Ngokusekelwe kunoveli kaBrett Easton Ellis (umbhali ngemuva I-American Psycho), le filimu cIxoxa izindaba ezimfushane ezixhunywe edolobheni lase-Los Angeles, ngo-1983, nalapho abalingiswa abangaphansi komhlaba bebukisa khona, njengama-vampire, izihlabani ze-rock ngisho nabakhiqizi bamafilimu.
egcwele izigcawu ukuthi khombisa umhlaba wezidakamizwa, ucansi nodlame, Abanolwazi inomdlalo wokunethezeka, ogqama kuwo Mickey Rourke, Billy Bob Thornton, Kim Basinger, Winona Ryder, kanye noBrad Renfro ongasekho. Ifilimu yashuthwa ezindaweni eziningi: eLos Angeles, eBuenos Aires nase-Uruguay.
Ifilimu iqondiswe nguGregor Jordan, futhi isikrini sashintshwa ngu-Ellis ngokwakhe, esizwa nguNicholas Jarecki. Sicabanga ukuthi ifilimu izosebenza kahle kakhulu, kusukela Kuyinto yokugcina ukubonakala e-cinema yomlingisi osemusha u-Brad Renfro, owashona ngonyaka odlule ngenxa ye-overdose.