Pearl's affluent sister-in-law, Mitsy, tells her of an audition being held to find new dancers for a traveling troupe, which Pearl envisions as a way to get away from the farm. She later sneaks out of the house at night and visits the projectionist, who shows her A Free Ride, an illicit stag film he acquired in France. He encourages Pearl to pursue her dreams. Pearl comments that she cannot abandon her family, and that she wishes "they would just die." Mia Goth reprises her role as a younger version of Pearl, the elderly woman from the first film. [7] [8] [9] [5] In July 2022, it was revealed that David Corenswet, Tandi Wright, Matthew Sunderland, and Emma Jenkins-Purro will feature as the supporting cast. [11] Filming [ edit ] Night of the Missing is gory, frightening, and able to meld these differing stories into a wonderfully disturbing narrative. Pearl: Oh, Howard. I realize how this all must sound. Honestly, there was a time I was flattered to have someone as handsome as you pine over me. You're such a good person, I know that. I made sure to always be mindful with your heart. I never wanted you to feel jealous. It's an awful feeling like a rot the way it just twists and turns at your insides. I know that aching so well. I feel it.. whenever I see others whose lives come easy because.. the truth is I'm not really a good person.

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Bradshaw, Peter (September 3, 2022). "Pearl review – Mia Goth and Ti West scare up a storm in extraordinary pandemic horror". The Guardian. Archived from the original on September 3, 2022 . Retrieved September 3, 2022. Navarro, Meagan (September 13, 2022). " 'MaXXXine' – Ti West Teases That Third 'X' Movie Is Inspired by the VHS Boom of the 1980s". Bloody Disgusting. Archived from the original on September 13, 2022 . Retrieved September 13, 2022.Tending to her ailing father, under the watch of her overbearing mother, Perl hopes to change her life and fulfil her dreams, but her repression clashes with her ambition with horrific consequences. Tabbara, Mona (November 11, 2022). "Universal Pictures Content Group acquires Ti West's 'Pearl' from A24". Screen International. Archived from the original on February 8, 2023 . Retrieved March 1, 2023. From award-winning filmmaker Samuel Gonzalez Jr. ( The Retaliators) and the producers of The Gallows, Night of the Missing is a four-part holiday anthology that could best be described as a twisted take on “A Christmas Carol.” Melanson, Angel (January 27, 2023). "2023 FANGORIA Chainsaw Award Nominees". Fangoria . Retrieved March 13, 2023. Tallerico, Brian (December 12, 2022). "Everything Everywhere All at Once Leads Chicago Film Critics Nominations". Rogerebert.com. Archived from the original on December 12, 2022 . Retrieved December 12, 2022.

Rooney, David (September 3, 2022). " 'Pearl' Review: Ti West and Mia Goth's 'X' Prequel Delivers More Technicolor Camp Than Horror". The Hollywood Reporter. Archived from the original on September 20, 2022 . Retrieved September 20, 2022. a b c d Curto, Justin (March 14, 2021). "Ti West Is Saving a Slice for X Prequel Pearl". Vulture. Archived from the original on March 15, 2022 . Retrieved March 16, 2022.Navarro, Meagan (September 20, 2022). " 'Pearl' Writer/Director Ti West Teases 'MaXXXine' and Explains How 'X' Became a Highly Unique Trilogy". Bloody Disgusting. Archived from the original on November 15, 2022 . Retrieved November 15, 2022. a b c d e f g Yamato, Jen (March 14, 2022). "Inside Ti West and Mia Goth's already filmed secret prequel to A24 slasher 'X' ". Los Angeles Times. Archived from the original on March 16, 2022 . Retrieved March 16, 2022.

Pearl (2022) - Financial Information". The Numbers. Nash Information Services, LLC . Retrieved October 23, 2022.West told Bloody Disgusting earlier this year, “Part of the idea of this movie that’s cool to me is that there is a bigger thing to it all. What I can tell you about Pearl , because we’ve already made it and it’s done, is it is very much a story about Pearl. So you will learn more about her. It is stylistically very different from X . You do not need one without the other, but they enrich each other in a specific way. In the way that X is affected, let’s say by 1970s horror independent filmmaking and Americana cinema, Pearl is influenced by a very different era of filmmaking. If we do the third one, it will be affected by a different type of cinema.” Desk, The Styles (December 11, 2022). "Styles's 93 Most Stylish 'People' of 2022". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Archived from the original on December 12, 2022 . Retrieved December 12, 2022. As the yuletide hour nears, a small-town sheriff finds out that the ghosts of the past do not always stay silent… In 1918, during the influenza pandemic, Pearl is a young woman living with her German immigrant parents on their Texas homestead while her husband, Howard, serves in World War I. Pearl's father is infirm and paralyzed, and her domineering mother, Ruth, insists that she help care for both him and the farm. Pearl, longing for a more exciting life, is captivated by the films she sees at the local cinema and aspires to become a chorus girl, which Ruth disapproves of. However, Pearl also shows signs of psychopathy; she kills farm animals and physically abuses her father. The film was released on VOD on October 25, 2022, [15] and was released on Blu-ray and DVD on November 15, 2022. [16] Reception [ edit ] Box office [ edit ]