, the newest film from horror auteur Ti West, opens with this oft-quoted sentiment from silver screen icon Bette Davis. With his third instalment in theThe year is 1985 and Maxine Minx is hustling day and night on the Hollywood strip, still in search of stardom, however seedy it may be.
Having just landed the lead in a Satanic possession movie , Maxine is on the precipice of crossing over from porn to mainstream filmmaking as the new slasher scream queen. The only problem is her friends keep dying. While trying to keep up appearances on the movie’s set, Maxine is dogged both by cops charged with investigating these murders as well as a menacing private investigator, John Labat , with ties to the serial killer who threatens to expose the young woman’s past Texas dealings.