Prequel to the earlier this year released horror movie X, Pearl is the work of director Ti West. In the latter, Pearl was first portrayed as the elderly woman who yearned for sex and youth. The prequel horror movie delves into Pearl's past, including how she first began murdering people all those years ago. While X successfully explored exciting issues like sex, the preoccupation with youth, and the pursuit of celebrity, Pearl feels like a step backwards in comparison. It offers to provide audiences additional background information on Pearl, but the execution falls short, and the movie's message is hazy and unclear.

Mia Goth, who co-wrote the script with West, quickly establishes how miserable the titular woman is while living on her parents' farm in Pearl, which is set in 1918, 60 years before X. As World war I draws to a close, Pearl's husband Howard (Alistair Sewell) is away serving his country in battle, leaving her to care for her sick father (Matthew Sunderland) and the farm with the help of her strict German immigrant mother Ruth (Tandi Wright). Pearl, however, despises the farm and aspires to work as a dancer in motion pictures. When she encounters a projectionist (David Corenswet) in town who urges her to try out for a dance role in a play, she thinks her luck is about to change.

The movie Pearl is not what horror enthusiasts should watch if they're searching for a few thrills. The movie struggles to control its rambling plot despite doing a decent job of making its lead sympathetic and horrifying at the same time. The plot is at best haphazard, which makes the concluding scenes feel hollow and unfrightening when they could have been terrifying and tragic. Despite a few standout passages and an incredible performance by Mia Goth, who plays Pearl with childlike innocence but with rage simmering just beneath the surface, the movie is dull and uninteresting. It's unfortunate that the other characters, particularly Pearl's mother, are one-dimensional because there may have been more room to examine Pearl's connection with her mother.

One can question why a prequel about the violent Pearl was even developed in light of the lack of direction. The horror movie doesn't really accomplish much, especially because it doesn't go beyond what has previously been revealed about its leading lady. Uninspired in its execution, Pearl just glides to its conclusion. If someone hasn't seen X, Pearl might pique their interest enough to have them go see the first movie. But Pearl falls short as a prequel and a stand-alone horror movie.

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26/09/2022 11:10 AM