Pearl Movie Ending Explained (In Detail)

The Pearl movie ending explained how Pearl became the slasher killer fans met in X. Only months following the release of Ti West’s X, the director also released its horror prequel, Pearl. Fans met Pearl in X, where she and her husband Howard were an elderly couple living on a farm in rural Texas. However, when a group of young adults show up and want to use their guesthouse, only to shoot a porn movie there, they learn too late that Pearl and Howard are slasher killers. Set 60 years before the events of X, the prequel film follows the titular character in her youth and shows why she became a killer.