Across his career thus far, horror director X. Due to the unexpected success of X — which centers around a group of young adult filmmakers on a remote farmhouse in Texas — a fresh-faced horror trilogy was born.
Following X, West’s newest horror adventure, given the nod of approval right away.
We would’ve never made this [Pearl] movie. That was part of it. It was like if we go home, this script is nothing. I knew that when we wrote it. I knew that it was completely a gamble to do this back-to-back, or it was a writing exercise, and that’s all it would be because it wouldn’t make sense. The movie’s budget would be enormous to recreate all this stuff.
Luckily for horror fans, A24 took a chance on the mind-boggling trilogy, which further shined the spotlight on West’s impressive work in the genre — with directing legend Martin Scorsese even offering up his praise. And with MaXXXine set to happen on the horizon, A24’s gamble on the horror trilogy could prove to be a tremendous move.
Pearl is now available in theaters.
Published: Sep 20, 2022 10:32 am