What is MaXXXine's IQ Score?

MaXXXine has an IQ Score of 97/200 on TV Intelligentsia's Intelligence Quotient framework, placing it in the Passive tier. The score breaks down to 25/50 Cognitive Stimulation, 16/50 Educational Value, and 35/50 Craft & Quality.

Is MaXXXine educational?

MaXXXine is low on educational value, 16/50 on TVI's rubric. Watch for entertainment, not for learning.

How does TV Intelligentsia calculate IQ Score?

TV Intelligentsia's current published formula is round((Cognitive Stimulation × 0.4 + Educational Value × 0.35 + Craft & Quality × 0.25) × 4), scoring titles from 0 to 200 across five tiers. TVI publishes a three-dimension breakdown only when those values reproduce the displayed composite. The framework is published at tvintelligentsia.com/methodology/.

MaXXXine IQ Score 97/200

Name: MaXXXine
Genre: horror, thriller
Rating: 97
Cast: Mia Goth

MaXXXine has an IQ Score of 97/200 on TV Intelligentsia's Intelligence Quotient rubric, placing it in the Passive tier.

By Jordan Robinson, MD, MPH·Updated 2026-08-02·Methodology

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97/ 200

Passive

Light cognitive engagement, background-safe viewing

Score Breakdown

Cognitive Stimulation/50

Educational Value/50

Craft & Quality/50

IQ = round((Cognitive × 0.4 + Educational × 0.35 + Craft × 0.25) × 4) · How we score →

What these dimensions mean

Cognitive Stimulation: how much the title demands of your mind, its structural complexity, ideas, and sustained intellectual engagement.
Educational Value: what you take away, across academic content, emotional intelligence, critical thinking, life skills, and knowledge transfer.
Craft & Quality: production excellence in service of the work, its direction, writing, performance, and aesthetic intent.

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Why you should trust this score

Scored under Jordan Robinson, MD, MPH

Physician and founding editor. Maintains the adult catalog against the published rubric and reviews the rubric application.

Methodology

Published rubric, v1.3.1

Formula

round((C × 0.40 + E × 0.35 + Q × 0.25) × 4)

Database scale

2,597 titles, version-controlled

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The TVI Take

Ti West closes his trilogy in 1985 Hollywood, restaging the Night Stalker era and the Satanic panic with sharp period surfaces and a knowing title sequence. Mia Goth commits fully, but the film leans on pastiche more than the ideas its industry setting invites.

The craft outpaces the thin thematic payoff.

People & Production Ti West · A24 · United States 10 connections