After the success of X and Pearl, a third installment in the budding Ti West & Mia Goth universe made sense. Now, we are seeing the 80s madness unfold in the first images of MaXXXine. Shortly after production has begun on the slasher sequel, we get our first real look at Mia Goth’s transformation into […]
Giancarlo Esposito, Elizabeth Debicki, Moses Sumney, Michelle Monaghan, Bobby Cannavale, Lily Collins, Halsey and Kevin Bacon join Mia Goth in MaXXXine
Ti West’s X prequel Pearl achieved that rarest of feats by surpassing the original film on almost every level, including a stunning central performance from newly-crowned scream-queen Mia Goth as the titular-killer. So it comes as no surprise that actors are clamouring to join the 80s-set trilogy-capper MaXXXine, which has just announced an impressive line-up […]
Mia Goth in Pearl and why it needs to break the Oscars Horror curse
EJ Moreno dives into Pearl’s unlikely journey to the Academy Awards… “It has to be me.” While sitting in on her big audition, Pearl repeats, “It has to be me.” We are seeing a young woman’s drive and hunger for fame push her to do anything to achieve it. While our sweet Pearl doesn’t land […]
Mia Goth calls MaXXXine the biggest of the X and Pearl trilogy
If you were following horror movies in 2022, it was impossible to escape the impact of X and Pearl. The A24 slashers took the genre by storm, and Mia Goth was at the center of the films. The British actress served double duty in X, the 70s set slasher, and then delivered a career-defining turn […]
Movie Review – X (2022)
X, 2022. Written and Directed by Ti West. Starring Mia Goth, Jenna Ortega, Brittany Snow, Scott Mescudi, Martin Henderson, Owen Campbell, Stephen Ure, James Gaylyn, Simon Prast, and Matthew Saville. SYNOPSIS: In 1979, a group of young filmmakers set out to make an adult film in rural Texas, but when their reclusive, elderly hosts catch […]
Ti West announces X trilogy finale MaXXXine starring Mia Goth
Ti West has done it again. Following the Midnight Madness premiere of his covertly filmed Pearl, the prequel to his critically acclaimed horror X, the director announced that the Mia Goth starring series is to become a trilogy by unveiling the teaser to MaXXXine, which you can check out below… Deadline revealed that the 80s […]
Pearl clip ties Mia Goth’s past and present in Ti West’s X prequel
A24 has released a short new clip from Pearl, the covertly shot prequel to writer-director Ti West’s hit horror X [read our review here], which features Mia Goth’s past-and-bloody present intertwining as we glimpse the life she longed for on the stage, alongside the bloody murder of RJ. Providing context to the creepy dance Pearl performs following […]
Mia Goth is Pearl in trailer for Ti West’s X prequel
A24 has debuted the first trailer for the upcoming horror Pearl. A prequel to writer-director Ti West’s hit horror X [read our review here], which follows a young Pearl (Mia Goth) as she dreams of leaving her repressed life and overbearing parents behind, lusting after the glamourous life she sees in the movies; watch the […]
Ti West’s X prequel Pearl gets a poster ahead of the film’s first trailer
Ahead of the trailer landing at some point today, A24 have a dropped a poster for Ti West’s Pearl, the Mia Goth starring prequel to his slasher hit X. Covertly filmed in tandem with X, Pearl finds Mia Goth reprising her role as the titular villain she so brilliantly portrayed in the first movie. Only […]
Ti West puts Mia Goth, Brittany Snow and Scott Mescudi through the wringer in the terrifying trailer for A24 horror X
As Martin Henderson’s adult filmmaker says to one of his young cast members – “people’s eyes are gonna pop out of their damn skulls when they see this” – and judging by the look of this first trailer the same might apply to Ti West’s return to big-screen horror with X. Borrowing heavily from Texas […]
