PearlMovie Review by TheJonathanSim: A Solid Slasher Prequel
, West gives us a prequel centered around the villain of that film.is a not-so-long-awaited slasher film set in 1918 against the backdrop of World War I and the Spanish Flu pandemic. Mia Goth reprises her role as Pearl in her origin story. She’s a young woman trying to be a Hollywood star but she comes into conflict with her devout mother and ailing father. West delivers another shocking slasher, asWest successfully updates his cinematic universe for the times. Whileis set a century in the past.
The film uses family drama as much as possible while sometimes feeling a bit conventional and familiar in how it tells that story. The family dynamics don’t offer much originality, but they do an excellent job filling in some holes in Pearl’s backstory. There are nods to, but the film tells its own story and knows how to cater to its audience.
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