Yes, we’re as excited as you are for the third installment of Ti West‘s bloody amazing franchise, MAXXINE, hitting movie screens on Friday, July 5!

So yes, of course, we’re going to revisit both X (2022), and its prequel PEARL (2022), with a double bill screening on Friday, June 28!

Following the breakout success of filmmaker West‘s highly acclaimed X in 2022, he (and muse Mia Goth) surprised everyone with the surprise release of prequel PEARL that same year, continuing the twisted story with a pathological origin story for one of horror cinema’s most unexpectedly earnest villains.

Trapped on her family’s isolated farm, Pearl (Mia Goth) must tend to her ailing father under the bitter and overbearing watch of her devout mother. Lusting for a glamorous life like she’s seen in the movies, Pearl finds her ambitions, temptations, and repressions all colliding in this stunning, technicolor-inspired origin story of X‘s iconic villain.

“You leave admiring the film’s kills, the lingua franca of any slasher flick. What stays with you, though, is its portrait of a psychological crack turning into a chasm.” (Rolling Stone Magazine)

“West and Goth created an inventive, unique slasher genre, and a movie worth re-watching several times.” (Chicago Reader)

“‘Pearl’ finds Ti West squeezing fresh gore out of the world he created with X — and once again benefiting from a brilliant Mia Goth performance.” (Rotten Tomatoes)

“If Douglas Sirk made a slasher flick, it would be Pearl.” (Filmweek LA)

Friday, June 28
Why not make it a Ti West Double Feature with PEARL and X for one sweet price HERE?

PEARL
Doors 8:15 pm | Movie 8:45 pm *Start time subject to change. Please arrive on time.
Single Film Tickets HERE

X
11:00 pm *As this is screening as part of a double bill, the start time is approximate.
Single Film Tickets HERE

Late Night Date Night! Bring a friend or date to our Friday Late Night Movie screening of X and get two-for-one entry HERE

PEARL (Ti West, 2022 / 18A / 103 mins) Trapped on an isolated farm, Pearl must tend to her ailing father under the watch of her mother. Lusting for the glamorous life she’s seen in movies, Pearl’s temptations and repressions collide.

X (Ti West, 2022 / 106 mins / 18 A) In 1979, a group of young filmmakers set out to make an adult film in rural Texas, but when their reclusive, elderly hosts catch them in the act, the cast find themselves fighting for their lives.

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