Pearl is the horror film that terrified Martin Scorsese

A horror film is coming that has made even the greatest directors tremble: it is Pearl, a new film directed by Ti West and its debut in American theaters after being presented at the Venice Film Festival. To confirm how the film spreads terror, none other than Martin Scorsese thought of it, who defined it as “disturbing”, “brutal” and “fascinating.” In a review of his that appeared on / Film, the great director wrote: “The Ti West's film has a rare energy nowadays, fueled by a pure love of cinema ", then adds:" West and his muse and creative partner Mia Goth really know how to play with the audience, before stick a dagger in their chest and start twisting it. I was enchanted, and then disturbed and then so shaken that I struggled to sleep. But I couldn't stop looking. "

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A not insignificant review, in short, for a film that could have been a niche film but which will now attract the attention of quite a few onlookers. Pearl is after all the prequel of a another film also made by West and written with Mia Goth, actress seen in Nymphomaniac by Lars Von Trier and Suspiria by Guadagnino: X, also released in 2022, told the story of an aspiring porn actress called Maxine Minx who in 1979 found herself shooting a film in the remote American countryside on an estate owned by a old couple, before discovering that the elderly Pearl is actually a homicidal maniac. This prequel, on the other hand, focuses precisely on Pearl's youth who, at the time of the First World War, is a country girl plagued by family problems but also willing to do anything, even to kill, in order to pursue her dream of working in the cinema. .

Pearl made its debut in Venice, while it was released last September 16th in American theaters, already earning 3 million dollars. In a screening of the same film that took place during the Toronto film festival, a post-credits scene revealed the teaser of what will be the third film in this saga: it will be titled MaXXXine and will be a sequel to the original X. In it we will once again see Goth take on the role of Maxine, a survivor of the massacre started by Pearl, who tries to continue her film career, however, running into other grotesque and bloody misadventures. The whole trilogy promises to be a great tribute to the horror genre covering various strands ranging from classic Hollywood gothic to the most recent slasher movies.