Maxxxine 4K UHD (2024)

Second Sight Films are releasing, in both limited and standard 4K UHD editions, the final film in writer-director Ti West's 'X' trilogy. They're bringing out the second, PEARL, as well, but not X because of rights issues which are sadly denying collectors the opportunity of a gorgeous box set of the three. 

MAXXXINE continues the adventures of porn star Maxine (Mia Goth) who we last saw in X. It's now 1985 and Maxine, having reached the peak of her adult film career, wants to move into more legitimate movies. She gets a part in 'The Puritan II', directed by Elizabeth Bender (Elizabeth Debicki). Meanwhile a giallo-like killer that has been labelled The Night Stalker by the media is slashing their way through victims that include workers in the adult entertainment industry and Maxine might just be next.

In one of the interviews on this disc Ti West talks about how he wanted the final film in the trilogy to be both as different from the previous two films as they were from each other, for it to be the most bombastic, and for each of the three films to be different in terms of cinematic style. He certainly succeeded on all three counts. MAXXXINE depicts the grungy side of 1985 Los Angeles (production designer Jason Kisvardy suggested a REPO MAN look and if you've seen that film you'll know what he means). It all goes quite crazy at the end but throughout this is a movie where restraint has gone firmly out of the window. 

Second Sight's 4K transfer keeps the grainy look of the movie and comes with a number of new extras, including a commentary track from Bill Ackerman and Amanda Reyes and new interviews with West (16 minutes), producer Jacob Jaffke (30 minutes), DP Eliot Rockett (21 minutes), and designer Kisvardy (24 minutes, audio only), while Kat Hughes provides a 15 minute visual essay.

There are a bunch of archival 'making of' extras that consist of around 30 minutes of cast and crew interviews including Goth, Debicki, Kevin Bacon, Giancarlo Esposito, Halsey, Lily Collins and Michele Monaghan. Finally there's a Q&A with Ti West at one of the movie's first showings to which he has brought Molly his 'emotional support puppy' for horror film dog lovers everywhere. Second Sight's limited edition comes with a 120 page book with new writing on the film, six art cards and a rigid slipcase. 

Ti West's MAXXXINE is being released by Second Sight on 4K UHD in both limited and standard editions on Monday 17th November 2025

Pearl 4K UHD (2022)

''Ti West and Mia Goth's Best (So Far)?"

Second Sight Films are releasing both standard and posh whistles and bells 4K UHD editions of PEARL and MAXXINE, the latter two thirds of writer-director Ti West's and star Mia Goth's 'X' trilogy. If they could they would have released X as well but rights issues (very) unfortunately prevented it.

PEARL,  the second film in the trilogy, is the prequel to X. Whereas that film took place in the 1970s, PEARL is set in 1918. Pearl (Mia Goth) lives on her Texas farmstead with her overbearing mother Ruth (Tandi Wright) and her paralysed and uncommunicative father (Matthew Sunderland). Pearl's husband has joined the war effort while Pearl herself dreams of getting away from the small town in which she lives and becoming a dancer in Hollywood. But Pearl's fantasy existence has a dark side, one that involves murder of both animals and human beings and, as the story progresses, it turns out there might be a very good reason for her mother being so restrictive about Pearl's day to day activities.

A showcase for Goth, who is in every scene and had to work an understandably exhausting schedule in order to complete filming, PEARL is a gem of a character study that benefits not just from excellent performances and rich colour photography, but from Ti West's willingness to go with the flow of the piece. The result is something unlike any other movie from this decade, and perhaps even this century. What's more it's a film that rewards repeat viewings, allowing you to view the story from different angles each time and wonder just how much of what you are seeing might actually be in Pearl's head.

If ever that was a 21st century film made for 4K it's PEARL and Second Sight's transfer does not disappoint. New extras include a commentary track from academic Alexandra Heller-Nicholas, plus interviews with West (19 minutes), director of photography Eliot Rockett (13 minutes), production designer Tom Hammock (19 minutes) and actress Tandi Wright, who was also the intimacy coordinator on X (28 minutes). Archival extras consist of two making of pieces that also include interview footage with Goth - Coming Out of Her Shell (12 minutes) and Time After Time (4 minutes). The limited edition box set comes with a 120 page book with new writing on the film, six collector's art card and a rigid slipcase with new artwork to keep it all in. 

Ti West's PEARL is out in both limited and standard 4K UHD editions on Monday 17th November 2025

The Innkeepers (2012)

Writer-director (and editor) Ti West's follow up to his 2009 HOUSE OF THE DEVIL is now getting a posh Second Sight release in a limited edition including the film on 4K UHD and Blu-ray as well as separate standard releases on both formats.

Claire (Sara Paxton) and Luke (Pat Healy) are looking after the soon-to-close Yankee Pedlar Inn for the weekend while the owner is in Barbados. As well as needing the money, the two of them have another reason to be there: they are amateur ghost hunters and the hotel is allegedly haunted by a woman who hanged herself there when she was jilted on her wedding day after which her body was hidden in the cellar.

The hotel only has a couple of guests including former TV star-turned 'healer' Leanne Rease-Jones (Kelly McGillis) and as night falls and strange things start to manifest it appears the hotel may actually be haunted after all, and not everyone may make it out alive.

THE INNKEEPERS received its UK premiere at 2012's Frightfest on the main Empire screen, one of the biggest in the country, but it's actually a lot better suited to being watched on TV at home. In fact, the opening half an hour has the distinctive feel of an old episode of Night Gallery or a Brian Clemens Thriller episode, only shot in 2.35:1 aspect ratio. It's been described as 'slow burn' which it is, but West displays considerable skill in priming the viewer to develop a gradually increasing sense of discomfort through camera angles, lighting, and a gag at the start played by Healy on Paxton after which you can't help but watch what follows in a particular way.

As is always the case with Second Sight's releases, THE INNKEEPERS is packed with extras, including two commentary tracks, both with Ti West. The first also has producers Larry Fessenden and Peter Phok and sound designer Graham Reznick, the second has West with Paxton and Healy. There are some excellent interviews with West (15 minutes), Healy (30 minutes) and especially Larry Fessenden who talks about all of the West films he has produced (31 minutes), as well as DP Eliot Rockett (10 minutes), composer Jeff Grace (8 minutes) and line producer Jacob Jaffke (14 minutes).

There are also seven minutes of behind the scenes footage and a trailer. Finally the limited edition also comes with a 120 page book featuring new writing on the film, six art cards and a slipcase.

Ti West's THE INNKEEPERS is out in limited (4K UHD and Blu-ray) and standard separate 4K UHD and Blu-ray editions on Monday 25th August 2025