Ti West’s “Pearl” is the prequel about how delusions of grandeur poison Mia Goth’s titular star in coaching. She goals of immortality by preserving herself on the display as a refrain lady, however given “X,” we already know that is not within the playing cards. “Pearl” is about how the unstable farmhand abuses her household, commits murders, and stops at nothing to attain the life she thinks she deserves. West investigates what occurs to those that have no “it” issue and might’t rise above those that’ve been blessed with “it” — plus, there’s meals concerned.

Early in “Pearl,” the lead character’s mother-in-law brings over a roast swine that Pearl’s mom refuses as charity. It sits outdoors on the farm’s entrance porch, slowly rotating as Pearl loses management. Each time Pearl or somebody passes the now not glistening pig, there’s one thing new that is grossly unsuitable. Maggots chew by means of the roast, mildew grows, and the nastier the whole lot turns into, the extra it displays Pearl’s worsening psychological state. Finally, the disgusting leftovers discover their strategy to Pearl’s household dinner desk, a centerpiece in entrance of Pearl’s different mom and father. Nothing can survive Pearl, particularly the once-delectable pig roast.