“Pearl” is a prequel to West’s retro slasher “X,” which takes place in the 1970s and follows a group of independent filmmakers who rent a cabin on a farm from an elderly couple.

Ti West is returning to the gory world of “X” with “Pearl,” a prequel to his 2022 slasher from A24. The upcoming horror film, once again directed and written by West, is set to follow Mia ...

Now Pearl gets her desired youthful spotlight in a World War I-era origin story that West co-wrote with returning star Goth (and filmed back to back with “X”).

Ti West ’s wickedly entertaining X, released earlier this year, transplanted the small cast and crew of a low-rent 1970s Los Angeles porn production to Texas Chainsaw Massacre territory, then ...

Which means that, much as X’s ending was explained, it’s time to get into Pearl’s grand finale and see how past, present, and future all connect.

‘Pearl’ Review: In ‘X’ Prequel, Mia Goth Shows Where Her Repressed Antihero Went off the Rails Reviewed at Wilshire Screening Room, Aug. 22, 2022. MPA Rating: R.

Then the irony of X is that they’re actually just jealous of it, in a way. Part of it is also where [Pearl]’s at in her life, being in her late 80s is different from where she is in her 20s. To me, ...