chris’s review published on Letterboxd:
i will not accept a life i do not deserve.
mia goth delivers another phenomenal performance in the final chapter of the x trilogy. it's a delightfully gory giallo-esque throwback to the 80s. if you enjoy the argento's and the fulci's of the 70s and 80s, chances are you'll get something out of this. hell, even the score evokes the scores of those giallo films.
i was apprehensive on the inclusion of a real life serial killer, but i think it was done very tastefully. it never got to a point of feeling exploitative. and the killer reveal, i thought, was very well done. shocking but not in the way you'd expect. i don't really understand the trend of knocking killer reveals because they were "predictable" because, let's face it, not every movie has to have a jaw-dropping reveal to be good. you just have to let all the pieces fall into place and it'll come naturally. and i think that the first film lays those pieces out on the table for maxxxine to set them into place.
maxxxine is a satisfying conclusion to what has quickly become one of my favorite horror trilogies. every film has a unique feel to it and feel like their own individual movies, while all coming together to create one big over-arching story. this was a wonderful send-off to maxine.
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