Ti West’s X Prequel Pearl Looks Pleasingly Deranged

In Ti West’s X—a sleeper hit after its launch earlier this yr—a late-Seventies porn shoot goes terribly improper when the filmmakers resolve a rural Texas farm is the proper place to shoot their raunchy masterpiece. Now the slasher sensation is getting a prequel, and truthfully, we did have some lingering questions in regards to the character it’ll be specializing in.

It’s referred to as, after all, Pearl, and it brings again the hardworking Mia Goth (who co-wrote with West) because the younger model of her (spoiler alert!) aged character in X. (Not to be confused with the different character she performs in X, who is identical age as Mia Goth.) Pearl takes us again to that acquainted farm, although it’s a lot much less dilapidated a number of a long time up to now, and makes use of some lush retro thrives to indicate us how even at a young age, our sexy, fame-hungry protagonist was already flirting with lethal violence.

And is that the identical alligator who pops up in X? Hope so! Here’s the official synopsis for Pearl: “Filmmaker Ti West returns with another chapter from the twisted world of X, in this astonishing follow-up to the year’s most acclaimed horror film. Trapped on her family’s isolated farm, Pearl must tend to her ailing father under the bitter and overbearing watch of her devout mother. Lusting for a glamorous life like she’s seen in the movies, Pearl’s ambitions, temptations, and repressions all collide, in the stunning, technicolor-inspired origin story of X’s iconic villain.”

Along with Goth, Pearl stars David Corenswet, Tandi Wright, Matthew Sunderland, and Emma Jenkins-Purro. It arrives in theaters September 16.

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