarching story of Maxine was? Yes. But I thought old people interrupting a porn shoot wasn’t a serious setting for a horror film, and then when Pearl came out I was like, “I never saw X so I can’t see this either.”
But now both are on my “buy next time you’re at the record store” list out of want, not need, after seeing MaXXXine.
I don’t know what else to say. Literally. I don’t know what’s a spoiler or not. Because I have no knowledge of the trilogy.
