10 Horror Franchises Set For A Huge 2024

9. X

MaXXXine Mia Goth
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Should writer/director Ti West stick the landing with MaXXXine, he'll have one of the great movie trilogies on his hands.

West's X trilogy has so far delivered two exceptional, vastly different movies with X and Pearl: An X-traordinary Origin Story; two movies hugely well received by fans and critics alike. With Mi Goth front-and-center for this franchise - playing porn star Maxine and elderly killer Pearl in X, then playing the younger Pearl in, well, Pearl - the third leg of this tale, MaXXXine, will pick things up with Goth's Maxine fives years after she was the sole survivor of the terrors of X.

Said to be a whodunit-style homage to the work of the legendary Dario Argento, MaXXXine finds the titular character acting in a slasher movie at the same time the murderous Night Stalker is tormenting Hollywood. And wouldn't you know it, but the Night Stalker soon has Maxine in their sights. Joining Goth this time out, it's quite the impressive collection of names, including Giancarlo Esposito, Elizabeth Debicki, Lily Collins, and Kevin Bacon. There's also said to be scenes actually set in the Bates Motel locale made infamous by Psycho.

MaXXXine is yet to be given an official release date, but the film is planned to release before the end of 2024, with test screenings having already taken place at the turn of the year.

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