After X being a pretty clever Texas Chain Saw Massacre fan film, Pearl is the best of the triptych for me as a beautiful portrait of a deeply damaged character, but I found MaXXXine the most fun as hardboiled 80s action mixed with video nasty.
The use of a true story doesn't add enough to earn it, but that's my main critique.
A couple of the familiar faces in small roles seem like a nice deliberate misdirect.
People who haven’t seen the others probably get enough VHS-smudged-style flashbacks to know where Maxine’s coming from.
D&D makes a guest spot in the Satanic Panic montage in the opening credits.
Overall: Yes I want to run New Wave Requiem again.
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