MaXXXine director teases X sequel’s “gruesome” deaths, though admits it’s not as obviously horror as its predecessors

Given how they’re both packed with gore and jumpy moments, there’s no denying that the first two installments of Ti West’s X trilogy, X and Pearl, are horror movies. MaXXXine, the upcoming third chapter, is a little different, though, according to the director.

While he’d still describe it as a scary movie, West admits to SFX magazine that his definition of the genre might not align with other people’s. “If you’re expecting something like X, something very in your face, a horror beat all the time, it’s broader than that,” he candidly explains in the new issue, which features The Boys season 4 on the cover. “At the same time, though, not everybody makes it to the end of this movie, and they die in pretty gruesome ways!”