Pearl (2022) Film Review

After watching director, Ti West's first Pearl movie "X", which alongside Pearl was regarded as 2022's high points in horror, I didn't really get it, but I wasn't prepared for the gulf in class between that good-but-rote standard horror and the masterpiece that is Pearl. Mia Goth is, I think, alongside Anya Taylor Joy, Pedro Pascal and Bella Ramsey, one of the four hottest properties in acting right now. Here she gives a performance for the ages in one of the most complete portrayals of a psychopath since Psycho itself. Hyperbolically I give it a 9.5/10 - same as The Northman and Everything, Everywhere All At Once - my top two films of last year.