Director Ti West Already Shot a Prequel To His Upcoming Horror Film X and He Shares Some Details

Director Ti West’s next horror film is titled X, which is set in 1979. The story follows a group of young filmmakers who set out to make an adult film in rural Texas. They end up staying in a house with a reclusive elderly couple, and the film shoot ends up being a complete nightmare of survival when they begin to be terrorized by the creepy couple.

The movie stars Mia Goth, Brittany Snow, Jenna Ortega, Scott Mescudi, Martin Henderson, and Owen Campbell. Well, it turns out that West has already completed production on a prequel movie titled Pearl. Footage from this prequel will be presented with the release of X in theaters this weekend.

West offered up some details on this prequel, but we can’t talk about the prequel unless we talk about the original film. So, you might want to wait to see X, before you read this. But, if you don’t care about spoilers, then read ahead.

Mia Goth plays two very different characters in the movie. She plays both Maxine, an actress looking for her moment in the spotlight shooting a porn film, and Pearl, who is the elderly villainess at the center of West’s terrifying tale.

Goth will be reprising her role of Pearl in the prequel project, and when talking about the prequel, West explained in an interview with Fangoria:

“In terms of what I wanted to do with the movie, Mia just came in right from the jump and was like, ‘I can kill this’. I just believed her; I just believed that she totally got these characters. So that’s how Pearl came about. I decided that I wanted to make a film set in 1918 that’s all about that character, and we have already made and finished it. And Mia’s just tremendous in that, too.

“I think she understood the duality of the two different characters, she got what the parallels were between them, and she understood what the vibe differences were, too. Mia really understood the contrast of it all and she just was raring to go. And that's what I needed. I just wanted someone that was just going to take a big swing at these performances, and I just believed her. I think Mia's super talented and she proved it in these two movies. Plus, I love that with the character of Pearl that Mia was able to create a villain character that wasn’t going to be a normal villain, and I love how she gave this character some humanity to her which is what that movie [Pearl] hangs on. Mia completely nailed these characters in both movies.”

I was already looking forward to watching X because I’ve enjoyed West’s previous horror films which include The House of the Devil and The Innkeepers. Now I have another movie to be excited about with Pearl! That movie sounds like it will be even more interesting.

X opens on March 18, 2022.