Ti West brings his signature smart, disturbing style to "Pearl," the "X" prequel he filmed in secret. Mia Goth stars and it's downright fun horror.

Bloody Disgusting’s Pearl review is spoiler-free. Writer/Director Ti West nestled his ode to independent, exploitation filmmaking into ‘70s set slasher ...

Mia Goth delivers an electrifying and truly scary performance as a dreamer who’s like Dorothy from ‘The Wizard of Oz,’ but homicidal.

Together, [Ti] West and [Mia] Goth created an inventive, unique slasher genre, and a movie worth rewatching several times.

★★★☆☆ It's 1918, and the elderly woman that terrorised the screaming youths of X is still a tender young thing, stuck on her parents' farm and drea...

Taken together, “X” and “Pearl” make for a compelling double feature showcasing blood-spattered homages to different eras of film.

Read Deadline's review of Ti West's 'Pearl' starring Mia Goth and premiering at the Venice Film Festival

Goth’s work parallels Joaquin Phoenix’s in Joker, except, you know, she’s GREAT.

As eclectic as it is electric, Pearl glistens as a horror prequel worth the expansion of the original film.

Ti West's cracked ode to vintage Hollywood is made by its star, who gives a sparkling, go-for-broke performance in the title role.

Mia Goth's murderess gets an origin story. Read Empire's review.

A prequel to Ti West's 'X', 'Pearl' unfolds in a lurid psychological zone that's even scarier.

The rising star captivates as a frisky farm girl whose showbiz ambitions curdle into bloody revenge

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The indie exploitation veteran and his starry-eyed leading lady trace the murderous mayhem of broken dreams on a Texas farm in the lush style of a midcentury...

Filmmaker Ti West’s follow-up to ‘X’ is a masterclass in finding sympathy for the devil

Venice: West and Goth re-team to tell the bloody story behind the early years of the killer from their "X."

This demented, charming, Wizard of Oz-like horror is all the more disturbing because it doesn’t look like a horror movie

With its lurid libidinous action and over-the-top murders, Pearl is a jokey spin-off of a jokey film

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...as if Dorothy got sucked up by a tornado and dropped down in The Texas Chain Saw Massacre — holding the chainsaw.

Director Ti West and star Mia Goth teamed up to write 'Pearl,' a 1918-set prequel to the 1970s-inspired slasher/porn homage 'X.'

Ti West pays homage in The Wizard of Oz in the prequel to his throwback slasher X – but Mia Goth really makes this one sing.

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The middle film in Ti West’s moviemaking horror trilogy is a colorful blast with one central problem

Pearl gets a little too close to letting you simply laugh at her. We know she wouldn’t like that.

“Pearl” was the aged, sex-obsessed psychopathic matriarch and villain of Ti West’s satiric, social commentary slasher picture “X.” She was played b...

A genuine sleeper hit and a new A24 prequel — along with the extraordinary Danish nightmare 'Speak New Evil' — have just given us a mini-horror renaissance.

Ti West's 'X' sequel features a stellar performance from Mia Goth in an engrossing character study

Mia Goth delivers her best performance yet.

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A troubled young woman rebels against her stern parents in the hysterical Pearl, Ti West’s follow-up to his movie about a 1970s porn shoot gone wrong.

Remember Ti West's sleazeploitation horror/porn industry film 'X' from earlier this year? 'Pearl' is the prequel with Mia Goth again.

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There’s a single interesting idea in this ho-hum horror effort. It’s that the film, though firmly horror in genre and content, unfolds as a brightly lit,...

Mia Goth (who co-wrote with director Ti West) gives a sad, scary performance that deepens the character and her saga

With 'Pearl,' 'The House of the Devil' director Ti West expands porn-shoot slasher movie 'X' into a possible franchise by fleshing out the villain's backstory.

Ti West's 'X' prequel is every bit as good as its predecessor.