A brand-new clip posted on the X Movie social media page offers a bit more context to the backstory of recent horror hitand its upcoming prequel storyPearl.
Fans ofthe firstXhorror moviehave been eagerly awaiting this prequel, which looks ready to deliver both the gore and creeping dread that made the first movie well-loved a hit, at least based on the clip from theXMovieInstagram page.X’s Mia Goth, who starred as its final girl Maxine,now plays the titular role of Pearl, who has quickly joined the horror cannon as one of its most disturbing and ruthless villains. Goth is joined by David Corenswet, Tandi Wright, Matthew Sunderland, and Emma Jenkins-Purro in supporting roles.
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The new clip shows a teenage Pearl in a movie theater booth, watching a segment of a tawdry 1940s porno film at the urging of an older man. Pearl, who we know from both the previous movie and the trailer for this prequel, is driven to watch by both sexual appetite and afascination with Hollywood fame. She stares wide-eyed through the projection window at a black and white flickering image of a man seducing a woman on camera. The fascination echoes Pearl’s obsession with Maxine and her friends as they shoot their erotic filmThe Farmers DaughtersinXbefore Pearl proceeds to eliminate them one by one.
X, released this past March, is still drawing fans, captivating audiences with its tawdry porno shoot storyline, its ample slasher gore, and its keen meta-commentary on filmmaking.Pearl, which was conceived while shootingthe first film by director Ti Westand Goth herself, focuses on the sinister origin story ofPearl, the elderly and blood-thirsty villain ofX.Pearlshows us a far younger version of the character in its trailer; a teenager in the 1940s obsessed with Hollywood stardom. ThePearltrailer also hints that her violence and started much earlier than the late 1970s setting of the first film.
Clips and the trailer from this origin story exhibit the same attention to period detail as the previous film. WhileXwas a tawdry, blood-soaked celebration of the late ’70s that has been compared toTexas Chainsaw Massacreby some,Pearllooks into the more distant past with a distinct 1940s Hollywood flavor. Goth’s performance, much like her Maxine role in the first film, looks to be on point, exuding both wide-eyed naivete and sinister obsession with both Hollywood and its seedier side.
Pearlis set to premier on September 16th, 2002 in the US.
