An adult film star's Hollywood dreams collide with a brutal slasher, unearthing a chilling past.
Suspenseful and pulpy. A full-attention watch at a measured pace. Emotionally it carries some weight.
Streaming on Prime Video, Hulu, Max, Kanopy (free), Hoopla (free), The Roku Channel (free) and 3 more.
Strong sex and nudity, which is more than most R titles carry. Beyond that, real scares and several jump scares.
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In 1980s Hollywood, adult film star and aspiring actress Maxine Minx finally gets her big break. But as a mysterious killer stalks the starlets of Hollywood, a trail of blood threatens to reveal her sinister past.
It leaves the ending open to interpretation.
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